(OMAHA, NE) – BEST Center partnered with Metropolitan Community College to host the seventh Building Automation Systems (BAS) Workshop for 30 community and technical college educators from across the country. Hosted on the Metropolitan Community College (MCC) campus in Omaha, NE from June 7-9, the workshop focused on networking and programming skills required by building…
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Silicon Valley Working Group tours UCSF’s Sandler Neuroscience Center
On February 9, industry members of the Silicon Valley Working Group took a detour from their normal meeting site at the BEST Center/Laney College Campus, to be hosted by Alexandria Real Estate in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. After the meeting, there was a special tour of the UCSF Sandler Neuroscience Center conducted by Brian Raymond, Facilities…
MATC Launches a BAS Program
By Ted Wilinski In the fall, MATC started a BAS program, Automated Building Systems (ABS). As with most technical colleges, this program required the input and support of local industry to develop and promote. The program was developed, lab space built out, and classes rolled out in less than a year. ABS was set…
A Recap of a K-12 BAS Outreach Opportunity
By Deb Hall I presented a hands-on workshop about the refrigeration cycle at Eccleston Elementary, an elementary school near Valencia College’s West Campus. There were four different classes back-to-back (one 3rd grade, two 4th grade, and one 5th grade). By the end, I thought the kids enjoyed it and now know the difference between a commercial and a…
News Release: Community College Faculty Nationwide Attend BEST Center’s Building Automation Workshop hosted at Siemens
Oakland, California, November 19, 2015 – Siemens and the BEST Center (Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow) located at Laney College and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are bringing together community college faculty from 18 different states around the U.S. to attend a Building Automation Workshop at the North American headquarters of…