[Spring 2025] Sustainable Design & Passive House Internship

Sustainable Comfort, Inc. is a green building and energy efficiency consulting firm with expertise in multifamily housing. Our fast-paced, high growth environment and commitment to best practices allow our employees both the flexibility many applicants seek and a forward-thinking culture that fosters leadership, creativity, and ingenuity.

We need Ambition. We are looking for a motivated, team-oriented person to support our diverse, growing team of building performance professionals. Our focus is Sustainability & Green Buildings. SCI works with development and construction teams throughout the greater Northeast Region to make better multifamily buildings, with a specific focus in ENERGY Star Homes, LEED for Homes, Enterprise Green Communities, Passive House, HERS Rating, State Incentive Programs, and Code Compliance. The Energy Rater will work with architects and developers to develop building plans with an eye for sustainability to meet various energy efficiency and green building programs.

Grow both Personally and Professionally. We are a young company that is expanding rapidly. Grow your job role and work on innovative projects in a green building/sustainability focused company.

Key Activities:

• Basic drafting / redlines

• Assist with any field measurements / photos / notes

• Document management (Uploads to Procure, Dropbox filing, CAD exports and PDFs)

• Product research and support

• Basic Revit experience

• Working towards an architecture or related degree

• Possess a professional demeanor in dealing with clients and team members.

• Passion for green building and sustainability.

• Have ability to pass a criminal background check.

• Positive attitude, mental agility, intellectual curiosity, and strong work ethic.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook.

• Strong sense of accountability.

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously and work independently.

• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills, and strong attention to detail.

• Strong personal and professional integrity with the ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Ability to maintain professional discretion to comply with instructions, procedures, standards, policies, laws, and theories that are obtained within the organization.

Primary Skills:

• High attention to detail

• Relentless customer focus.

• Excellent oral and written communication.

• Strong ability to independently set priorities, maintain schedule, and use different communication methods to collaborate with a geographically diverse team.

• Ability and desire to interact with a wide range of existing and potential customers daily.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Language Skills:  Read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents; and respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.

• Computer Skills:  Exhibit proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and Office Products, some Adobe Products, and cloud-based file management.

• Physical Demands:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and depth perception. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Disclaimer:  This job description is only a summary of typical functions and is not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties; they may differ from the job description.  Any other duties, as assigned, might be part of the job.