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ATE Student Success Stories: Elias's Story (Series 3)
No full textThis video from the Internet Scout Research Group is part of a series that highlights student success stories related to advanced technological education (ATE) programs. In this video, Elias Marcet discusses his experiences with the Bachelor's program in cybersecurity at Miami Dade College. Elias describes his journey to fully enrolling in Miami Dade, joining the cybersecurity programming, and eventually being employed by Amazon. Funding for the program from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is also explored.The video runs 5:44 minutes in length
Instructional Applications of Community as Living Lab On and Off Campus
No full textThis video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center features a panel discussion on "using facilities outside campus labs to provide hands-on opportunities for students." This discussion was held at the 2025 BEST Center Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education.The panelists identify eight elements to building a "living lab." These elements include student engagement, integrating the lab into the curriculum, building industry partnerships, and opening the lab to the community. The speakers discuss the impact a living lab can have on the student experience, and challenges encountered when collaborating with off-site entities. The panelists share two case studies of living lab student engagement projects. The panel concludes with an opportunity for attendees of the live session to share their own instructional experiences.This video runs 00:45:59 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately
Refrigerant Trends, Regulations, and Applications for AC/HP Products
No full textThis video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center features a presentation by Donghun Kim, computational research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The presentation shares industry developments related to low GWP (global warming potential) heat pump (HP) products. This presentation was given at the 2025 BEST Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education.The presentation begins by describing the significance of low-GWP refrigerants. Kim then discusses a product survey on low-GWP heat pump products. The presentation highlights low-GWP heat pump products developed in the United States and ultra low-GWP products developed internationally. Air-to-air heat pumps and air-to-water heat pumps are compared, and the presentation concludes with a discussion of safety challenges.This video runs 00:20:28 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately
Heat Pumps with Thermal Storage: Solving a Looming Electrification Problem
No full textThis video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center features a presentation from George Baker, Principal at GridWorks Energy Consulting. This presentation was given at the 2025 BEST Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education.In this presentation, Baker discusses heat pumps as a potential solution to thermal storage challenges in building electrification and the issue of "variable electricity prices in low-carbon grids." Baker shares examples of fluctuating energy prices in three United States region, and explores the potential benefits of heat pumps with thermal storage using a case from Millinocket, Maine.This video runs 00:17:41 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately
ENRG 55A: HVAC Fundamentals and Components
No full textProgram Description:The Commercial Building Energy Analysis and Audits program at City College of San Francisco prepares students to conduct energy audits, evaluate building systems for efficiency, analyze energy data, and apply financial and business strategies in audit reporting. The program is divided into 15 modular courses designed for a community college level student. These courses are adaptable and can be selected, reorganized, or offered in a shorter format to suit individuals with experience in construction, architecture, HVAC, building operations, or mechanical engineering.Course Description:This course, from the BEST Center and City College of San Francisco, teaches the fundamentals and concepts of HVAC with an emphasis on types of equipment and conveyance. Topics covered in this course include conversion of units; concept of work power, and energy; psychrometric processes and calculations; thermodynamic laws and heat transfer principles; sensible and latent heat changes, load calculations, and more. After completing the course, students should be able to:Describe the principles and concepts of work, power, and energy.Describe the basic principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer.Measure and calculate conversion of units, such as temperature, pressure, power, British Thermal Units (BTU), etc.Analyze and interpret room conditions using the psychrometric chart and software such as Trace 700 or e-Quest.Estimate various types of heating and cooling loads as applied to buildings, rooms, and mechanical systems.Define the purpose of various heating, cooling, and conveyance equipment.Identify various heating, cooling, and conveyance equipment in the field.Interpret name plate data of various heating, cooling, and conveyance equipment.Course Contents:Course materials include a 3-page course syllabus, a 5-page course outline record, and three PowerPoint presentations. The syllabus includes a course description, learning outcomes, course topics, and a list of assignments.The course outline record includes a course justification, a course description, major learning outcomes, course topics, and information on instructional methodology.The PowerPoint presentations include information on course topics. For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with ENRG 55A_Course Outline_cc.pdf, which offers a description of the course as well as an overview of topics covered.Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.ENRG-55A-HVAC-Fund-Components (11 files, 12.7 MB)Course Outlines (ENRG 55A_Course Outline.docx 22 KB)Course Outlines (ENRG 55A_Course Outline.pdf 355 KB)Course Outline of Record (ENRG 55A.docx 32KB)Course Outline of Record (ENRG 55A.pdf 279 KB)Introduction to physical principles and HVAC systems A (HVAC 55A.pdf 1.2 MB)Introduction to physical principles and HVAC systems A (HVAC 55A.pptx 1.2 MB)Introduction to physical principles and HVAC systems A1 (HVAC 55A1.pdf 4.8 MB)Introduction to physical principles and HVAC systems A1 (HVAC 55A1.pptx 4 MB)Load Calculations (HVAC55A2.pdf 667 KB)Load Calculations (HVAC55A2.pptx 124 KB
