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The Green Buildings Career Map, developed by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, provides information on jobs and opportunities in the green buildings and energy efficiency industry. Users can explore jobs according to the following sectors: Architecture, Engineering, and Other Professional...

This 3-page learning activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), provides a guide for instructors looking to give their classes hand-on experience with groundwater monitoring and sampling. The class will need access to property where at least three groundwater...

From the GeoExchange Initiative at Gateway Technical College, this Course Outcome Summary describes the Grouting and Sanitation course, which introduces students to "sanitation and grouting operations on a Geo Boring site" and includes topics such as grouting materials, mixing methods, pumping...

This resource, from Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, provides a job description and task analysis listing/chart for a Hazardous Materials Technical Coordinator position. This position manages hazardous materials and wastes in compliance with regulations to protect human health...

This webinar from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) was presented by Eric Knispel. During the presentation, Knispel describes the technique for measuring heat content of various fuels, describes simple "wick" systems for cleanly burning various...

This 30-page report, by Palmer Consulting, was developed for the Clean Energy Technology Program at Shoreline Community College. This report is the result of a research project intended to provide Shoreline with information to enhance the Clean Energy Technology Program by identifying skills a clean...

The U.S. Department of Energy presents this document, one in a series on best building practices for energy efficiency, on solar thermal and photovoltaic systems. In addition to providing a general overview of these energy technologies, the document also includes a number of useful case studies...

This exercise from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC) asks students to look into various means through which people may be able to save energy and money at home. The activity imagines hypothetical homes and living situations, and asks students to make calculations and...

The Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC) Sustainable Energy Education & Training (SEET) provides this set of slides, created for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which give an overview of how solar cells work. The 19 slide presentation covers the solar spectrum, basic...

This website includes step-by-step instructions on how to build a wind turbine with parts users may purchase at harware stores. The website includes photographs and text which illustrate how to build the wind turbine.