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Penn State University · 3 months ago

Physical Plant Sustainability Internship

United States

Internship

Remote

Intern

$16/hr - $17/hr

Penn State University is seeking motivated student interns for their Office of Physical Plant to contribute to sustainability efforts. The role involves engaging with various stakeholders to reduce waste, increase energy efficiency, and track sustainability-related data on campus.

Higher Education

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Support campus-wide sustainability education and engagement initiatives through program development, outreach, and strategic projects

Assist with the Sustainable Labs Program, Green Paws Program and other employee training, peer engagement opportunities for staff, and the university-wide Sustainability Employee Resource Group

Help create educational resources, track impact, research best practices at other institutions, and integrate global sustainability goals into Penn State’s professional development efforts

Support sustainability-related data collection, analysis and reporting

Track and document carbon emissions, purchasing, water, waste, travel, fleet, procurement, and energy use data

Update public-facing Power BI dashboards

Identify, collect, analyze and report data for internal and external assessments of sustainability performance

Recommend strategies for data collection and analysis processes

Identify and track energy savings initiatives with a particular focus on energy savings generated from the Sustainable Lab Program

Coordinate with staff and other interns to prioritize energy efficiency investments and outreach

Maintain and report data; recommend strategies for energy efficiency investments; track and document investments and impacts; and develop outreach and education materials

Support waste reduction and recycling efforts for the university community in partnership with the Athletics Sustainability Engagement Intern

Develop and implement strategies to improve waste reduction, increase waste diversion from the landfill, increase recycling participation and reduce recycling contamination

Create educational materials for campus stakeholders; generate and implement weekend football programs; engage with the campus community through tabling, events and classroom presentations; conduct building waste station audits; and engage with commonwealth campus recycling efforts

Focus on large event sustainability, especially football and other athletics events in partnership with the Waste Reduction & Recycling Intern

Continue building the momentum of the Tailgate Ambassadors program to educate and engage tailgating fans to reduce waste and recycle more

Select and train Tailgate Ambassadors; plan and coordinate gameday Tailgate Ambassador activities and recycling shakers in the stadium; collect and analyze athletics-related sustainability data; create resources for educating about and marketing sustainability; and assist with public programming as needed