1.  Energyfolks dinner at Beppos planned for Weds, May 17

2.   New UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center

3.  Forum:  Solar Electricity:  Can Silicon Valley Bring this Technology to the Masses? April 26 6:30 pm

4.  UCBerkeley  Study Shows How the U.S. Can Reduce Foreign Oil Dependency

5.  New LED with better color spectrum

6.  PG&E:  CHP and Solar Water Heater Programs

7.  U.S. CO2 emissions up 27% over last 14 years; SO2 down 44%, NOx down 36%

8.  Energy Office Hours:   Cody Taylor, Thursday afternoons, M-27

9.  LBL:  "Who Owns Renewable Energy Certificates: An Exploration of Policy Options and Practice."

10.  Prosperity Despite Expensive Oil:  Energy Solutions. SIE{R Policy Forum,  April 21

11.  Job:  International Fellow, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington, VA

12.  JOB:  Senior Vehicles Analyst:  Union of Concerned Scientists

13.  Internship/Job:  GreenMountain Engineering

14.  Jobs:  California Public Utilities Commission

15.  HVAC JOBS:   Taylor Engineering in Oakland

16.  JOB:  Energy Conservation Engineer (UC Davis)

17.  JOBS:  TIAX LLC Engines and Power Generation Unit, Cupertino and Irvine

18.  JOB:  Northeast Climate Policy Coordinator

19.  JOB:  Sustainability Coordinator, Emory University

20.  Green Interns for Google

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You're invited.

This will be a gathering of folks interested in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Come to meet up with old friends, meet interesting people and share ideas. Hope to see you there.

For those who frequent public transportation, it is conveniently located within walking distance of both BART and CalTrain on Howard St between 4th and 5th streets.  If you are driving the 5th & Mission garage is only a block away - and one of the cheapest in town!

Where:  Bucca de Beppo's

Address: 855 Howard street, SF, CA 94103

Beppo's Phone number: 415.543.7673

Web:  http://www.bucadibeppo.com/loc_details.asp?ID=0502

Date: Wednesday, May 17

Time: 6:00ish for happy hour drinks

7:00 for dinner

Please let Aaron know if you can make it, so that he can make a reservation of the appropriate size.

ARR8@pge.com or 510-784-2102

 

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Apr 12 - PRNewswire-FirstCall

PG&E Corporation announced today that it will give $500,000 in shareholder-funded contributions to support various programs and projects aimed at applied research and commercial development of energy efficient technologies through a newly created Energy Efficiency Center at the University of California at Davis.

Plans for the establishment of the center were unveiled in June 2005 by the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF), which then solicited proposals from universities in Northern California to create the world's leading university-based center to advance the efficient use of energy. Governor Schwarzenegger, state energy officials, business leaders, environmental advocates and others attended a ceremony at UC Davis today, celebrating CalCEF's selection of the university to be the home for the new institution.

CalCEF is an independent non-profit corporation established in 2004 through the settlement agreement resolving Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Chapter 11 proceeding. The utility agreed to provide CalCEF with $30 million in shareholder-funded support over the five-year period 2004 to 2008 to promote the commercial development of "clean energy" technologies, including those that increase energy efficiency, employ renewable energy, or reduce the environmental effects of energy use. CalCEF intends to use most of its funds to make equity investments in clean energy companies, and is working closely with venture capital firms to do so. Other than making the initial payments, PG&E has no control over CalCEF's investments or activities.

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Date:              April 26, 2006

Time:                6:30 pm - 9.30pm

Location:        Palo Alto Research (PARC) George E. Pake Auditorium

                       3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Price:              $25 online, $30 at the door. Refreshments included.

Questions:     mitnewenergy@yahoo.com

Open to the general public. Seating is limited - we recommend registering early.

MIT Club of Northern California

Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Program

Over the past 18 months, solar electricity has garnered significant attention from entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers looking for future sources of energy. While government subsidies around the world are currently driving demand for solar technology, technological advancement and economies of scale will be needed for solar electricity to become widespread.

 

This forum will explore some of the companies who are at the leading edge of developing and commercializing solar technologies that could lead solar electricity to be competitive with conventional electricity.  This forum will discuss how companies with a Silicon Valley mindset can use their entrepreneurial spirit and technological expertise to make solar electricity competitive.

