Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Articles

A new Pennsylvania College of Technology associate degree, the latest industry-aware major at an institution that grows "greener" by the day, will prepare students for careers in the renewable energy field. Beginning with the Fall 2010 semester, the college's School of Construction and Design Technologies will offer a two-year degree in renewable energy technologies.

Four members from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers' student chapter at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently donated their time and hands-on talents to update the heating system at Williamsport's 113-year-old Annunciation Catholic Church. Instructor David P. Socha, a member of the St.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's SkillsUSA student organization will host six District 6 skills competitions at the college on Jan. 29. SkillsUSA is a national student organization that, in an effort to alleviate skills shortages in the workforce, develops employability, participatory and leadership skills.

As October brought chilly warnings of the winter to come, as temperatures dropped and the wind blew and a Muncy resident's boiler sputtered toward its end, a group of Pennsylvania College of Technology students and a faculty member volunteered in the timely installation of a heating system for the area senior citizen.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been awarded $2,000 scholarships from the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute. Mark P. Hunsicker, of Lansdale, enrolled in the four-year heating, ventilation and air conditioning design technology major, and Stanley D.

Seven students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's four-year heating, ventilation and air conditioning design technology major attended a recent meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers in Harrisburg.

A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Construction and Design Technologies gave a presentation during the recent 2009 PA Home Energy Conference at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College. Richard C.

Five student members of Penn College's American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers chapter recently cleaned up the organization's adopted 2-mile portion of Route 15 near Trout Run. Students participating in the cleanup were Nicholas A. Clark, Matthew J. Kinneman, Matthew P. Robinson, George R. Urschel and Michael L. Way.

In a time when the heating, ventilating and air conditioning industry is facing a shortage of skilled workers, Pennsylvania College of Technology and Johnson Controls are teaming up to attract and groom the next generation of HVAC technicians.

Three heating, ventilation and air conditioning students at Pennsylvania College of Technology were awarded $2,000 scholarships at a recent convention of the National Association of Oil Heat Service Managers in Hartford, Conn. The winners Brandon G. Darrah, of Coudersport; Gregory J. Miller, of Easton; and Joshua D.