Strategies for Meeting Workforce Demand

Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, for instance, offers an Energy Management Technician degree with an optional emphasis on renewable energy. The rigorous 100-credit program is housed in the Science Division and is ISPQ accredited by the Institute of Sustainable Power. Program Coordinator Roger Ebbage says the program began in September 2003 and has seen this year’s enrollment nearly triple the first year’s.

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Oregon Higher Ed Knows Solar

Oregon Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies Center - oregonbest.org

...Oregon leads the nation in recruiting and supporting solar energy companies that have open access to our university network of cutting-edge solar research facilities and world-renowned faculty researchers.

In addition, Oregon’s colleges and universities are educating new graduates who are highly trained in solar energy technologies and have hands-on experience in solar research labs. These men and women are ready to meet the growing workforce needs of Oregon’s booming solar energy sector...

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Eugene Solar Tour 2008 - PRESS RELEASE

On October 5, 2008, three Lane Community College Energy Management students, working in conjunction with representatives from the City of Eugene Planning and Development Office, the Eugene Water and Electric Board, Solar Oregon, the American Solar Energy Society and the Northwest Energy Education Institute, will present the 2008 Eugene Solar Tour!

Renewable Energy Technician Program awarded ISPQ Accreditation

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council is pleased to announce that the Lane Community College Renewable Energy Technician Program has been awarded the ISPQ Accreditation credential.” - July 31, 2007 More Info

The Sierra Club gives a “thumbs up” to our 2-yr degree programs!

See the article on their Website and the full page highlighting our programs in their newly released report “Power2Change: Energy Choices and the 2008 elections”

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The Energy Management Program has expanded from a focus on residential energy efficiency to tackling the gargantuan need for commercial energy conservation solutions.

Finding a future - and a calling - in solar electricity

By Barbara Grady
STAFFWRITER
InsideBayArea.com
Article Created: 04/11/2008 11:58:38 AM PDT

Mark Hilsabeck (NEEI renewable energy technician graduate) climbs a ladder to the roof of a home in Berkeley more than a dozen times in a morning, sometimes carrying solar panels weighing 30 pounds each, other times tools and electrical equipment.

"We are planning on adding 200 workers in the next two years," Rive said. His company has been growing rapidly since its founding in July 2006.  It has already hired 210 people.

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Green Goes Mainstream - Register Guard

Demand for workers schooled in renewable energy is booming in Lane County — and it’s spreading

The Register-Guard: Business
By Diane Dietz
Published: April 6, 2008

The once-beleaguered program that was cut in 1997 from the school’s general fund
is producing graduates now who are in high demand.
“It’s an exciting, vibrant green-collar job area,” Ebbage said. “We haven’t seen this
before. It’s mainstream. It’s front page news.”
The New York Times last week cited Ebbage’s program as one of the promising
green- collar educational initiatives nationally.

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Majoring in Renewable Energy - New York Times

March 26, 2008
By KEITH SCHNEIDER
New York Times

As business and industry are taking more interest in renewable energy, academia is not far behind. Anticipating increased demand for new technical and design skills, colleges and universities across the nation are offering degree programs in the field.

More community colleges are offering one-year certificates and two-year associate degrees in building and installing clean-energy systems. Lane Community College, in Eugene, Ore., trains renewable-energy technicians in a two-year program that teaches students how to improve the energy efficiency of homes and businesses and install solar-power and wind-power systems.

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Lane Community College Awarded ISPQ Accreditation for Renewable Energy Technician Program

ISPQ: Training Accreditation News & Updates
31.07.07 12:46

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council is pleased to announce that Lane Community College has been awarded the ISPQ Accreditation credential for their Renewable Energy Technician Program. The Renewable Energy Technician program is offered by the Energy Management Program Department which is a component of the Science Division at Lane Community College.

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