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Experts offer energy saving training
EWEB is committed to helping you save energy. We offer onsite trainings and presentations for building staff, facility managers and operators. Learn how energy is used, what building occupants can do to save energy, operational saving measures for facility operators and maintenance staff and more. Email us to set up a presentation that best suits your staff’s needs.

Energy Management Certificate
The Energy Management Certificate is a yearlong course of study designed to create a basic mastery of energy management. It includes a pre-workshop assignment, a two-week, in-residence block of instruction, and a follow-up implementation project at the student's facility. The in-residence program starts in July at the University of Oregon. A $1,000 tuition discount is available for building operating staff that work for our customers and commit to completion of an energy saving project. For more program information, visit NEEI Energy Management Certificate. Contact Roger Ebbage at 800–769–9687 or 541–463–3977 or neei@lanecc.edu to register.

Building Operators Certification
The Building Operator Certification is an in-depth class that requires eight one-day trainings over the course of seven months. EWEB will provide a 50 percent tuition reimbursement for building operating staff that work for our customers. For information or registration, contact Erik Westerholm at 800–769–9687 or 541–463–3977 or neei@lanecc.edu.

Sustainable Building Advisor Certificate Program
The Sustainable Building Advisor (SBA) Certificate Program is a nine-month, specialized training program, designed to enable graduates to advise employers or clients on strategies and tools for implementing sustainable building.

Benefits from participating in the SBA program can include:

• Saving long term building operating costs
• Improving the environmental, social and economic viability of the region
• Reducing environmental impacts and owner liability
• Improving skills in a rapidly growing field

This program is recommended for:

• Architects and engineers
• Representatives
• Tenant and developers
• Project managers
• Resource conservation specialists
• Other building industry professionals

Classes meet one weekend (Friday 9-5 and Saturday 9-3) per month beginning Sept. 12 and running a total of nine sessions. Class size is limited to a maximum of 30 people.

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EWEB is offering $500 scholarships for the $1,950 program. Call 463-3154 to find out if you are eligible.

For more information and online registration, visit www.nweei.org.

Other Northwest energy training listings
The Oregon Association of Professional Energy Managers
Energy Ideas Clearing House
Department of Energy
Lighting Design Lab
Northwest Energy Education Institute
Better Bricks

Call EWEB’s energy experts
For help in saving energy with EWEB's commercial and industrial energy rebate programs or answers to questions about energy efficiency, please call us at (541) 484-1125 or email EWEB Energy Management Services.