Energy Education: Whats Available

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Energy Education Whats Available Where Do I
Find It?Tribal Energy Conference Energy Trade
FairFebruary 18, 2009
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Erik Westerholm Project Specialist NW Energy
Education Institute at Lane Community
College Eugene, Oregon 541-463-5798 westerholme_at_la
necc.edu
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Northwest Energy Education Institute Lane
Community College
Mission Statement To be the Preferred Source
of Cost-effective, Innovative, High-quality
Energy Education Designed to Quickly Respond to
Industry and Societal Trends 1996 NEEI Business
Plan
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Northwest Energy Education Institute Lane
Community College
Programs Include
Two-year AAS Degrees 1. Energy Management 2.
Renewable Energy Technology 3. Water Conservation
Technician 4. Sustainability Coordinator (fall
09)
Certification Programs 1. The Energy Management
Certification 2. Building Operator
Certification 3. The Bonneville Power
Administration Residential Energy Auditor
and Inspector Certification 4. National
Sustainable Building Advisor Certification Program
Custom Training and Consultation
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Northwest Energy Education Institute Lane
Community College
Two-year Degree in Energy Management 1. Trains
Students To Conduct Commercial Building Energy
Audits 2. Trains Students To Install Renewable
Energy Systems Solar Thermal and Photovoltaics
Upon completion, students are employed by
utilities, governmental agencies, school
districts, engineering firms, and energy service
companies.
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Northwest Energy Education Institute Lane
Community College Renewable Energy Technician
Program

• First Year
• Fall
• DRF 162 Blueprint Reading Residential and
  Commercial
• MTH 095 Intermediate Algebra
• NRG 101 Introduction to Energy Management
• NRG 161 Introduction to Sustainability
• Winter
• NRG 111 Residential/Light Commercial Energy
  Analysis
• NRG 154 Alternative Energy Technologies
• NRG 160 Introduction to Water Resources
• PH 101 Fundamentals of Physics
• WR 121 English Composition
• Spring
• NRG 121 Air Conditioning Systems Analysis
• NRG 124 Energy Efficient Methods
• NRG 131 Lighting Fundamentals
• PH 102 Fundamentals of Physics

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Northwest Energy Education Institute Lane
Community College Renewable Energy Technician
Program

• Second Year
• Fall
• EET 129 Electrical Theory 1
• NRG 141 Energy Investment Analysis
• NRG 155 Photovoltaic Design and Installation 1
• NRG 157 Renewable Energy Systems
• WR 227 Technical Writing
• Winter
• EET 130 Electrical Theory 2
• NRG 156 Photovoltaic Design and Installation 2
• NRG 158 Solar Thermal Design and Installation 1
• NRG 206 Co-op Ed Energy Management Seminar
• Spring
• NRG 159 Solar Thermal Design and Installation 2
• NRG 280 Co-op Ed Energy Management

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Northwest Energy Education Institute Lane
Community College Renewable Energy Technician
Program
The Institute for Sustainable Power, Inc. (ISP)
is a non-profit organization, incorporated in
1996, to coordinate, develop, and maintain
international standards for the evaluation and
qualification of renewable energy (RE), energy
efficiency (EE), and distributed generation (DG)
training providers.

• Raising the level of training quality,
  competency, and availability
• Encouraging safety and the training of safe
  practices in the industry
• Supporting training programs by providing
  guidance and consensus
• standards on the content and delivery of
  courses.

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Northwest Energy Education Institute Lane
Community College Renewable Energy Technician
Program
Jane Weissman, Executive Director
Photovoltaic Installer Certification Solar
Thermal Installer Certification Small Wind Energy
Systems Installer Certification (in progress)
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The Bonneville Power Administration Residential
Energy Auditor and Inspector Certification
One Week Workshop Topics 1. Priorities of
Weatherization 2. Residential Construction 3.
Residential Heat Loss Analysis 4. Moisture
Transport in Homes 6. Attic and Crawl Space
Ventilation 7. Heating and Cooling Homes 8. Why
Building Pressures Matter 9. Indoor Air Quality
Native American Indian Weatherization Training
Students take a comprehensive exam at the
conclusion of the workshop
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Custom Training and Consultation
NEEI Regional Workshops Compressed Air
Challenge (DOE) Commercial Energy
Auditing Measurement And Verification ODOE
Energy Fundamentals (Staff) Mobile Home
Weatherization American Indian Skill
Development Building Integrated Photovoltaics
NEEI International Workshops New Zealand
Technical Institute Energy Program University of
Argentina Graduate Degree Program American
University At Beirut Lebanon Enhancing
Environmental Sustainability through Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technology,
Cyprus
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Northwest Energy Education Institute Lane
Community College Renewable Energy Technician
Program
Oregon State Licensing Joint Apprenticeship
Training Committee JATC Limited Renewable Energy
Technician License Photovoltaics, Small Scale
Wind, Low-head Hydro Solar Thermal License Solar
Domestic and Pool Water Heating
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NEEI Energy Efficient Demonstration Building
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Energy Information Resources

• Energy Education in Oregon
• LCC www.nweei.org
• OIT www.oit.edu/portland/ree
• CGCC www.cgcc.cc.or.us
• PCC www.pcc.edu

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Sources

• OR Dept. of Energy
• Solar Oregon
• OSEIA (NW Solar Expo 4/09)
• Sequential Biofuels
• Aprovecho-Appropriate technology Permaculture

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Sources

• Greywater Guerrillas
• Solar Energy International
• Your Neighbor
• Local Weatherization Firms
• Saturn Resources
• Residential Energy Book

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Erik Westerholm Project Specialist NW Energy
Education Institute at Lane Community
College Eugene, Oregon 541-463-5798 westerholme_at_la
necc.edu