Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 71.02
Liaison Nathan King
Submission Date Oct. 15, 2014
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Virginia Tech
PAE-21: Sustainability in Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.00 / 7.00 Shelly Jobst
Associate Director of Operations and Program Services
Continuing & Professional Education
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Does the institution offer continuing education courses that are focused on or related to sustainability?:
Yes

Number of sustainability continuing education courses offered :
72

Total number of continuing education courses offered:
439

Does the institution have a sustainability-related certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

A brief description of the certificate program:

1) Professional Energy Manager Certification (a three-week energy and cost savings program for industry, business, and government personnel) Created 2014

For more information on this program see: www.cpe.vt.edu/pemcert

2) Environmental and Sustainability Management System (teams from local, state and federal government agencies meet at The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center for four, three-day workshops spaced approximately three months apart; includes baseline environmental review and audits) Created 2002

For more information on this program see: www.cota.vt.edu/ems

Additional information regarding Continuing Education courses and programs is available at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/


Year the certificate program was created:
2,014

The website URL where information about sustainability in continuing education courses is available :
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