Overview:
NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet\'s wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America\'s bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing.
NRDC is seeking a Healthy Buildings Scientist to join the Resilient Communities Division of the People and Communities Program. The position can be based in any of our U.S. offices or remote, with a preference for being office-based.
Position Summary
The Resilient Communities division of the People & Communities program focuses on building and activating partnerships, advancing holistic policies and climate solutions that provide strong health, economic and social benefits, and seeing them through investment and implementation. We aim to support historically underrepresented communities, BIPOC communities, EJ communities, and communities most impacted by climate action and inaction, specifically related to infrastructure, buildings, power, and transportation. We believe that to make lasting and far-reaching progress on climate change, we must form inclusive partnerships and coalitions to drive wide-ranging and effective change, explicitly designed to benefit people in the places they work and live.
Moving toward homes that rely on electric appliances instead of fossil fuels, and that are energy efficient, safe, healthy, and affordable, are priorities for NRDC\xe2\x80\x99s buildings advocacy. The Healthy Buildings Scientist will conduct policy-relevant research and analysis, science communication and translation, and advocacy for policies that will safeguard the climate and protect public health by cutting pollution from buildings and making them healthier. Work will focus on the intersection of healthy buildings with electrification and energy efficiency, co-creating with community partners, and ensuring the building decarbonization transition delivers significant benefits for underserved households, including healthy, affordable homes, and reduced energy burden.
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