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”
De Anza Energy Management/
Internship Opportunity w/ SunWork
• 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 forprofits)
• 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
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
What types of installations will you work on?
Markets Served
Home Owners
(80%)
• Average electric bill
less than $100 per month
• All electric home, bill
averages less than $170
per month
Nonprofit
Organizations
(20%)
• Examples
 Church
 Preschool
 Low income housing
 Social welfare organization
• No energy use limits
• CARE customers
 no use limit
What you will gain by participating in this
Energy Management Internship
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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- [email protected]
YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE ON PROJECTS UNTIL YOU ATTEND A TRAINING SESSION
• Date:
Saturday, Feb. 14
• Date:
Sunday, Feb 15
Time:
9am - noon
Location: Peninsula Conservation Center
3921 East Bayshore Rd, Palo Alto
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 ProgressStart 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.
Our Students in Action- Jan 21, 2015
Sunnyvale LED Streetlight Internship
Students laying out the light measurement grid and taking readings
Students Measuring
Sidewalk Vertical Illuminance
Students laying out grid
measurement points
Students taking and
recording vertical
illuminance readings
at various grid points
Student measuring
Streetlight luminance
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: [email protected]