Strengthening Building & Construction Technician Training with Alternative Energy Sources to Advance Sustainability (B/C Alt-Energy Tech)

这个先进的技术教育计划轨道2项目旨在通过改进佛罗里达东北部地区建筑和建筑科学技术教育的课程和教育材料，为国家利益服务。根据环境科学家的预测，到2050年，美国将完全依赖可再生能源。这包括在建筑和建筑科学行业走向绿色。实现国家能源基础设施的转型将需要一支强大的建筑技术人员队伍，将建筑科学和能源效率知识融入他们的标准实践。佛罗里达州立大学杰克逊维尔分校的项目“加强建筑和施工技术人员的替代能源培训，促进可持续发展”支持了一项重大努力，以提高我们教育学生和地区技术人员的能力。项目目标是：1)创建替代能源课程，作为理学副学士学位课程的一部分，使学生准备获得建筑和建筑中替代能源使用的多个行业认可证书；2)建立替代能源和材料实验室，让学生练习安装和性能分析技术；3)设计和建造一个低成本的教室替代能源和导热性培训器，供教师在中学课程中使用。4)为K-12人口（包括代表性不足的学生）创造职业管道，并为中学教师提供专业发展活动。50名大学生、10名在职工人、5名大专教师、20名参加教师研讨会的高中教师和40名高中生将获得知识和技能。通过使用多样性最佳实践，代表性不足的人口的入学率将至少增加5%。将在区域和国家两级进行传播。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Advanced Technological Education Program Track 2 project aims to serve the national interest by improving curricula and educational materials in building and construction science technician education for the Northeast Florida region. By 2050, according to environmental scientists’ predictions, the United States will be entirely dependent on renewable energy. This includes going green in the building and construction science industry. Carrying out this transition of the nation’s energy infrastructure will require a robust construction technician workforce that integrates building science and energy-efficiency knowledge into their standard practice. Florida State College at Jacksonville’s project, Strengthening Building and Construction Technician Training with Alternative Energy Sources to Advance Sustainability, supports a significant effort to increase our capacity to educate students and regional technicians. The project goals are to: 1) create an Alternative Energies track, as part of Associate of Science degree programs that will prepare students to earn multiple industry-recognized credentials in alternative energies use in building and construction, 2) establish an Alternative Energies and Materials Laboratory for students to practice installation and performance analysis techniques, 3) design and build a low-cost classroom alternative energy and thermal conductivity trainer for teachers to use in secondary courses, and 4) create a career pipeline for K-12 populations, including underrepresented students, and professional development activities for secondary school teachers. Fifty (50) college students, 10 incumbent workers, 5 postsecondary faculty members, 20 high school teachers participating in faculty workshops and 40 high school students will gain knowledge and skills. Enrollment of underrepresented populations will increase by at least five percent through using diversity best practices. Dissemination will take place at regional and national levels. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation’s economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.