ESTP alum wins prize at annual sustainability symposium

ESTP alum, Andrew Jones (MS, 2019), was one of the prize winners at the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research's Annual Sustainability Symposium on March 17th.

Jones was advised by Destenie Nock, Ph.D. (CEE & EPP) and Constantine Samaras, Ph.D. (prior ESTP core faculty member). Their research examines the climate impacts of residential cooling demand and its implications for energy burden in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. Their preliminary results show that improving AC efficiency alone may not be sufficient to reduce the energy burden of the lowest-income group below the 6% threshold, as some households can still experience an energy burden of 14%. 

"ESTP exposed me to so many of the relevant skills and concepts that I now have the ability to dig deeper into related to residential energy consumption. Specifically, I thoroughly enjoyed the energy demand and energy economics courses, and  I currently use principles learned in my current research, along with those I took while pursuing my master's," says Jones.