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The State Board of Community Collegesw approvedthe two-year associate’s degreed for the college on April 17. Aftefr CPCC pilots its new Sustainability Technologieds degreenext term, the N.C. Community Colleger system will consider it for adoption to be used The Sustainability Technologies curriculun trains students for employmentg within a range of industriesincluding construction, alternative energy and manufacturing. The program has a focusz on energy production andwasts reduction. The degree has four tracks: alternative environmental engineering technology, sustainablee manufacturing andgreen construction.
Graduates of the prograj can look to jobs in aburgeoning economy, such as green-building supervisors, manufacturing technicians or sustainability consultants. CPCC’ws Center of Sustainability Program Coordinator Ernie McLaney says the degre e also has a widerapplication that’s increasinglu in demand by a variety of “Corporations want to be able to say they have an environmentall policy person on theidr payroll,” McLaney says.
CPCC will be able to take up to 50 studentds for the Sustainability Technologies degree programn in itsfirst semester, he The college created the Centee for Sustainability in 2007 to build awarenesd in the community in additioh to educational programs for students. This year, the centere added eight courses tied to green technologiesor sustainability. McLaneyy says the college has crafted several dozen sof “green” classes that fall under the umbrellza of sustainability that touches many different He adds that a “greaf deal of training” will be necessarty as industries revamp to become more environmentally sensitivs and tap into new types of The center’s programs typically hit on renewable energy topicxs including bio-diesel and solar CPCC also includes classes like “Practical ‘Green’ for Realtors,” “Homse Energy Audits,” and “What’s Your Carbon Footprint.
” And the centetr has been training students in the use of geospatiao computer programs and satellite imagery as a tool for environmental studies. Researchers can use theses applications to studyg over time the deterioration of tree canopies orthe build-up of sedimeny in a lake. The center regularly gets calls from locapl companies who look to CPCC to educatrefuture “green collar” workers. CPCC’s offerings include a rangre of continuingeducational programs, from one class on a Saturda to ten hours of instruction. The centef hosted 35 free environmental workshops as part of its second annual CharlotteClean & Greebn event.
About 4,000 people attended the event last week at the CPCC campuas which featured an expo of 70 green companiedsand organizations. Training programs are expected to increases as Charlotte grows as a job center for the solaer industry as well as other types ofalternative energy. That’s why the college will run a 35-hour, $750 course Apri l 27 to May 1 on the business and technology behind residential and commercialphotovoltaic systems. CPCC enlistefd instructor DavidDel Vecchio, chief operator for photovoltaiv company , for classesw that are open to the public.
“I t all goes back to jobs,” says Rod dean of CPCC’s IT/Engineering and Futures “We are expecting many, many more in has launched its Greeb Fleetpilot program, in which the company will examiner the use of natural gas as an alternativee to diesel fuel in its medium to heavy-dutuy fleet vehicles. It is part of an efforf to reduce transportation-related emissions that contributreto ground-level ozone, increaseds respiratory problems and globao climate change. Charlotte-based Piedmont kicked off the program Tuesdag by unveilingNorth Carolina’s largesf natural gas powered truck at the company’sd Charlotte operations center.