 

Our outstanding panel of experts for this interactive discussion includes:

Registration:  Click this link to register on-line <https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/public/Register.dyn?&groupID=154&eventID=5434>

  From 101 North and South 

  -         Exit Embarcadero/Oregon Expressway  -         Follow signs to Oregon Expressway  -         Oregon Expressway will become Page Mill Road  -         Continue on Page Mill Road  -         Left on Coyote Hill Road [small street sign, if you reach 280, you have gone too far]  -         PARC is on the left, just past the crest of the hill 

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LOS ANGELES, April 6, 2006 /PRNewswire

America could end the need to import fossil fuels from the Persian Gulf region by 2020, according to a study developed by Professor Daniel M. Kammen and his colleagues at U.C. Berkeley's Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL).

Titled "Towards Energy Independence in 2025," the study details immediate and long-term measures that, applied to the nation's transportation sector and fleet of power plants, could reduce oil imports by more than 30 percent within twenty years. These measures could deliver daily oil use savings of more than 22 percent - equivalent to the 6.3 million barrels a day America currently imports from the Persian Gulf.

"Towards Energy Independence in 2025" is available by request from Americans for Energy Independence, as well as at the group's website, http://www.ei2025.org.

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 American Institute of Physics

SUNLIGHT ON A CHIP.  A new LED design employs a handy combination of

light and phosphors to produce light whose color spectrum is not so

different from that of sunlight.

To really make an impression

in the lighting world, LEDs must be able to produce

room light.  And to do this one needs a softer, whiter, more color

balanced illumination.  The advent of blue-light LEDs, used in

conjunction with red and green LEDs, helped a lot.  But producing

LED light efficiently at blue, red, and yellow wavelengths is still

relatively expensive, and an alternative approach is to use

phosphors to artificially achieve the desired balance, by turning

blue into yellow light.

Scientists at the National Institute for

Materials Science and at the Sharp Corporation (in Japan) have now

achieved a highly efficient, tunable white light with an improved

yellow-producing phosphor (see figure at

http://www.aip.org/png/2006/257.htm ).

Their light yield is 55

lumens per watt, about twice as bright as commercially available

products operating in the same degree of whiteness.  (Xie et al.,

Applied Physics Letters, 6 March 2006; contact Rong-Jun Xie,

xie.rong-jun@nims.go.jp)

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COMBINED HEAT AND POWER APPLICATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

Tuesday, April 25, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, at the PACIFIC ENERGY CENTER in San Francisco (also offered ON-LINE)

Ron Ishii will present commercial and industrial case studies on combined heat and power systems.  He will discuss available technologies and applications, waste heat utilization, economic analysis, project planning/implementation, permitting, and available financial incentives.  He will also present actual case studies.

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SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEMS

Thursday, April 27, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, (offered ON-LINE, in-person class is FULL)

Josh Plaisted will provide an overview of the design, specification, and installation considerations of solar hot water systems for residential and commercial applications.  He will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various system types, system selection and sizing techniques, key design details, and methods for estimating system costs and savings.  Same class offered June 15 at PEC in San Francisco.

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Apr 05 - PRNewswire-FirstCall

A new report evaluating air pollution trends at the nation's 100 largest electric power producers shows that emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) have fallen markedly in recent years, but carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased and will likely spike in coming years.

The report comes amid increasing public concern and intensifying pressure for limits on heat-trapping emissions from U.S. power plants and rising investor concern about companies' long-term financial risk from climate change. In the absence of federal regulations, business uncertainty is growing as more U.S. states and regions move to enact their own limits on CO2 emissions from power plants. The U.S. government has opted for voluntary controls on carbon dioxide, but last year the U.S. Senate adopted a resolution calling for mandatory emission limits.

The report, which focused on companies generating 88 percent of the nation's electricity, found that overall emissions of SO2 and NOx fell by 44 percent and 36 percent, respectively, between 1990 and 2004. The drops are largely the result of stricter pollution-control standards enacted in the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments.

