Our Mission
PIRG Energy Service Corps is a joint program of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and AmeriCorps that works to educate and engage communities around energy efficiency.
25 Days of Service
Mayor Booker praises NJPIRG's Energy Service Corps in Newark's success in weatherizing 103 homes in 25 days.
Education Week
WISPIRG's Energy Service Corps educates 2,000 children about energy and the environment.
Make a Difference Day
CoPIRG's Energy Service Corps spend spring break making a difference.
Alternative Spring Break
Students decided to skip the party scene and spend their vacation weatherizing homes.
On The Road: North Carolina
AmeriCorps members from New Jersey traveled to Asheville, North Carolina to help weatherize homes in an area hard-hit by the recession.
Locations
PIRG Energy Service Corps is active in four states. Choose your state and community from the map below to get information on our local program in your area.
Student Profile
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Jim Laven, University of Colorado, DenverAs a part-time AmeriCorps member with CoPIRG’s Energy Service Corps and a student at the University of Colorado Denver, Jim Laven spearheads the community campus energy survey and energy efficiency upgrade effort on campus. Launching the project’s Green Office program, he and a corps of volunteers aim to perform energy surveys of every academic department and building on campus. He and his team have even partnered with the campus facilities manager to provide his department with the data necessary to upgrade the efficiency of heating and air conditioning systems all over campus. Jim also led a team to perform 30 energy surveys in the Denver area, helped to upgrade the energy efficiency of the Denver Inner City Parish, a human services nonprofit, and trained other interns and volunteers to also perform surveys in their home towns over Thanksgiving break. |