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NSSC Partners With Industry Group for Building Operator Training

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:54:22 +0000

The National Sustainable Structures Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology has partnered with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council, a nonprofit trade association of the energy-efficiency industry, to bring national Building Operator Certification to the Mid-Atlantic region. Under an agreement signed in March, NSSC at Penn College provides access to its nationally recognized program – resources [...]

College Employee Among Industry Experts Named to National Panel

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:36:01 +0000

The director of the National Sustainable Structures Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been appointed to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s Standards Committee, tasked with ensuring that training credentials continue to reflect industry needs. John E. Manz is one of seven charter members of the committee, which will shepherd this year’s development of revised [...]

Weatherization Training Center Renamed to Reflect Broader Scope

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:32:11 +0000

The Weatherization Training Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology has officially changed its name to the National Sustainable Structures Center, a designation that reflects continuing opportunities to provide building-science and energy-conservation training to the commercial sector, complementing the training center’s extensive experience in the residential field. Since its inception in 1985, NSSC has taught more [...]

Web Page Strengthens College’s Mutually Beneficial Ties to Business, Industry

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:03:52 +0000

Business and industry interested in learning more about Penn College can get acquainted at a new Web page, a “one stop” for anyone in the corporate world looking for more information about the college. The content serves to capture business and industry interest as corporate partners, potential donors, collaborators, innovators, trainers/trainees, and advisers; to acknowledge [...]

Commonwealth Cabinet Secretary Visits Penn College

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:20:14 +0000

C. Alan Walker, secretary of the state Department of Community and Economic Development, visited Penn College on Friday. Walker toured the Weatherization Training Center along Reach Road seeing firsthand how the facility has earned its sterling reputation anddiscussed the college’s leadership role in the Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center and the WEDnetPA Guaranteed Free [...]

WTC Spotlighted in U.S. Department of Energy Video

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:59:12 +0000

Penn College’s Weatherization Training Center, expanded and modernized last fall in response to heightened American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investment, is the subject of a U.S. Department of Energy video. Taped in April and recently posted online as part of the agency’s “Energy Empowers” series, the four-minute segment features WTC staff, alumni and others who [...]

Weatherization Training Center Catches Energy Department’s Eye

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:31:06 +0000

Penn College’s renowned Weatherization Training Center turned soundstage this week, as a video producer for the U.S. Department of Energy shot footage for the agency’s efficiency and renewable-energy division. Brian Sabintrained his camera on instructional specialists Brian K. Wilson (also an alumnus) and Gerald A. Welshans as they demonstrated laboratory exercises typically employed at the [...]

DCED Secretary Tours Weatherization Training Center at Penn College

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:58:06 +0000

George Cornelius, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, toured the Weatherization Training Center at Penn College on Friday. The center has expanded operations in response to the growing demand for service fueled by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The center expects to train up to 1,000 men and women to [...]

Weatherization Training Center Expands to Meet Demand

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:22:11 +0000

For nearly 25 years, the Weatherization Training Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology has provided technical education and training to the professionals who implement programs helping low-income households reduce their energy consumption and costs. With an infusion of federal stimulus funds bolstering those efforts in Pennsylvania, the WTC is one of the first such training [...]

Weatherization Training Center Offers Its First BPI Event

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:12:23 +0000

The Weatherization Training Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology held its first Building Performance Institute training and certification event during the week of Jan. 12. Weatherization staff representing the Central Community Action Program, SEDA-COG, STEP Inc. and the Westmoreland County Weatherization Program participated in the four-day event. BPI staff from Malta, N.Y., provided supervision and [...]