Arguably, the most critical component to a successful capstone project is having an enthusiastic and engaged Community Partner. The spirit of this project is to help advance energy and/or sustainability-related initiatives in your own community while affording you the opportunity to network in your own backyard. Your partnership could be with a non-profit organization, local business owner, or government entity. You'll work with them to establish or advance some energy and/or sustainability related initiative with policy implications (either at the local level or within their organization). Because this partnership will be central to your experience in the capstone semester, we need to establish it early so that you and your partner can then start solidifying the work you'll do for them during the semester itself.
The starting point is a community partner you want to work with (and who wants to work with you) and a topic of interest and value to them. We’re trying to advance something they’re already interested in and possibly invested in but perhaps don’t have the staff resources to work on right now while providing you with a good networking opportunity right in your own backyard.
To be considered for enrollment in the course, you must have secured a project partner and drafted the potential scope/deliverables for your project and submitted to the course instructor by: