Planning Grant for a Resource Clearinghouse for Sustained Energy Technologies

该项目旨在为先进技术环境教育中心（ATEEC）内的可持续能源技术资源交换中心进行规划。资源交流中心旨在满足学生、教育工作者、商业和工业的需要，通过两年制学院和其他教育机构为可持续能源领域提供消息灵通、合格和训练有素的技术人员。资源交换中心包括对教育工作者的专业发展和支持，10-14年级的课程和教育材料，以及可持续能源资源的收集和传播工具，包括最佳项目实践，2+2+2项目的明确课程，来自NSF ATE中心开发可持续能源课程的信息，以及与外部机构和研究机构合作的信息。智力价值：在可持续能源领域不断发展和改进的教学方法和技术进步需要集中努力，以确保高影响力的教育实践得到理解和利用。结合高中、社区学院、ATE中心、商业和工业、政府机构、国家实验室和四年制学院和大学的领导、知识、专业知识和资源，这28个合作伙伴有能力在ATEEC中心内进行NSF可持续能源资源中心的规划、开发和实施。在提供必要的课程和教师培训以提供熟练工人和训练有素的技术人员的同时，资源中心将劳动力需求和先进技术的相关研究转移到教育环境中。更广泛的影响：可持续能源技术领域正在不断发展，需要信息从教育流向工业，从工业流向教育。从氢燃料电池到可持续建筑，这个领域是动态的。由于对能源使用的需求不断增加，并且因为能源使用以不可逆转的方式影响环境，能源效率/可再生能源和可持续实践领域是一个快速发展的先进技术环境领域，需要大量的科学、技术、工程和数学知识。它是预计将增加大量就业机会的12个行业之一，对经济产生重大影响，并影响其他行业的增长。它正在被需要新技能的技术和创新所改变。

This project is designed to plan for a Resource Clearinghouse for Sustainable Energy Technologies within the Advanced Technology Environment Education Center (ATEEC). The resource clearinghouse is intended to meet the needs of students, educators, and business and industry to supply the sustainable energy field with informed, qualified, and trained technicians through two-year colleges and other educational institutions. The resource clearinghouse includes professional development and support for educators, curriculum and educational materials for grades 10-14, and a collection and dissemination vehicle for sustainable energy resources including best program practices, articulated curricula for 2+2+2 programs, information from NSF ATE centers that develop sustainable energy curricula, and information about working with outside agencies and research institutions. Intellectual Merit: Evolving and improved instructional methodology and technical advances in the field of sustainable energy require a focused effort to assure that high impact educational practices are understood and utilized. Combining the leadership, knowledge, expertise, and resources of high schools, community colleges, ATE Centers, business and industry, government agencies, national laboratories, and four-year colleges and universities, the 28 partners are well-positioned to conduct the planning, development, and implementation of an NSF Resource Center for Sustainable Energy within the ATEEC Center. While providing for the curriculum and faculty training necessary to provide skilled workers and highly trained technicians, the resource center moves relevant research in workforce needs and advanced technology to the education setting. Broader Impacts: The field of sustainable energy technologies is evolving and requires the flow of information from education to industry and from industry to education. From hydrogen fuel cells to sustainable building, the field is dynamic. Because of ever-increasing demand for energy use and because energy use impacts the environment in irreversible ways, the field of energy efficiency/renewable energy and sustainable practices are a rapidly growing advanced technology environmental area that requires considerable knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It is one of 12 sectors that is projected to add a substantial number of jobs, have a significant impact on the economy, and impact the growth of other industries. It is being transformed by technology and innovation requiring new skill sets.