Educating Technicians for Building Automation and Sustainability

为建筑自动化和可持续发展技术人员提供教育

• 批准号: 0802595
• 负责人: Peter Crabtree
• 金额: $ 90万
• 依托单位: Peralta Community College District Office
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-15 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0802595&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Educating; Technicians; Building; Automation; Sustainability

The need for technicians with traditional skill sets as well as with experience in programming, networking, and systems integration knowledge is well-documented and technicians who can manage controls present an emerging and rapidly expanding market of high-wage employment for community college graduates. The lack of technicians qualified in building automation systems constitutes one of the greatest barriers to rapidly implementing energy efficiency, greenhouse gas reduction, and sustainability targets in commercial buildings. This project builds on previous efforts aimed at upgrading technician education to meet today's challenges for energy efficiency in buildings. Courses are being developed in the area of building automation and sustainability and a new associate's degree program will be offered in building automation, filling a critical gap in degree offerings. The project involves extensive collaboration with national ATE centers, with industry, and with four-year institutions. A Physics for Building Science and Sustainability high school summer program is being expanded and a teacher training component is being added through this project. Results from the project are being rigorously evaluated and disseminated on a national scale.

对具有传统技能集以及具有编程、网络和系统集成知识经验的技术人员的需求是有目共睹的，能够管理控制的技术人员为社区大学毕业生提供了一个新兴且迅速扩大的高薪就业市场。缺乏合格的建筑自动化系统技术人员是商业建筑迅速实现能效、温室气体减排和可持续发展目标的最大障碍之一。该项目建立在以前努力的基础上，旨在提升技术员教育，以应对当今建筑能效方面的挑战。目前正在开发建筑自动化和可持续发展领域的课程，并将提供一个新的建筑自动化副学士学位课程，以填补学位提供方面的一个关键空白。该项目涉及与国家ATE中心、行业和四年制机构的广泛合作。一个建筑科学和可持续发展的物理学高中暑期计划正在扩大，并通过这个项目增加了一个教师培训部分。该项目的成果正在得到严格的评估，并在全国范围内传播。