Technology and Code Innovations for Residential Electrification
No full textThis video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center features a presentation on residential building electrification by Brennan Less, Technology Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). This presentation was given at the 2025 BEST Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education. During the presentation, Less discusses constraints to residential electrification, such as physical space and electrical capacity, and outlines potential solutions to these constraints, including battery-integrated appliances, meter adapters, and revisions to the National Electrical Code (NEC).This video runs 00:20:28 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately
ENRG 51: Excel for Energy Auditing
No full textThis 3-page outline provides information about the ENRG 51: Excel for Energy Auditing course that's part of the Commercial Building Energy Analysis and Audits program at City College of San Francisco. This program is intended to prepare students to conduct energy audits, evaluate building systems for efficiency, analyze energy data, and apply financial and business strategies in audit reporting.This course provides an "overview of Microsoft Excel as used for common engineering applications, with a focus on energy savings calculations." Excel basics are covered. Some advanced topics are also covered and include regressions, pivot tables, lookup, dates, and macros. This outline includes a course description, learning outcomes, course topics, types of assignments, and textbooks and resources needed. Course topics include: Exel fundamentals, creating and interpreting graphs, excel functions, regression analysis, and excel macros.After completing the course, students should be able to:Demonstrate fundamental use of spreadsheet basics.Create and interpret graphs.Illustrate the use of Excel's built-in functions and the functions commonly used by engineersInterpret simple regression analysis directly from graph data using various trend linesCreate and apply macros and pivot tables on existing dat
Educating for Impact: Translating Science Curriculum into Industry-Ready Skills for the Cell and Immunotherapy Technician Workforce
No full textThis 12-page report from Shoreline Community College is intended to help postsecondary institutions develop immunotherapy programs and curriculum. The report attempts to answer questions that career and technical education faculty and administrators often ask regarding meeting the workforce needs of local employers, such as:How can our college create workforce development programs to respond to local industry workforce needs?How can our college develop new programs to prepare students for employment in high-growth fields when we lack the funding required for the facilities, equipment, and curriculum development needed to start a new program?How can our college develop strong and mutually beneficial partnerships with local employers?The report summarizes the benefits of short-course workforce training, presents a University of Washington-Bothell case study, identifies foundational science concepts for immunotherapy technicians, outlines an immunotherapy short course, and describes steps for building effective college-employer partnerships
Student Engagement in Hands On Lab Activities: Meaningful Ways to Engage Students and Grade in Building Science Courses
No full textIn this video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) center, speakers Robert Nirenberg and Ted Wilinski discuss using hands-on lab activities to engage students in building science courses. This discussion was held at the 2025 BEST Center Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education. Nirenberg and Wilinski begin by defining lab activities and explaining how lab work provides opportunities for project-based learning. The discussion covers key considerations in planning lab activities, including format, engagement potential, assessment, and grading.This video runs 00:55:58 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately
A Guide to BAS Controls for Educational Use
No full textThis video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center features a presentation by Harpartap Parmar, Director of Product Management at Contemporary Controls. This presentation was given at the 2025 BEST Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education.Contemporary Controls is a firm that "designs and manufactures system building blocks" for building automation processes. This presentation outlines the firm’s open educational resources, which include an open source programming language and free software tools. Parmar details the free programming tools in the BAScontrol Toolset, the BASemulator tool, and pre-built applications. The speaker shares an example of a classroom setup using BAScontrollers, and provides examples of implementations at two community colleges. This video runs 00:25:14 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately