BCT’s Damery Instrumental in Bringing $6M in Funding to UMass Amherst to Form New Energy Extension Initiative

As announced at yesterday's day-long workshop “Helping Communities with Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency”, BCT's faculty member David Damery was instrumental in bringing this important energy extension initiative to UMass. From the press release: AMHERST – Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rick Sullivan today announced a four-year, $6 million grant to form a new UMass Amherst Energy Extension Initiative. It will serve as a resource on renewable and clean energy options for cities and towns, industry, hospitals, colleges and universities, nonprofits and other organizations across the Commonwealth. “This investment shows the Patrick administration is committed to keeping Massachusetts a national clean energy leader,” said Secretary Sullivan. “The initiative will help municipalities as well as organizations across the Commonwealth cut their energy use, create jobs and protect the environment.” He made the announcement during a day-long workshop, “Helping Communities with Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency,” today on the UMass Amherst campus for city and town energy managers, mayors, other officials, businesses and planners. The...
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2013-2014 BCT Student Awards and Scholarships Handed Out

It was a true pleasure to present this year's outstanding BCT students with awards and scholarships at the annual ECO picnic, held yesterday in Hadley. We are very proud of these students and congratulate them on their achievements! The images below show the attending award recipients. All of the recipients can also be found on the "Student Awards" page on this website. BCT Outstanding Senior Award recipient: Irina Makucha Donald Hyde Memorial Scholarship Fund Hoo-Hoo Award recipients: John Yip, Chloe Rutkowski, Evan Miamis, Timothy J. Bemis, William Rueda. Not pictured: Patrick Duncan, Andrew O’Loughlin Henry E. Zottoli Memorial Scholarship recipient: Rommel Cordova-Fiori...
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Schreyer Presents at 2014 SketchUp 3D Basecamp in Vail, CO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWUyyP9v6hw&list=PL-bndkJaV8A5pV_wb4kSy5tZTdII2OqXt As part of the 2014 iteration of Trimble's SketchUp 3D Basecamp conference, BCT Program Director Alexander Schreyer presented on “Components are our friends: How component-based modeling can improve your life” and gave a workshop (together with Daniel Tal) on “Plugins and Scripting for Architects”. This conference, held in Vail, CO was attended by approximately 250 practitioners and educators. You can watch his presentation online as part of the YouTube playlist above (look for video #8). You can also find out more about this conference on the following page: http://www.alexschreyer.net/cad/sketchup-3d-basecamp-2014-recap/  ...
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Simi Hoque Speaks at Windsor Conference in the UK

Simi Hoque Speaks at Windsor Conference in the UK

BCT faculty member Simi Hoque presented her and Ben Weil's research on April 13, 2014 at the Windsor Conference in the UK in a presentation called "Cold Comfort - Thermal Satisfaction in Academia". For more on the conference and a link to download the proceedings, follow this link: http://windsorconference.com...
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BCT faculty to host One Day Mass Energy Conference

On May 1st, 2014, the UMASS Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources is hosting the "One Day Mass Energy Conference" to help communities with renewable energy and energy efficiency. Participate in a one-day workshop connecting municipal and planning officials, community groups, and businesses. Explore the opportunities in green energy and a green economy. Interact and network with the workshop’s variety of attendees. For more information and to register visit: http://www.massenergyconf.org/...
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