Albany Technical College

Program Description

The Green Building Technology diploma program is designed to prepare students for a future in the growing field of weatherization and energy efficiency assessment for new and existing houses and buildings. Improving the energy efficiency, health and safety, comfort, and durability of both new and existing houses and buildings is emphasized. Students are taught to conduct comprehensive building performance evaluations, assessments, analysis, and testing to determine appropriate performance improvements. Program includes applied hands-on building diagnostics, commissioning, energy auditing and modeling, and weatherization retrofit strategies. The program is designed for individuals wanting to enter the energy efficiency assessment and retrofit industry, and for contractors wanting to work towards becoming certified weatherization technicians, and/or energy auditors. This program will prepare students to take the HERS national rater exam, and the BPI building analyst exam.

Occupational Trends

Hundreds of thousands of green jobs are being created throughout the country, as well as throughout the world, in energy efficient retrofits of buildings, and the installation of renewable energy systems to provide energy to operate buildings, in an attempt to use energy more wisely and improve the energy efficiency performance of new and existing buildings. Consequently, there is a growing demand for thousands of trained weatherization technicians, and solar electric and hot water designers and installers.

Actual Job/Career

Green building job opportunities include: home energy rater, energy auditor, building analyst professional, weatherization technician, green builder/remodeler, renewable energy installer, etc.

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