Energy Analysis and Reporting Internship

Cascade Power Group (Seattle, WA) is currently seeking qualified interns for the fall quarter of 2010.

Cascade Power Group LLC is a Seattle-based "energy service company" that specializes in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects and policy development in the Pacific Northwest region, with a special expertise on combined heat and power/cogeneration and district energy applications. Our clients have included the U.S. Department of Energy, Washington State University Energy Program, Lake Washington School District, Trane Corporation, Puget Sound Energy, and many others.

The company is experiencing growth in 3 areas: Federal and state energy policy development; distributed energy and energy efficiency project development/management; and resource conservation and energy management. 

Position Overview:

Cascade Power internships are true "green jobs"opportunities that cover a wide range of cutting-edge interests, projects and policies centered around energy efficiency and renewable energy. Interns will have opportunities to gain experience and knowledge in specialized areas of the energy industry, from on-the-ground projects to energy efficiency advocacy.

Interns will have a unique opportunity to have an immediate impact during their tenure, and to "hit the ground running" when graduating from school. By gaining access to valuable contacts and industry information, Cascade Power interns can begin to build a career tackling the major issues that the energy industry faces today and in the future.

Internships Available:

• Energy Analysis and Reporting: Create comprehensive energy audit reports for various kinds of facilities. Extract information from databases, generate charts, and interpret data in a reader friendly manner. Write grant and proposal for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Ideal candidates should have background and/or experience in technical writing or related fields.
• Resource Conservation Management (RCM): Learn basic principles of building audits, energy consumption and cost trending, energy and utility project recommendations, simple payback and life-cycle cost analysis, technology evaluation, communications and behavioral campaigns. We are looking for candidates with engineering, technical writing, or other related backgrounds.

Schedule: Internships generally run for a period not to exceed 3 months, starting on September 27th to December 17th,2010. But our staff is willing to work with individual schedules to accommodate successful applicants. Location and hours are negotiable.

Compensation: This internship is not paid, however interns that have contributed substantially to the company will be eligible for a $500 bonus at the end of the internship. Interns are also reimbursed for all business-related expenses. Credit may be earned through your college or university, and state credit programs may also be utilized as part of internship.

To Apply:

If you are interested in working with us as an intern, please contact us via email and please reference the internship position.