1.  Reaction to Friedman's column on the Green Generation

2.  CO2-Saving Alternative Energy Strategies for On-Site Use , Sustainable Silicon Valley Forum, April 28

3.  Job:  Sentech, Inc., Transportation energy consulting in D.C.

4.  Environmental Fellow:  Summer Job for an MBA student on Plug-In Hybrids,Boulder

5.  Two positions with the Climate Group, Oakland

6. Job:   Vice President of Operations, EnerNOC, Inc., Boston

7. Environmental Stewardship Director, Columbia University

8.   High Performance Building Services Assistant, Harvard Green Campus Initiative

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A couple of you sent reactions to  Friedman's call to reducing carbon emissions on campuses ("The Greenest Generation"  NYTimes, April 19; energyfolks same date).  The last thing I want to do is moderate a discussion, but in this case, since there are suggestions for better organizations to contact (if you are so inclined) than those mentioned in his column , I'll pass these along:

 Perhaps folks on the EnergyFolks list already knowŠ but apparently Friedman doesn't!  Energy Action has already helped catalyze more than 150 college campus campaigns under the initiative "Campus Climate Challenge."  Energy Action: http://www.energyaction.net/

 

For a fellow calling for civil disobedience and direct action, referring college students to white collar research institutions doesn't make much sense.  Energy Action is a far better organizing resource than Conservation International or World Resources Institute. 

 

With the Apollo Alliance, Energy Action released a report several months ago called "New Energy for Campuses" - which even Thomas Friedman might find to be a useful resource for others thinking about how to carry forward the "Greenest Generation.":

While I believe that Friedman had the right intent, I feel it was very irresponsible for him not to at least do some web research on the many college campus groups who are trying to do exactly what he says, and make their campuses more sustainable (where they are often met with short-sighted resistance from officials of Al Gore's generation, resistant to change and risk).

Examples include

http://sustainability.stanford.edu/

www.climatecampaign.org

www.energyaction.net

www.sustainus.org

I thought your readers might appreciate knowing that there are in fact many young people who are doing as much as they can.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2006

8:30 AM – 1 PM

APPLIED MATERIALS GLOBAL UNIVERSITY FACILITY

3050 BOWERS AVENUE, SANTA CLARA

AGENDA:

8:30 – 9:00        Registration, visiting tables

9:00 – 9:15        Welcome: Bruce Klafter, Senior Director, Environmental

Health and Safety, Applied Materials

9:15 – 9:45        Mastering "CFO-speak" about Energy - Making the Business
Case to Senior Executives: Gil Friend, President and Chief Executive Officer

of Natural Logic Inc.

9:45 – 10:15      Co-generation Practicalities and Paybacks: Breene Kerr,

Mayor of Los Altos Hills and Environmental Consultant

10:15 - 10:45       Methane-fueled Co-generation at ALZA: Scot Colpitts,

ALZA Corporation

10:45 – 11:15    Break – Thank you Applied Materials for providing food and

beverages!

11:15 – 11:45    Fuel Cell Applications for Stationary Use: Ed Lieberman,

Ion America

11:45 – 12:15    Making Dollars and Sense of Photovoltaic Systems: Andy

Black, OnGrid Solar Financial Analysis

12:15 – 12:45    Solar Technologies for Now and the Future: Bill Scott,

Akeena Solar

12:45 – 1:00      Concluding remarks

Sally Tomlinson, Executive Director, Sustainable Silicon Valley

For registration information:

HYPERLINK
www.SustainableSiliconValley.org

HYPERLINK
stomlinson@SustainableSilico
nValley.org

650-321-3846

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Sentech, Inc., a renewable energy and energy efficiency consulting firm based just outside of Washington, DC, will be hiring a few entry-level engineers in the coming months.  This would be a great opportunity for engineering, physical science, or earth systems energy track, and/or related majors with an interest in sustainable transportation to gain experience providing technical and programmatic support to a federal client in highway transportation vehicle technologies.  Areas of work may involve research and preparation of technical papers and analyses, quick response management and administrative support, communications and outreach activities, and research to support on-going technical, policy, regulatory and budget analysis. The employee is expected to interface with clients on an as needed basis with direct approval and full knowledge of the Project/Task Manager. The employee may be asked to work at company headquarters or at the client's site.

