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EDF Climate Corps: Saving cash and the earth

We match organizations with MBA and MPA students to uncover energy savings

AT&T and EDF

AT&T worked with EDF Climate Corps to find ways to cut its lighting energy use by 80% across 250 central offices.

Our climate corps fellows spent the 2011 summer at organizations like Facebook, Dunkin Donuts and the New York City Housing Authority and found $650 million in energy savings.

In 2012, we worked with with 87 companies, cities and universities to sleuth out energy savings.

Saving energy and reducing costs for the benefit of our customers and the environment is a win-win proposition.

Jerry Sus McDonald's, Senior Director, Development & Strategic Technology

By the numbers:

EDF Climate Corps fellows have identified energy saving opportunities that could:

  • Cut enough energy usage to power nearly 100,000 homes a year

  • Avoid the annual carbon emissions of 200,000 cars

  • Save more than $1 billion in net operating costs for the project lifetimes

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Our fellows get impressive results at top organizations

QTS: Energy efficient data centers

How did the world's second largest data center find ways to cut costs by $4 million? By working with EDF Climate Corps.

EDF and New York City Housing Authority

EDF Climate Corps found ways to save $56 million in NYCHA's annual heating costs and avoid 177,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions each year.

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Want to be a host — or a fellow? Visit the EDF Climate Corps site for application details, testimonials and a complete list of past participants and results.

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