News Release: NSF Funded BEST Center Convenes Community College Faculty Nationwide to Advance Building Performance Education in Partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center

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Oakland, California, December 18, 2015 – The BEST Center (Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow) will host community college faculty from 16 states at a 4-day Annual Institute to be held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center and Laney College. The event will be held from January 6 –…

News Release: Community College Faculty Nationwide Attend BEST Center’s Building Automation Workshop hosted at Siemens

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  Oakland, California, November 19, 2015 – Siemens and the BEST Center (Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow) located at Laney College and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are bringing together community college faculty from 18 different states around the U.S. to attend a Building Automation Workshop at the North American headquarters of…

Webinar: Resources for Building Technician Educators

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“Resources for Building Technician Educators” Webinar now available.   On October 7th, the BEST Center hosted a webinar with HVAC Excellence that covered a lot of available resources for educators from finding advisers to web resources to available National Science Foundation (NSF) grants among others. The recording can be found on our video page. Here’s the link. Check…

Laney College Receives $3.5 Million National Science Foundation Award

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Laney College Receives $3.5 Million National Science Foundation Award: Goal to Create National Center for Building Efficiency Technician Education   (Oakland, CA – Nov. 20, 2012) Laney College and its partners recently were awarded a prestigious $3.5 million, 4-year Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant from the National Science Foundation. Together with several other community colleges and…

Spring 2011 Bulletin

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  Congratulations to all faculty on completing another school year!! Here are some highlights from our members: Northwest Mississippi Community College (Senatobia, MS) – NMCC’s HVACR program is PAHRA-accredited and a member of the Council of Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Educators (CARE). – The full-time instructors are NATE-certified, and Josh Buchanan and Whit Perry attended…