Student Intern - Sustainability Programs - Albany, NY

Duties Description Nature and Scope

DASNY provides financing and construction services to public and private universities, not-for-profit healthcare facilities and other institutions that serve the public good. DASNY is divided into five major divisions:
Executive Direction, Public Finance and Portfolio Monitoring, Construction Services, Counsel, and Finance. The Construction division provides design, engineering, procurement, and project management services to DASNY clients. Under the Project Support Services - Technical Unit, the Sustainability Programs staff are involved in establishing a comprehensive sustainability strategy for all DASNY projects and guiding resources in the execution of LEED standards and other environmentally sound practices.

Primary Purpose

Under the direction of the Director of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental Programs, serves in a temporary capacity as a DASNY student intern who participates in educational opportunities on DASNY's business operations, construction projects, and sustainability, Energy, and Environmental Programs

Essential Functions

• Perform research on selected projects.

• Assist in the promotion of a sustainability plan for DASNY.

• Data stewardship, analysis, and reporting development related to Environmental

• Product Declaration and Construction Debris data, including development of a data stewardship SOP and identification of weaknesses broken out by various categories.

• Development of a thermal energy network technical scoring tool to help determine if further investigation (e.g. a study) would be of value.

• Assistance in developing version 1.3 updates to the Owner's Project
• Requirements, including leading outreach to specific SMEs and DPMs, as well as development of a DPM survey and analysis of the associated data.

• Lead internal communications surrounding Green

NY specification changes and additions.

• Develop and present short, asynchronous trainings related to best practices for deconstruction, phase change materials, and/or beneficial electrification beyond space heating.

• Production and presentation of sustainability moments relevant to DASNY's work for our customer agencies.

• Work on greening of DASNY including involvement in the sustainability committee and production of statistically significant data related to DASNY's waste and recycling using approved methods.

• Undertake special assignments as directed

• Must adhere to the NYS Information Security Policy Standards established and issued by the Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination. (Standards can be found on the Intranet.)

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Must be a matriculated undergraduate (freshman level or above), or first year graduate student pursuing a degree in Construction, Environmental Studies, Building Science, Architecture, Engineering, or a related discipline and with an interest in green construction and sustainability initiatives.

Essential Skills

Excellent oral and written communications skills.
Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
Demonstrated ability to work on a project from inception through completion.
Proficiency in PC applications such as Outlook, Excel, Access, Word and Power Point

Additional Comments DASNY provides financing and construction services to public and private universities, not-for-profit healthcare facilities, and other institutions which serve the public good.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Tamika Dunnaway (req
1655)

Telephone

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Email Address Recruiting

Address

Street 515 BROADWAY

City ALBANY

State NY

Zip Code 12207

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DASNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to excellence and diversity.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.