A workshop focusing on energy efficiency for small business will be presented by Harrisburg Area Community College on Thursday, May 18, from 8:30am to 12:30pm, in Blocker Hall room 113. The public is invited. HACC is one of 39 Community Energy Efficiency Training Centers (CEETC) in the United States and the only one in Pennsylvania. The training center is organized to promote energy efficiency to public, nonprofit, small business, and industrial organizations throughout central Pennsylvania.

Topics of the workshop will center on HACC's award-winning energy management program. With strategic environmental and economic practices, HACC saves more than $250,000 a year in energy costs. The Wildwood Campus has received national awards for HACC's accomplishments in pollution control and energy savings, including a substantial reduction in the release of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. "This workshop will assist the bottom line for small business, as well as others interested in energy efficiency," says Dr. E. Drannon Buskirk, Jr., HACC adjunct instructor for environmental programs. "We'll be discussing practices that can quickly add up, saving up to 15% in energycosts, and at the same time, be good for the environment."

The schedule for the workshop will include:
8:30am		Registration/continental breakfast
9am		Orientation
9:15am		Energy Use, Energy Start Programs and Energy Management Planning
9:30am		Lighting
9:55am		HVAC
10:20am		Break
10:30am		Energy Savings and Profit: Worked Analyses
11am		Programs Implementation-Energy Projects and Planning Performance Contracting Finance
Noon		Where Do You Go From Here?
12:10pm		Displays/Evaluation

Cost for the workshop is $10. For more information or to register for the workshop, contact Richard Ciocci, professor, mechanical drafting/design, in HACC's Business, Engineering, and Technology division, telephone 780-2547.