Education & Training for Energy & Water Professionals
Read the latest happenings in green energy, solar PV, building efficiency, water conservation plus more!!
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,
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Energy Trust of Oregon provides a cash incentive of up to $1,400* per building operator to help with the cost of completing Level I or Level II BOC training. Participants may not receive an incentive for both Level I and Level II certification within three years.
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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."
A new model building code – all but finalized this week – gives U.S. states and cities a great chance to save money and cut pollution by reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from buildings.
Read the article more about this new building code Here.
The future is moving toward us. These will be great jobs and there will be a need for technical education. We got you covered!! Building Controls Options
https://www.nweei.org/2-year-degrees/building-controls-technician.html
Classes starting in the Fall.
You have the power to make a difference by directly funding water and energy educational programming through Lane Community College.
Be sure to select "other" under the designation and then type in "Energy Management"