Contact Stanford alums Brinda Thomas (bthomas@sentech.org), Physics '05, or Urvi Parekh( uparekh@sentech.org), Mechanical Engineering '03, for more information.

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The Fellow would help develop a business plan for establishing a pilot plug-in hybrid gasoline/electric vehicle fleet program for one or more of the major electric utilities in the West. Under such a program, a utility would help finance and support the development of infrastructure for retrofitting a fleet of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles that can recharge their batteries when parked at a centralized location, thereby greatly extending the range the vehicles can drive on a tank of gas. Several general studies by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and elsewhere have indicated that such a program shows promise for greatly reducing gasoline use and net GHG emissions of automobiles - even when increased carbon dioxide emissions associated with the increased electricity use is considered - while at the same time increasing electricity load (and therefore revenues) to utilities. The utility can obtain the emission credits associated with the reduced GHG emissions. By reducing oil consumption, the potential national security benefits of such a program are also compelling.

Employer            Western Resource Advocates

Job Title             Hewlett Environment Fellow

Function             Finance

App. Deadline    February 27, 2006  (? I just got this....gm)

Location             Boulder, CO (mailing address: c/o MNC, P.O. Box 640, Palo Alto, CA 94302)

Organization

WRA's Energy Program promotes sustainable energy technologies-such as energy efficiency, solar and wind power, and the cleanup of existing fossil fuel power plants-in six states in the Rocky Mountain and Desert Southwest region. We rely on an interdisciplinary team of economists, lawyers, green marketers, engineers, and organizers to develop policies and markets to support expanded clean energy investments. To date, our work in the energy arena has helped catalyze close to half a billion dollars of investments in clean energy technologies and has directly reduced pollutant emissions by tens of thousands of tons.

Salary: $700/wk. (Note: Hewlett Environment Fellows are supported in part by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.)

Supervisor

John Nielsen, Energy Program Director

Qualifications

·          MBA candidate (required)

·          3-5 years analytical experience

·          Strong analytical capabilities, particularly in analyzing markets and corporate financial information

·          Familiarity with energy markets a plus

·          Understanding of climate change issues

·          Outstanding ability to communicate study findings to WRA senior staff and outside stakeholders

·          Excellent writing ability

E-mail a cover letter and a resume to the supervisor named in this listing c/o The MBA-Nonprofit Connection at summerjobs@mnconnection.org. Please send the cover letter and resume as separate attachments, labeled as follows: WRA-[your last name]-Cover.doc and WRA-[your last name]-Resume.doc. In your cover letter, highlight aspects of your experience that are relevant for this job, including volunteer service, and explain why you are interested in working with this organization. (For advice on preparing applications for nonprofit jobs, see "Advice for Job Seekers" at www.mnconnection.org.) The MNC will forward your application to the employer as soon as it is received.

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Attached are descriptions for 2 positions I am now

advertising for West Coast office of The Climate

Group, office will be in downtown Oakland. If you know

of anyone who might be interested, I appreciate

your spreading the word.

In brief the jobs are;

1. Manager, Business and State Relations

The Climate Group seeks a highly qualified individual

to work with, manage and develop The Climate Group's

key business and partner relations and assist in the

strategic development and program delivery of the

organization's west coast activities. The person will

identify, recruit and liaison with leading

corporations and businesses that are advancing climate

protection leadership, develop business outreach

materials and technical briefings for the business

community on climate change policy and developments,

economic opportunities related to ghg reduction, clean

energy, clean technologies and manage one or more

sector specific  "Working Groups", targets include

insurance industry, wineries, retailers,

transportation or others.

