Architecture & Sustainable Design Articles

Jared B. Houseknecht stands before sandstone grandeur in Utah's Arches National Park The shimmering Gateway Arch on the St. Louis skyline. Breathtaking beauty in Sedona, Ariz.

It is time for the annual "Bridging the Gap" paper bridge competition, in which contestants are challenged to build a lightweight (yet weight-bearing) bridge solely from construction paper and glue.  Required for students in the Structural Principles architectural technology class, the contest is also open to all students and employees.

About 50 architecture students from The Pennsylvania State University visited Penn College's masonry lab Wednesday, gaining hands-on experience and a heightened appreciation of  the relationship between design and construction.

The latest video produced by Pennsylvania College of Technology has a shade of “green.” The building science and sustainable design bachelor-degree major is featured in the video recently added to the college’s YouTube Channel. The major is seen through the eyes of Tyler L. Walter, of New Paris, as he completes a class project.

Marc E. Bridgens, dean of construction and design technologies, assesses progress Friday. Mountain stone climbs the exterior walls of the turbine-control building, rising to meet the white vinyl siding that will soon be installed. The 576-square-foot structure will be topped by a blue metal roof, matching another at the ETEC site.

Penn College students clearly have a hand in sustainable communities. 'Green' mural artfully adds to national dialogue. Students in Penn College's School of Construction and Design Technologies created murals to commemorate the first Green Apple Day of Service, a Sept. 29 event that champions "healthy, sustainable schools" through community involvement. As a project for Naim N.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology construction majors are among 10 students sharing $18,000 in scholarships from the Merit Shop Training and Research Center, presented during a recent meeting of the Keystone Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. board of directors. Caleb M. Wise, a building automation technology student from Manheim, received $2,500, and Cody A.

Green careers are the focus of the latest episode of "degrees that work.tv," an award-winning documentary series produced by Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA Public Media. Rewarding career possibilities in energy efficiency and renewable energy are explored during the show, which premieres throughout northeastern and northcentral Pennsylvania on April 12 at 8 p.m. on WVIA-TV.

The latest episode of Penn College's award-winning, career-awareness television series, " degrees that work.tv , " is available online. The second of two episodes devoted to green careers, this edition explores the energy efficiency and renewable energy job sectors with the help of building science and sustainable design majors at Penn College and national experts.

Penn College was among 26 exhibitors at the Career and Technical Education celebration Feb. 8-9 in the East Wing Rotunda of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg. The college's renewable energy technologies and building science and sustainable design majors were among the key programs highlighted during Tuesday's opening ceremonies.