The eleventh week of my summer
internship at Sustainable Princeton began with me continuing my work on the local government energy audit program (LGEA)
as I was finally able to acquire the necessary gas and electrical bills for
both the Department of Public Works building and one of the three firehouses in
Princeton. Unfortunately, we still haven’t been able to find the required gas
and electrical bills for the municipal building housing both the Recreation
Department and the Information Technology Department either online or in the
Municipality of Princeton’s records. Thus, our only option now is to request
paper copies for the past twenty-four months from the utility company PSE&G
and hope they get here before my internship is completed. Sadly, this not only
means that I wasn’t able to complete the audit application this week but I might
not be able to complete it over the course of this internship.
On the BYOB plastic film recycling front,
however things are steadily nearing completion. This week I have been following
up with the contacts at each of the nine potential drop off locations to schedule
a twenty to thirty minute meeting for next week on what the bins are for, what
can and can’t go in them, where to drop them off when they get full and so on.
For the twelfth and final week of my internship I hope to
both finish the LGEA energy audit application if I can get the bills in time and
meet with our various contacts throughout the week and finalize things on the
plastic film recycling front. Overall, this was a wonderful week and it is hard
to believe there is only one week left in my internship. It’s been a wonderful
experience for me as I feel I’ve not only learned a lot but also given back in
a meaningful way to the community that I grew up in!
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