Competitive salary commensurate with experience and an

excellent benefits package. Resume and cover letter

to: Nancy Skinner:

2. Senior Administrator/Executive Assistant

The Climate Group seeks a seasoned and highly

organized individual to take principal responsibility

for the smooth running of the new West Coast office,

provide executive level support to the Director and

coordinate logistics for Climate Group events and

communications. The ideal candidate will have

excellent problem solving and multi-tasking

skills and be willing to respond to the multiple

demands of a small, dynamic and fast paced

organization. Key Functions and responsibilities

include administrative and financial management

interfacing with headquarters office, meeting and

event logistics, maintaining relations with key

business and other partners, overseeing office

operations.

Competitive salary commensurate with experience and

excellent benefits package.

Resume and cover letter to:

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ENERNOC, INC.                              

TWO FANEUIL HALL,   3RD FLOOR,   BOSTON,   MA  02109

617-224-9900

 

EnerNOC has an immediate need for a:

 

Vice President of Operations

 

EnerNOC, Inc. is the leading provider of energy management solutions including demand response, price

response, and demand side management activities to the commercial and industrial markets in the United

States. Founded in 2001, the company currently manages over 200 MW's of capacity for numerous blue-

chip customers including IBM, Albertsons, Adobe, Raley's, GE, ITT Hartford, Cablevision, Xerox, Marriott

Hotels, Westin Hotels, Level 3 Communications,  Estee Lauder, AT&T, and SBC Corporation, among

others. EnerNOC serves industries including food sales and storage, light industrial, resorts and lodging,

government, education, healthcare, and more. EnerNOC's management team brings together over 100

years of combined experience in all aspects of energy management and embedded systems technology.

EnerNOC is a certified Demand Reserves Provider in the California Demand Reserves Partnership, a

certified Internet Based Communication Systems Provider in New England, and a Registered Interface

Party, Meter Data Service Provider, and Meter Service Provider in New York.  

 

EnerNOC has a four-year track record of consistent growth.  The company's sales increased by 10x

between 2003 and 2004, by 10x again in 2005, and the company is currently on track to more than

double its sales again in 2006.  The company employs over 50 people in its offices in Boston, New York

City, Rochester, NY, and San Francisco.  EnerNOC is backed by leading venture capital firms including

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Foundation Capital, and Braemar Energy Ventures.        

 

EnerNOC offers a full-service enabling technology platform to its customers.  This end-to-end metering,

communications, and control system is Web-based, and is built with a Service Oriented Architecture

(SOA) on a J2EE platform using open source operating and database systems (Apache Web Server,

Linux, MySQL).  Development of the EnerNOC system began in 2003 and is now deployed and

operational for over 125 commercial customers at over 500 customer sites.        

 

Position Description

This person will report directly to the CEO.

 

The Vice President of Operations will oversee EnerNOC's Operations Teams.  He or she will supervise

an initial team of approximately twenty people.  This person will ensure that the company establishes and

maintains a world-class execution engine for delivering its technology-enabled managed service to its

customers.  This person will meet these business objectives by providing ongoing direction to the

company's operations efforts, and by championing business critical developments, processes, and other

operational functions within the organization.  

 

Key accountabilities of this role include:

 

- Strategic and tactical management of the company's operations team

- Budgeting responsibility for the company's operations business unit

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Columbia University seeks to fill the new position of Environmental Stewardship Director. This position will be funded for two years during which time the Director is expected to design and implement a well-crafted program for stewardship efforts across the university. The broad goals of this program are (1) fostering a culture of respect for the environment among students, faculty, and staff and (2) minimizing the institution's environmental footprint. Extension of the position past the second year is contingent on the success of efforts to that point.  This position will report to the Office of the Senior Executive Vice President.  Applicants must have a Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) in a related field and a minimum of 7 years related work experience with proven success in a leadership role.

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The Harvard Green Campus Initiative is seeking a full-time High Performance Building Services Assistant to conduct building energy assessments for a wide variety of buildings across Harvard University.  The purpose of these assessments is to identify, cost out and implement a myriad of energy conservation projects.  Applicants should have a related undergraduate and/or graduate degree. Direct experience in high performance building management is preferred, but not required.  This is a 12 month position.