BAS Workshop VI: BAS Program High-Level Outcomes, June 22-24, 2017 Georgia Piedmont Technical College, (Clarkston, GA)   Registration Closed   The BEST Center will host an Advanced BAS Instructional Workshop for community college faculty in Clarkston, GA. This workshop will focus on topics including:  (1) Program Level Learning Outcomes for BAS;  (2) Capstone Course Content Strategies…

BEST Center 2018 Annual Institute  January 3 – 6, 2018 | Laney College and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)   Applications Closed The Institute is designed for you to learn more about new skill standards, tools, and how to infuse energy management curriculum into your existing HVAC, Environmental Controls, or building performance programs. Here is a sample…

On February 9, BEST Center will host the Silicon Valley Working Group from 11-12pm at Laney College Admin Building Room 850. The meeting will be followed by a tour of the Sandler Neuroscience Center, a 237,000 square foot, five-story Neurosciences Laboratory and Clinical Research Building in the UCSF Mission Bay Campus in San Francisco.  The tour is planned to…

Join BEST Center members (Bob Clark, Jeryll McWhorter, Larry Chang) and others at the 2018 HVAC Excellence conference.    Are you going to the 2018 National HVACR Educators and Trainers Conference at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, March 26-28? This is the only conference created exclusively for HVACR instructors. Be sure to look out for various…

Join us on April 26, 10 am PDT (1 pm EDT), for a critical discussion hosted by BEST and HVAC Excellence about recruiting more women into building technologies and the trades. Speakers include Dr. Deb Hall (Valencia College), Merry Beth Hall (PHCC – Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association), Telese Williams (technician, Georgia State University), and Samantha Lott…

BEST Center 2019 Annual Institute  January 8 – 11, 2019 | Laney College and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) The Institute is designed for you to learn more about new skill standards, tools, and how to infuse energy management curriculum into your existing HVAC, building automation, or building performance programs. Sessions will include: – Project-based learning…

BAS Workshop VIII: June 3-7, 2019 Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, NE   APPLICATIONS CLOSED     The BEST Center will hold its 8th annual BAS Instructor Workshop from June 3-7 at Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, Nebraska.    This year’s event will include a two-day primer on building automation systems, which is…

BEST Center 2020 Annual Institute  January 7 – 10, 2020 | Laney College and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) REGISTRATION CLOSED   The Institute is designed for community and technical college faculty members to learn about new skill standards, tools, and how to infuse energy management curriculum into existing HVAC, environmental controls, or building performance…