Energy Management faculty and students partner with Oregon State University EEC

The Lane Community College (LCC) Energy Management-Building Controls program is collaborating with the Oregon State University (OSU) Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) on a recently funded US Department of Energy award to create the Small Comercial Building Assessment Center. The purpose of the center is to train LCC and OSU students to perform commercial building energy audits for small/mid-sized buildings with less than 100,000 square feet. The team will jointly develop curricula for building energy auditing as well as providing hands-on experience for students from both institutions. The team will prioritize assessing and making recommendations for energy efficiency improvements for buildings in underserved areas.  https://eec.oregonstate.edu/

LCC Wins Two Federal Department of Energy awards!!!

LCC Energy Management Program wins two Department of Energy (DOE) awards to fight Global Climate Change.

The Energy Management program has partnered with the University of Oregon (UO) and Oregon State University on two separate US Department of Energy Awards ($500k each) that fight Global Climate Change! The Energy Program has partnered with the UO Energy Studies in Buildings Lab (ESBL) to create the first-ever Building Energy and Controls Apprenticeship (BECA) program. The BECA prepares individuals who are searching for an employment path that helps to offset climate change. There are two components to the BECA, which are the LCC Energy Management two-year degree program, AND 2000 hours of paid apprentice employment with local (to you) practitioners called Training Agents.

The DOE awarded the OSU Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) funds to create the Small Commercial Building Assessment Center (SCBAC), which will be operated under the IAC umbrella. OSU will hire LCC Energy and Water Conservation students as student employees to conduct energy audits in commercial buildings that are 100k square feet or less in size. The LCC Energy and Water program staff will train and oversee the commercial building audits and report writing.

Please contact the LCC Energy and Water program for additional information,

, 541-556-7724

Building Energy & Controls Apprenticeship program

Once you're enrolled in the Energy Management - Building Controls program, you can also add the Building Energy & Controls Apprenticeship (BECA) program!

In addition to the Energy Management - Building Controls 2-year degree, you'll receive 2,000 hours of paid on-the-job training, beginning the summer after the first year of classroom instruction. Regionally average hourly wages will be paid by the training agent (employer) and incrementally scale upward in four steps based on program completion, going from 60% to 90% of journey-level wages. Throughout your apprenticeship, you'll work in the fast-growing field of high-performance buildings and use your skills to reduce energy consumption, improve the health of building occupants and the environment. Upon completion, we recommend you also complete the Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Managers exam.

If you're enrolled in the Energy Management - Building Controls Program and are ready to apply to the apprenticeship program, please see the Associated Builders and Contractors PNW website (link is external) to find details on the application process. 

The Building Energy Controls Apprenticeship (BECA) has partnered with the University of Oregon, Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory (ESBL) on this project. The ESBL is a Department in the UO School of Architecture.  The ESBL will be working with students that are part of the apprenticeship program to find training partners.  The University has a vast network of operators and managers of buildings across the nation.  These contacts will provide students with opportunities in a variety of buildings.  To learn more about the University of Oregon ESBL, please visit their page at ESBL

For additional information please contact Roger Ebbage at 541-556-7724 or

Buildings & Transformation Through and Beyond COVID19

The BCxA Conference Opening Keynote Address, Buildings & Transformation Through and Beyond COVID19, will be presented by Dr. Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, Professor of Architecture and founder of the Institute for Health in the Built Environment at the University of Oregon.

As he notes in his recent video, “we can’t test every person every day for the coronavirus, but we can test every building every day, and soon it may be every hour and even every minute."

 Buildings & Transformation Through and Beyond COVID19