BEST Center is made up of dedicated staff and members. This is the latest spotlight in a series about our community.
“I am a Co-principal investigator for the BEST Center and the senior scientist for Building Technologies and Urban Systems at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. One of my important responsibilities each year is to plan BEST Center’s annual institute, where community college professors meet so that researchers can lecture about new technologies and future innovations. The annual institute and workshops are an amazing resource for instructors to launch a building auto system program, create lab curriculum, and talk to other professors with the same goals. That’s why I work with BEST Center. I love how our organization can help create advanced education to change peoples’ lives. I believe that the work that we are doing truly helps the environment by providing technicians with the knowledge to practice sustainability.”
– Mary Ann Piette
Congratulations to Robert Nirenberg of Metropolitan Community College on being named as BEST’s newest Co-Principal Investigator! Robert has been an active BEST faculty member since 2014 and has led many building automation workshops and webinars. 
Let’s wish a happy retirement to our faculty-friends who have accomplished so much with their programs and students during their stellar careers. Congratulations, Hadley Hartshorn of Laney, Jon Zeh of Sacramento City, and Bill Aylor of Miami Lakes!
Finally, BEST welcomes Graham Geweniger of Automated Logic to BEST’s National Visiting Committee, an advisory panel which meets annually to review the Center’s work and progress. As Automated Logic’s lead trainer, he brings his experience in building automation and intelligent building solutions to this esteemed group. Automated Logic has been a long-time supporter of BEST and hosted the 2015 BAS Workshop at their company headquarters in Kennesaw, GA.
Join Jenny Brinker (NE Wisconsin Technical College) and Steve Abercrombie (South Seattle College) for a virtual discussion on applications of 360 video technologies for remote learning, instructional lab design models, and “campus as living labs.”
Calling all instructors, students, technicians, facilities managers, and building professionals: