De Anza College Energy Management and Building Science Internship Opportunities

Providing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

learning opportunities for students outside the classroom

“Preparing students for the clean tech and green collar careers of the future”

• SunWork is a nonprofit that’s helping to expand rooftop solar in the SF Bay Area

• SunWork professionals train volunteers who then help install rooftop PV systems for homeowners with low electricity bills & for nonprofits (such as schools)

• SunWork’s nonprofit approach cuts costs by up to 30% (compared to for-profits)

• This Internship provides hands-on rooftop and mechanical integration experience for future green-collar workers

• You MUST be enrolled in Energy Management classes to qualify for this Internship

• Many installations are in Santa Clara Valley

De Anza Energy Management/Internship Opportunity w/ SunWork

SunWork’s Mission Statement Expand the use of renewable energy

by reducing the cost of installing solar electricity systems with the help of

trained volunteers

Home Owners (80%)

• Average electric bill less than $100 per month

• All electric home, bill averages less than $170 per month

• CARE customers no use limit

Nonprofit Organizations

(20%)• Examples

Church Preschool Low income housingSocial welfare organization

• No energy use limits

What types of installations will you work on?

Markets Served

What you will gain by participating in thisEnergy Management Internship

• Academic Credit- contact Bill Roeder• Learning how to design a solar rooftop system• Mechanical integration from modules to inverter• Learning while doing- participating on an actual solar

installation project with solar industry professionals• Making solar industry contacts• Gaining experience you can put on your resume’ or 4

year college transfer application• Gaining experience in a career path that has open

positions, pays well and helps save the planet.

Upcoming SunWork Training Sessions• Sign up for one of the two training sessions below- FOR INTERNSHIP

ACADEMIC CREDIT, YOU MUST CONTACT BILL ROEDER BEFORE REGISTERING FOR TRAINING- roederwilliam@fhda.edu

YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE ON PROJECTS UNTIL YOU ATTEND A TRAINING SESSION

• Date: Saturday, Feb. 14 Time: 9am - noonLocation: Peninsula Conservation Center

3921 East Bayshore Rd, Palo Alto

• Date: Sunday, Feb 15 Time: 1pm to 4pm Location: RE-volv 972 Mission St. 5th floor San Francisco REGISTER AT: WWW.SUNWORK.ORG

Other Energy Management Internship Opportunities

• Sunnyvale LED Streetlight Internship- In Progress- Start Jan 2015- end March 2015– Learning Opportunity:

• Understanding how light affects what we see• Measuring Horizontal and Vertical Illuminance, Horizontal

Luminance, Light Color Temperature, simulation modeling in AGI 32 Industry standard software, generation of final report, presentation to Sunnyvale City Council

• Purpose: Reduce energy use, reduce energy and maintenance costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce light pollution and light trespass, improve public safety.

Students laying out the light measurement grid and taking readings

Our Students in Action- Jan 21, 2015Sunnyvale LED Streetlight Internship

Students MeasuringSidewalk Vertical Illuminance

Students laying out grid measurement points

Student measuring Streetlight luminance

Students taking and recording vertical illuminance readings at various grid points

A SUCCESSFUL NIGHT! Our De Anza Energy Management LED Streetlight field measurement teams at the end of the evening on Jan 21, 2015

Other Energy Management Internship Opportunities

• School district building audits- April 2015- June 2015– Learning Opportunity:

• Assist local school district by measuring and benchmarking energy use in 12 different school buildings

• Measuring lighting, HVAC and electric plug use, measuring renewable energy offsets, energy benchmarking, strategic energy management planning, payback analysis on improvements

• Purpose: make school buildings more energy efficient, improve the environment by reducing energy waste, provide more money for educational programs in K-12 classrooms

Need more information?

• Contact Bill Roeder, Lead Energy Management and Building Science Instructor @ the Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies

EMAIL: roederwilliam@fhda.edu