Conversely, CO2 emissions rose 27 percent in the same 14-year period. And the report predicts a bigger increase in the years ahead due to an unprecedented surge of new U.S. coal-plant proposals that would emit substantially more CO2 than other sources generating the same amount of power. There are currently more than 130 new coal plants proposed across the U.S., and Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects a 66 percent increase in coal-based power production and a 43 percent increase in CO2 emissions by 2030. The EIA projection assumes no controls on CO2 emissions at the power plants.

Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States 2004 was released today by the Ceres investor coalition, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PSEG), one of the electric power generation companies included in the report.

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I'll be holding Energy office hours again this quarter, Thursdays 12-4pm in Terman M-27.

 

Please send interested students my way.

Cody Taylor

mobile: (650) 387-3364

 

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Renewable energy certificates (RECs) are increasingly important, especially in states that accept them as evidence of compliance with renewables portfolio standards (RPS). The emergence of RECs as a tradable commodity has made utilities, generators, and regulators increasingly aware of the need to specify who owns the RECs in energy transactions.

Because of the recent appearance of RECs, legislation and regulation mandating the purchase of renewable energy has sometimes been silent on the disposition of the RECs associated with that generation. The resulting uncertainty has created confusion and, in some cases, has led to contention between buyers and sellers of renewable generation.

This report provides information and insight to state policy-makers, utility regulators, and others about different approaches to clarifying the ownership of RECs. We focus exclusively on three distinct areas in which REC ownership issues have arisen:

* Qualifying Facilities (QFs) that sell their generation under PURPA;

* Customer-owned generation that benefits from state net metering rules; and

* Generation facilities that receive financial incentives from state or utility funds.

We find that the issue of REC ownership most often arises in states that have established an RPS. States have adopted a variety of positions regarding REC ownership, often assigning QF RECs to the utilities for older contracts and sometimes assigning them to the generators in new contracts. States most often assign RECs from net metering to the customer-generators, but there are exceptions. A few states have also clarified ownership of RECs from small generators that receive financial incentives.

The full report can be downloaded from:

A PowerPoint presentation that summarizes key findings can be found at:

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Friday, April 21, 2006 Schwab Center, Stanford University, 680 Serra Street, Stanford, CA

 
 8:30-9:00 Breakfast
 
 9:00-9:15 Welcoming Remarks: John Shoven, SIEPR Director
 Ward Hanson, SIEPR Policy Forum Director
 
 9:15-10:15 Alternative Energy Sources:  What are the Prospects?
 Larry Goulder, Stanford University - Direct Emissions Control or Innovation?  
 Geoffrey Rothwell, Stanford University - Nuclear Power in a Hydrogen Economy  
 
 10:15-10:45 Poster Session I:  How We Use Energy - Stanford Students
 (coffee break concurrent with poster session)
 
 10:45-12:00 High Prices and Energy Choices
 Eva Regnier, Naval Postgraduate School - Oil and Energy Price Volatility  
 Frank Wolak, Stanford University - Smart Markets, Smart Meters, and Electricity Consumption
 
 12:00-1:30 Lunch and Address:  Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution and Former 
 Secretary of State George Shultz, discussion with Stanford Students
 
 1:30-3:00 Energy Innovations and California Leadership
 (short presentations followed by panel discussion)
 
 Moderator: Franklin Orr, Global Climate & Energy Project
 
 Energy Usage in Data Centers - Ben Williams, Advanced Micro Devices
 California Solar Initiative - Julie Blunden, SunPower
 Plug-in Hybrids and Society - Andrew Frank, UC Davis
 
 3:00-3:30 Poster Session II:  - Stanford Students
 (coffee break concurrent with poster session)
 
 3:30-4:15 Political and Economic Realities
 Jim Sweeney, Stanford University 
 
 4:15-5:00 California Energy Policy
 Steve Westly, California Controller
 
 5:00-6:00 Keynote Address:  Venture Capital and Energy Investments 
 Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
 

 6:00-7:00 Reception

Hosted by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). SIEPR Policy Forums are part of a new initiative meant to bring students together with researchers and policy makers to discuss important economic policy issues and choices.

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The Pew Center on Global Climate Change seeks a highly qualified and committed individual to work with

the International team on policy issues and outreach.

