Weatherization Training Center Expands to Meet Demand
Nov. 4, 2009 - 2:22 p.m.
For nearly 25 years, the Weatherization Training Center at Penn College 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 facilities nationwide to expand its operations in response to the growing demand fueled by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act support. The center held a Grand Opening on Wednesday, showcasing the enhanced facility for invited federal, state and local officials and training partners, who met with staff and toured the 16,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art instructional space on Reach Road in Williamsport. The Open House was featured in WNEP-TV and WBRE-TV newscasts Wednesday evening.
Weatherization Training Center Offers Its First BPI Event
Jan. 16, 2009 - 5:12 p.m.
The Weatherization Training Center at Penn College held its first Building Performance Institute training and certification event during the week of Jan. 12.
Weatherization Training Center Becomes BPI Affiliate
Jan. 8, 2009 - 1:24 p.m.
The Weatherization Training Center at Penn College announces its affiliation with the Building Performance Institute. As a BPI affiliate, WTC will be aligned with a nationally recognized credentialing process and provide an enhanced career path for Pennsylvania Weatherization Assistance Program field staff and private-sector building-performance contractors. Degree-seeking students in the construction design programs at Penn College may also benefit by pursuing BPI certifications offered through WTC.
Funding Renewed for Weatherization Training Center
Dec. 17, 2008 - 3:11 p.m.
With the arrival of another home-heating season, federal funding has been renewed for an acknowledged statewide leader in training thousands of technicians to improve the energy efficiency, health, safety and comfort of their clients’ homes and businesses. The Weatherization Training Center, part of the Pennsylvania Housing Resource Center based at Penn College, was granted $320,000 for the current academic year. The money, which has been allocated in varying amounts every year since the training center’s creation in 1985, comes from the U.S. Department of Energy and is administered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development.
College Weatherization Pro Goes High-Tech to Show Heat Loss
Nov. 12, 2008 - 7:29 a.m.
Using an infrared thermal imaging camera, an expert from Penn College's Weatherization Training Center was featured in an energy-efficiency piece that aired during Newswatch 16's 7 p.m. newscast Tuesday. "Forty percent of your bill is actually in air loss, not in insulation," Larry D. Armanda told WNEP's Norm Jones. "So about 40 cents of every dollar spent in heating is actually going out of your house in air flow. So we can find those air-flow problems or where that air is leaking out of the house and cap that. You've saved a great deal of money."
Funding Renewed for Weatherization Training Center at Penn College
Dec. 19, 2007 - 11:26 a.m.
An initiative that has trained weatherization agencies and other technicians for more than two decades has been awarded federal funding to continue its timely mission of reduced energy consumption, health, safety and comfort for residential and commercial clients alike. The Weatherization Training Center, part of the Pennsylvania Housing Resource Center based at Penn College, was granted $316,000 for the current academic year. The money, which has been annually renewed in varying amounts since WTC’s creation in 1985, comes from the U.S. Department of Energy and is administered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development.
Center for Business & Workforce Development Dedicated
Aug. 9, 2007 - 5:30 p.m.
The Center for Business & Workforce Development, dedicated Thursday on the Penn College campus, continues the college’s tradition of responding to employers’ needs and preparing students to seek the jobs of tomorrow. "From its very beginnings as Williamsport Technical Institute, the college has walked hand-in-hand with business and industry," Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour said. "This building honors that tradition, helping employers stay ahead of the competition and helping our students attain the latest skills that those employers demand."
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