
Anneliese Johnson: Early Childhood Education Expansion Grant – Year 2021-2022 $60,000

College of Education and Human Ecology
The Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center supports publicly-funded two and four-year colleges with programs in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC/R), controls, building automation, and energy/facilities management. Sponsored by Advanced Technological Education grants from the National Science Foundation, this national collaborative promotes state-of-the-art building technician education and dissemination of the latest research, technology, and industry collaborations in energy efficient buildings. This work involves creating a certification scheme and an assessment for a “technical level” of certification in High Performance Building Operations (HPBO), as well as providing a recommended passing score by performing a rigorous standard setting process. The assessment content will focus on the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to manage modern buildings that permit substantial cost savings and efficiencies (e.g., water/energy consumption, environmental quality, safety-health) when operated under the supervision of qualified professionals.
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