Starting Date:  May/June 2006

Responsibilities Include:

… Monitor international and national (outside the U.S.) climate policy developments

… Manage contracts, review, printing of Pew Center publications

… Coordinate planning and logistics for workshops, briefings, and conferences

… Research international climate policy issues

… Build and maintain relations with representatives of governments, institutions, and stakeholders engaged in

international climate policy

… Conduct outreach at international climate negotiations and other meetings and conferences

… Assist with administrative tasks as needed

Qualifications:

… Bachelor's or Master's in environmental policy, international relations, or related field

… Strong writing and editing skills

… Interdisciplinary understanding of the climate change issue (technology, politics, economics)

… Background in international climate negotiations and policy

… Attention to detail

… Willingness to pitch in at all levels

… Willingness to travel

… English fluency; other languages, overseas experience a strong plus

Compensation: Competitive salary commensurate with experience.  Excellent benefits.

Status:  Full-time, regular, exempt

Application Deadline: April 21, 2006

The Pew Center is an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan organization working to promote practical

and effective climate change policies in the United States and internationally.  The Center was formed in

1998 with a large grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.  The Pew Center strives to inform the debate by

publishing reports on climate science, economics, policy, and solutions.  To facilitate dialogue among

policymakers and stakeholders, the Center hosts conferences and workshops on climate-relevant topics.

Pew Center staff participate in meetings on international climate change issues, including the ongoing

negotiations on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC) is comprised of major companies in diverse

sectors demonstrating leadership in addressing global climate change by assessing opportunities for

emissions reductions, establishing and meeting emissions reduction objectives, and investing in new, more

efficient products, practices, and technologies.  The Center accepts no funding from corporations.

For more information about the Pew Center visit www.pewclimate.org.

Send resume and cover letter to:

Elliot Diringer, Director of International Strategies

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change

2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 550

Arlington, VA 22201

or electronically in a Word Document or pdf to hr@pewclimate.org

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Senior Vehicles Analyst

Clean Vehicles Program

Berkeley Office

The Union of Concerned Scientists is seeking a Senior Vehicles Analyst to focus on vehicles and policies that reduce air pollution, global warming emissions, and energy consumption in California. The Senior Analyst will undertake research and advocacy in support of Californias precedent-setting vehicles policies, such as global warming emission reductions, alternative fuels, and advanced technology programs. Candidates must have a science or engineering background.

UCS is a partnership of citizens and scientists working to preserve our health, protect our safety, and enhance our quality of life. UCS was founded in 1969 and currently has a membership and activist base of over 100,000, a staff of 100, and offices in Cambridge (MA), Washington (DC), and Berkeley (CA). The Berkeley office focuses on clean vehicles, renewable energy, and climate change issues.

Responsibilities:As part of the UCS Vehicles team, the Senior Analyst will plan and carry out research on clean and efficient motor vehicles and fuels in California; evaluate policies to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles; prepare written materials for broad dissemination to policymakers, the media, and the general public; and represent UCS with the media and policymakers.

Qualifications: Applicants should have a masters degree in an engineering, science, or environmental field, with minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience in transportation, energy, air pollution, or other relevant environmental fields. In addition, a bachelors degree specifically in engineering or physics is strongly preferred.

Required Skills: Strong quantitative and analytical skills; proficiency with computer spreadsheets and word processors; ability to write well for scientific and general audiences; familiarity with economics and public policy; experience at public speaking; team orientation.

Preferred Skills and Experience: Understanding of motor vehicle propulsion and emission control technologies; working knowledge of global climate change and air pollution science; experience with mobile source emission models. Position Details: This position will be based at UCSs Berkeleyoffice. Salary commensurate with experience and training. Excellent benefits. UCS is an equal opportunity employer continually seeking to diversify its staff.

To Apply:Please submit letter, resume, and 1-3 page writing sample to: Union of Concerned Scientists, 2397 Shattuck Ave., Suite 203, Berkeley, CA 94704. Attn: CA Senior Vehicles Analyst Position. Email: cleanvehicles@ucsusa.org , using CA Senior Vehicles Analyst in the subject line. No calls please.

Posted: April 2006

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 13.  Internship/Job:  GreenMountain Engineering

Engineering Internship

Posted: April 5, 2006

Location: San Francisco, CA or

Boston, MA

Compensation: 40 hrs/week, compensation TBD

Summer intership for a talented engineering student at design engineering consulting firm serving renewable energy and other clean technology companies.

Contact job promoter via e-mail

EDUCATION

Current Student

EMPLOYMENT

JOB DESCRIPTION

About GreenMountain Engineering: GreenMountain Engineering is the leading design engineering consultancy serving companies in renewable energy and other environmentally-friendly technologies. Our clientele ranges from venture-funded startups such as GreenFuel Technologies and Southwest Windpower to industry leaders such as KLA-Tencor. Our solar energy practice, with clients such as Evergreen Solar and DayStar Technologies, leads the industry in scope and innovation. We are a diverse, friendly and cooperative group of 20 and growing. We are an equal opportunity employer offering competitive salaries and benefits. For further information, see http://www.GreenMountainEngineering.com.

About the Position: Work in a highly-motivated team to research, design and develop products/instruments/equipment for renewable energy and other clean technology companies. You will visualize, analyze, design, build and test electromechanical assemblies. Tasks may include theoretical analyses, designing hardware, assembling and testing precision systems, proving feasibility with instrument breadboards and delivering functional prototypes and products. You will report to one of GreenMountain's senior engineers. This position may be based in San Francisco or Boston and will have a duration of at least three months.

Required:

        *       Current student with completion of at least 2-3 years in an electrical or mechanical engineering program at the undergraduate or graduate level

        *       Experience in designing, analyzing and developing electromechanical devices

        *       Experience solving difficult and open-ended design problems with creative solutions

        *       Ability to manage time and resources effectively, contributing to multiple projects within the firm

        *       Ability to write clear and concise technical documents

        *       Ability to give presentations to internal engineering staff for informal design reviews

        *       Good verbal and written communication skills

        *       Demonstrated experience with environmental technologies, organizations, or issues

Desired:

        *       Knowledge of renewable energy systems

        *       Knowledge of water purification and conservation, waste recycling and processing and reuse of materials

        *       Proficiency with Pro/E and/or SolidWorks

        *       Skills in thermal and structural analysis

How to Apply: To apply, send an e-mail cover letter with a resume as an attachment to careers@GreenMountainEngineering.com (Subject: Engineering Intern, San Francisco or Engineering Intern, Boston). Please indicate where you found this posting. No phone calls please.

CONTACT

Contact job promoter via e-mail

GreenMountain Engineering

San Francisco, CA

Boston, MA

About GreenMountain Engineering:

GreenMountain Engineering is the leading design engineering consultancy serving companies in renewable energy and other environmentally-friendly technologies. Our clientele ranges from venture-funded startups such as GreenFuel Technologies and Southwest Windpower to industry leaders such as KLA-Tencor. Our solar energy practice, with clients such as Evergreen Solar and DayStar Technologies, leads the industry in scope and innovation. We are a diverse, friendly and cooperative group of 20 and growing. We are an equal opportunity employer offering competitive salaries and benefits. We are currently hiring engineers, interns, and support staff in both our San Francisco and Boston offices.  For further information, see http://www.GreenMountainEngineering.com.

 

San Francisco:

Electrical Engineer

Part-Time Operations Assistant

Engineering Internship - Summer

Marketing Communications Internship - Summer

 

Boston:

Electrical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Part-Time Operations Assistant

Engineering Internship - Summer

 

Full descriptions for all of these positions are available on our website: http://www.GreenMountainEngineering.com/aboutus_03.htm

 

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The California Public Utilities Commission's Energy Division is hiring economists and policy analysts to fill multiple positions at all levels in the job classification Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst (PURA) I through V.   Recent graduates, as well as seasoned analysts, are encouraged to apply to assist the Commission in a broad range of issues including utility rates and cost of service, rate design and cost allocation, electricity and natural gas procurement and resource planning, energy efficiency programs, demand response programs, renewable energy and distributed generation programs, low-income energy assistance programs, transmission permitting, distribution and transmission system reliability, and compliance with environmental permitting regulations.  The Energy Division's analysts also provide expert witness testimony to represent the Commission in matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst positions offer a monthly salary ranging from $3,338 to $6,938 depending on qualifications and experience.  These are State of California civil service positions, which require a qualifying exam and placement on an eligibility list.  If you are interested in a position with the Energy Division, please contact Natalie Walsh at nfw@cpuc.ca.gov (or telephone at 415-703-1622), for more information about the Commission's exam and hiring process.  

Want to know why PG&E just announced ~1800 MW of new fossil power plants will be built in California?  Want to know how much it will cost, who will pay, and why?  Whether the California utilities can get to 20% renewables by 2017 as the Renewable Portfolio Standard requires?  How the State of California can authorize and oversee $2 billion on energy efficiency over 3 years?  How the State of California can authorize and oversee $3 billion on solar energy over the next 10 years?  How new transmission lines get built through California's wind-rich areas in order to bring new renewable energy power plants to the California market?  How energy markets rules are changing to support "resource adequacy" and long-term planning in a post-energy crisis world? How low-income energy consumers get served through reduced energy rates? How much consumers are paying to pay off the energy crisis bills? How to design policies to address California's energy markets importing ~20% coal power?  How California gets represented to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission?

 

All those things "happen" in the Energy Division at the CPUC.... You could work here and find out!

I'd appreciate it very much if you would pass this notice onto any potential job seekers in the Energy field. We are seeking applicants who would like to make a difference in California's Energy future - to that end the CPUC Energy Division is seeking qualified candidates to implement groundbreaking programs (including efficiency & renewable energy) and to provide a good investment climate for tomorrow's energy infrastructure. We are looking for candidates that are interested in energy technologies, markets, policy, economics, and/or regulation. Because our hiring process is rather involved it is not to early for students graduating this summer to apply!

 

Thanks very much,

Molly Tirpak Sterkel

CA Public Utilities Commission/Energy Division

415-703-1873; mts@cpuc.ca.gov

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Taylor Engineering, a nationally recognized leader in innovative, energy efficient HVAC design is looking for a few good HVAC and plumbing engineers.  For more information on Taylor engineering and the available positions go to http://www.taylor-engineering.com/Ad/index.html.

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Application Deadline 4/28/06

UC DAVIS - ENERGY CONSERVATION ENGINEER (Senior Engineer) - UC Davis,

Facilities: Operations & Maintenance $5,097-$8,665 monthly - Final

Filing Data: 04/28/06 VL#4829 - Evaluate existing operations,

maintenance, construction and renovation of campus facilities with a

specific focus on reducing consumption of purchased utilities at the

building level. Responsible for developing and leading strategic

planning efforts and formulating strategies for energy conservation and

system, equipment and operational efficiencies. Requires bachelor's

degree in Engineering license is required, along with advanced technical

skills in relevant building system design and construction professions

with an emphasis on interdisciplinary skills, and demonstrated

experience managing an Energy Conservation function within a university

campus environment. Apply/mail application to UC Davis Employment and

Outreach Services/Human Resources building, One Shields Avenue, Davis,

CA 95616. File by 5:00pm on 04/28/06. For required application

materials, call 530-752-1760 TDD 530-752-7140 or apply online. EOE

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Company:  TIAX LLC (Engines and Power Generation Unit)

Positions Available:        Staff Engineer/Staff Scientist or Senior Engineer/Senior Scientist (Cupertino, CA and Irvine, CA)

                               

Job Description:

TIAX has two full-time, permanent job openings in the Engines and Power Generation Unit, one in Cupertino and one in Irvine.  The positions involve engineering, policy, and scientific support of transportation technologies, alternative fuels, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and air quality research for public and private clients.  The work includes emissions assessments, energy analysis, advanced technology evaluations, and policy analysis.  Recent study topics include fuel cells, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, natural gas vehicles, biofuels, fuel infrastructure issues, NOx and PM diesel aftertreatment technologies, innovative incentive programs for emissions reductions in the goods movement, and greenhouse gas reduction incentives.

Interested persons can expect cutting-edge, project-oriented work, direct interaction with clients, and a cooperative team environment.  Significant opportunity is available for growth in project management responsibility.

