Deliverables: What to Expect
Fellows learn to use our finely-tuned financial analysis tool to help companies, cities and universities evaluate and prioritize projects. Over the course of 10-12 weeks, EDF Climate Corps fellows develop detailed business cases for their final recommendations of energy efficiency projects. The end result is a thoroughly-researched set of recommendations and tools to drive next steps.
At the culmination of the program, EDF aggregates and analyzes dollars invested and saved and energy saved through the EDF Climate Corps program and publicizes the participation of host organizations in our marketing materials.
Each fellow produces a detailed report based on the work-plan developed by the host organization and the fellow. The report includes recommended energy efficiency projects along with projected dollar and energy savings.
The Final Report
In developing the detailed final report, each fellow fills out an annotated chart across the different energy efficiency modules, similar to the one below:
| Initial Investment |
NPV | Annual Savings |
Payback (years) |
Energy Savings (kWh/yr) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighting | |||||
| Office Equipment | |||||
| HVAC | |||||
| Other | |||||
| Total |
Other components of the report include:
Major products and outputs of summer work
- Include relevant statistics (e.g. building square feet, number of employees working in buildings, etc.)
- Attach all written work products/presentation slides (omitting information not covered under EDF’s NDA as necessary)
Recommended investment opportunities/actions for host organization
- Short term (3-6 months) implementation
- Medium term (6 months-1 year) implementation
- Long term (1-5 years) implementation; include matrix of estimated costs/impacts ($, kWh, non-financial [e.g. increased employee comfort]) of recommended actions (draw on financial model output as applicable)
Barriers to increased investment in energy efficiency identified at host organization
- Internal operational barriers
- Internal financial barriers
- External (e.g. leasing) barriers
- Other barriers as applicable; include recommendations for potential solutions
Publicizing Results
The results of this program will be made public in order to maximize both environmental and business benefits. EDF will not refer to any organization's program or results publicly without prior written approval.
EDF's objective is to demonstrate that energy efficiency saves energy and therefore saves organizations money. EDF staff will follow-up with the host organizations to find out whether identified measures are implemented and the resulting energy savings. EDF will aggregate these savings over time to give an overall picture of how much money organizations can save with energy efficiency.
EDF will also take salient stories and anecdotes from the fellows' reports to further make the case for energy efficiency. Any public statements about an organization will be forwarded to the organization for approval.
