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HVAC Technology

School of Construction & Design Technologies
Lifelong Education Center, Rm. C156 · (570) 327-4518

Where can a bachelor’s degree in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Design Technology take you?

Accredited by the PAHRA Endorsed by the ACCA Student reading plans

Almost anywhere you’d like to go in the HVAC industry! Did you know there is a national shortage of both HVAC technicians and designers? Opportunities abound, and our graduates are well prepared to seize them!

Penn College students enrolled in the HVAC major learn the basics of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and control systems. They gain specific knowledge of the design process for ducts, pipes, and diffusers as well as the selection of HVACR equipment. They learn a variety of analysis techniques, including thermal load calculations, heat transfer by finite element analysis, and advanced spreadsheet functions. Additional course work provides instruction in HVAC system management, Direct Digital Control, Indoor Air Quality, and the environmental effects of HVACR. Essentially, our students learn to bring theoretical considerations together with a practical understanding of the system design requirements of an HVAC or refrigeration system.

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HVAC Technology News

Winner Announced for Fitness Center’s 'BFit/BWell Challenge'

May 2008

Matthew P. Robinson, an HVAC technology major, lost 2.5 pounds of fat and attended eight events offered through Student Activities to accumulate the most points in the BFit/BWell Challenge run by the Fitness Center. For his efforts, Robinson received $25 gift cards to Wegmans, GNC and Dick’s Sporting Goods; Cliff energy products and a Penn College back-sack.

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Timely Presentations Planned for Environmental Awareness Week

April 2008

Thomas Anderson's 'off-grid' home takes shape The Energy Conservation Subcommittee of the Governance Facilities Committee will host a series of relevant discussions in observance of Environmental Awareness Week (April 21-24). Each day's program will take place between noon and 1 p.m. Monday's presentation will be held in CC, Room 164. On Tuesday through Thursday, the daily events will be held on the CC patio, near the Children’s Learning Center playground.

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Project Demonstrated, Scholarship Awarded at Student Conference

April 2008

Members of Penn College’s Student Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers attended a recent Central Pennsylvania District student conference in Harrisburg. Students offered a well-received presentation, and one of them – Matthew P. Robinson, a junior and chapter treasurer – was awarded a scholarship.

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Mark Shaffer Named ‘Student-Athlete of the Week'

October 2007

Mark Shaffer of Hanover, a graduate of South Western High School, has been named Penn College’s “Student-Athlete of the Week” for Sept. 25-30. Shaffer, a sophomore majoring in heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology, has compiled a 5-1 pitching record with a 1.20 earned run average in 27 innings of work for the college’s baseball team.

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HVAC Student Touts Penn College Education in National Magazine

September 2007

The benefit to employers of hiring Penn College graduates is noted in a letter to Contractor magazine from Deshawn M. Alexander, an HVAC technology student from Nassau, N.Y. "It just seems like we are overlooked somehow by the industry," Alexander wrote to the newsmagazine of mechanical contracting, "but when people hire our graduates or talk to us, they are astonished by how much we can already understand and do when it comes to work." His item, headlined "(Pennsylvania) College of Technology grads talented," is included in the publication's latest online roundup of Industry News.

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