Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Internship
Program
- Student application period has closed for this
year.
Interviews will be conducted
on campus prior to the end of Fall Semester (2011). Interview dates and
times are posted below.
- Company applications will be accepted
year-round. We would like to have all applications including the project
description by Friday, January 20, 2012 for next summer's 2012 program.
P2/E2 Internship Program
For Students
For Companies
Intern Results
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Each year, Illinois EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention recruits upper-level
university students to work on both pollution prevention (P2) and energy efficiency
(E2) projects during the summer. While students have been placed primarily
at manufacturing facilities, they have also worked at small business development
centers, trade associations, local government facilities, environmental groups
and military installations. The purpose of the program is to help facilities
identify, research and pilot P2 technologies and practices. In the area of
E2, companies can realize overhead cost savings due to increased energy efficiency
while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Each student selected for the program is required to attend an initial P2
training program in Springfield. The student will spend the remainder of the
12-week summer session working as a temporary full-time employee at the sponsoring
facility. Students typically have backgrounds in engineering, environmental
management, or chemistry.
The program has helped Illinois businesses save millions of dollars.
- For more information on the Pollution Prevention Internship Program contact:
Richard Reese, CEM,
CEA
Illinois EPA - Office of Pollution Prevention
(217) 557-8671
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