Requirements:

BS/MS/PhD in mechanical, environmental, or chemical engineering, environmental science, environmental policy, or related field.  Excellent analytical, computational, technical writing, oral communication skills, and English fluency required.  Level of experience and education will determine whether applicant is candidate for staff or senior level position.

About TIAX:

TIAX LLC is a collaborative R&D company. We help our clients accelerate their innovation-linking laboratories to markets to create value for business and improve people's lives. Formed from Arthur D. Little's Technology & Innovation business, TIAX builds on a rich history of collaboration and client success that spans more than 100 years. By integrating business, technology and hands-on laboratory expertise we are sharply focused on implementation and creating sustainable impact for our clients. TIAX has major laboratory facilities at its Cambridge Massachusetts headquarters, and is ISO 9001 registered.  We operate California offices in Cupertino and Irvine, with focal areas that include a variety of fields within environmental protection, energy and power generation.  These include: Emissions Control Technologies, Advanced Diesel Propulsion Technologies, Hybrid Electric Propulsion Technologies, Alternative Fuel Engines and Vehicles, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, and Distributed Generation and Micropower.

Contact:

For consideration in Cupertino, send resume and letter of interest to:

Erin Kassoy, Senior Engineer

408-517-1566

For consideration in Irvine, send resume and letter of interest to:

Jon Leonard, Principal                      

949-833-7131                                              

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The Union of Concerned Scientists seeks a climate policy coordinator to advance priority regulatory and legislative climate policies in the Northeast. UCS is an alliance of concerned citizens and scientists; we augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and advocacy to build a cleaner environment and safer world. In support of the UCS climate campaign, the Northeast climate policy coordinator will maintain knowledge of priority regulatory and legislative climate policy initiatives across the region; draft  and review legislation, agency proposals and decisions; represent UCS in key policy venues, public forums and with the media; and maintain strong relationships with key state and regional officials, technical and policy staff in other organizations, and business, public health and other opinion leaders.  Applicants must have broad knowledge of the policy dimensions of climate change, preferably in the Northeast U.S., understanding of state legislative and regulatory processes and procedures, and a demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams and to liaise with government and business leaders and members of the NGO community.  Successful candidates will have a Masters or Law degree or equivalent in a related field, and at least five years of relevant experience.

For more complete information, please see the job posting on our website: http://www.ucsusa.org/ucs/about/jobs-at-ucs.html.  To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to globalenvironment@ucsusa.org.

Katherine Moxhet

Operations Coordinator

Union of Concerned Scientists

Two Brattle Square

Cambridge, MA 02238-9105

Ph: (617) 547-5552 ext 228

Fax: (617) 864-9405

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We are pleased to announce a newly created position at Emory University, the Director of Sustainability Initiatives.  Given your role at your institution, we would appreciate your help in suggesting candidates who may be interested and suitable for this position.  We would be grateful if you could assist in being sure the job description is widely disseminated.

We have begun to review applications, and will consider applicants until the position is filled, but are hoping to make an offer by June 1, 2006.  Applicants may submit a current resume or curriculum vita and cover letter (outlining relevant experience) to me at the address listed below.  A more detailed job specification can be found at www.finadmin.emory.edu (under the "Emory Policies" link), which includes a description of the critical competencies of the ideal candidate.

I would be delighted to speak with you about this position and welcome your feedback.

Sincerely,

David W. Hanson

Associate Vice President for Administration and

Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President

for Finance and Administration

Emory University

Administration Building, Suite 409

201 Dowman Drive

Atlanta, GA  30322

P: (404) 727-1716

F: (404) 727-5592

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I am part of the recruiting team at Google and I am following up on a conversation that I believe you all had recently with Robyn Beavers.

 

We at Google are currently looking for a handful of green energy research interns for this summer, and as such thought that you may know of qualified students to whom you can pass this along.  If so, please have them contact me (or email their resume to me) at this email address.

 

Please feel free to contact me and thanks in advance for your time,

 

 

Darren Palm

Technical Recruiter

Google, Inc.

 

Phone (650) 253-7726

 

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway

Mountain View, CA  94043