GET, LLC commends Independence LED Lighting on the recent
announcement that they will be a major sponsor
of the American Campus Efficiency Prize (ACE Prize).
On the heels of the recent securing of a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule, our friends in Pennsylvania are taking another
leadership role in the whole "Green Jobs" effort to move the U.S.
Economy forward.
The ACE Prize is dedicated to educate a new generation of
students that will play an integral role in the new Global Energy Economy, and
to reward them with scholarships when they succeed at helping their schools
reduce energy consumption. Independence
LED have committed up to $10 Million in Scholarships for the A.C.E. Prize
initiative. The amount of money is less core to this green job creation path
than the innovation of the joint academic and business initiative to provide
“Learn and Earn” benefits.
“Independence LED has already seen the value come in several
ways," said Independence LED Lighting Chairman Charlie Szoradi. "We
have recently identified two of the students in the program that exhibited
particularly high potential, and they are now trained in lighting energy
auditing and on Return on Investment (ROI) Savings Report software."
Independence LED believes that the next generation of their
green job employees are the students that are currently enrolled in college and
about to graduate. The LED tube company has started to mentor students to
create what they call a “career launch pad” with practical business experience
as a compliment to the students’ academic work. Independence LED then provides
the scholarships as retrofit projects unfold on the students’ own campuses.
Kudos to Charlie and the team at Independence LED
Lighting. If you are a college student and
interested in participating, please email your resume to holloway.155@buckeyemail.osu.edu and li.1178@buckeyemail.osu.edu.
Undergraduate
or Graduate Students are invited to participate with the majority of interest
to date has come from students with a focus on engineering, environmental
science, and/or business. The Learn and Earn Scholarship program is ideal for
students that are highly motivated since the scholarships are performance
based.