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Dept. of Commerce Awards Building Owners $55.5 Million For CBPS
Photo by Joshi Prateek, NREL 84326 The Washington state Department of Commerce recently awarded seventy building owners across Washington with $45 million in Clean Buildings Performance Grant funding. The funds, awarded to both private and public entities, will use...
Congratulations NewTech Skill Center – scholarship recipients
Students at NewTech Skill Center, a Spokane area high school, received a scholarship from the Center of Excellence for Clean Energy during the 2014 Apprenticeship Conference. Using STEM-based research and methods (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), the...
Energy and Innovation Entrepreneurship Program
Peninsula College offers a new energy technology program! The Energy and Innovation Entrepreneurship Certificate program prepares students for new venture planning, entrepreneurial start-up, social media marketing, and entrepreneurial finance. The program teaches...
Annual Summit – THIS WEEK!
Attention all registrants! We sent you an email Sunday evening with driving directions and parking and registration updates. Here's what you need to know: Location Centralia College, Centralia, Washington Driving directions Two-day summit agenda Parking Parking is...
Centers of Excellence publish 9th Annual Summit agenda
This year's 9th Annual Energy and Construction Best Practices Summit is donning an agenda packed with energy, construction, marine, manufacturing, and homeland security-emergency management experts from the region. Just released today! Click here to review the two-day...
Register today – it’s two weeks away! 9th Annual Energy & Construction Best Practices Summit
Sustaining Our Nation's Infrastructure - June 18 & 19 at Centralia College Registration is required. Click here! Main summit day: June 18, 8 am - 8 pm Keynote: The Stand Up Economist: Carbon and the Economy, by Yoram Bauman, PhD. Plenary Sessions: Industry experts -...
Spring 2014 Smart Energy Newsletter
Jeremy Gall, Training and Development Manager at Avista, is the newest member of the Center’s advisory board. He leads the development, design and implementation of training programs for technical, apprenticeship and journey level utility crafts. Prior to Avista,...
Pacific Northwest Apprenticeship Conference 2014
Registration is open! April 15 - 15, 2014 at the Emerald Queen Casino Showroom Join us! This bi-annual conference will EDUCATE, EMPLOY and EMPOWER participants. Topics include: • K12 Relevance: Expanding Efforts with K12 Programs • College and Apprenticeship:...
PNCECE releases capstone project: Workforce Challenges of Electric Power Employers in the Pacific Northwest – led by WSU
Electric utility employment in the Pacific Northwest exceeds 40,000 highly skilled workers and generates nearly $2.8 billion in annual payrolls, according to a new labor market study published by the Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy/A Centralia...
Scholarships and internship opportunities for students
Department of Energy Laboratories accepting applications for 2014 Summer Term internship/fellowship opportunities thru January 10, 2014 The Office of Science / Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) is pleased to announce that it is...