Benchmarking and Compliance Intern
Location: New York, NY or Remote
Paid Internship: $20/hr
Duration: June – November 2025
Bright Power has been a transformative player in clean energy and sustainable buildings since 2004. We believe a meaningful difference in climate change will only be realized if it is easy for building owners to make their buildings better.
Our approach is simple: we find energy and water problems in buildings, we fix them, and we follow up to make sure the solutions worked. Behind the scenes, our unique combination of software, analytics, engineering, and contracting makes it all happen. If you have a can-do problem-solving attitude and are excited to join a company of the brightest minds working on energy and water in buildings, then apply to join our team!
Join Us
Bright Power is comprised of a team of diverse, talented, and hard-working individuals committed to growing this industry and making a positive impact on the environment. We are passionate about reducing energy and water usage by implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. Our goal is to improve the health, comfort, and value of our client’s buildings, while cultivating a sustainable future. We believe deeply in doing well by doing good and come to work every day seeking to change the world.
The Role
The Analysis Business Unit of Bright Power is seeking detail-oriented and motivated interns to join our team. Bright Power works with property owners who have loans through the Fannie Mae Green Loan program and helps them meet their utility data reporting requirements.
The Benchmarking and Compliance Intern will review and integrate property owner-paid utility data, as well as research, review, and request whole-building or individual apartment authorization forms and utility data. This position plays a crucial role in ensuring the success of the entire program.
Primary Responsibilities
- Conduct quality assurance of utility data sources and authorizations from external clients
- Prepare, transfer and store documents to ensure high standard of accuracy and organization
- Troubleshoot and communicate issues relating to data access and quality
- Ensure accurate and efficient integration of utility account data into our systems
- Communicate with utility companies to submit documents, request tenant data, and troubleshoot ongoing requests
- Research utility companies’ policies for data release
- Collaborate with team members to improve workflow processes
- Contribute to other projects as needed
Qualifications
Skills/Qualifications
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Strong attention to detail
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with spreadsheet-based programs — Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
- Comfortable speaking on the phone and writing emails to external parties
- Self-motivated and self-organizing direction — this position works with an end deliverable for a client that has many moving pieces
- Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment providing ideas and open feedback
Preferred Qualifications
- Candidates with a bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or similar technical field are preferred
- Experience in the real estate, energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainability or building operations world
- Experience with utility bill data
- Intermediate knowledge of Excel
- Experience with cloud-based CRM platforms — Salesforce
- Experience with Energy Star Portfolio Manager, especially for multifamily buildings
What you get out of working at Bright Power
- Opportunity to learn about energy management, working with utilities and utility data, and sustainable buildings
- Full-time position at $17 hourly salary
- Training in utility benchmarking and industry-standard software tools
- Networking with leaders across Bright Power’s business units, and connections to leaders in the building and energy industry
- 8 hours of paid time off per month
- Be part of a team that is hard-working and driven, but doesn’t take itself too seriously
Equal Employment Opportunities
Bright Power provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Bright Power complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Bright Power expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Bright Power’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
