Northampton Community College

DEP head reviews energy savings

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell met with Northampton Community College’s Emerging Technology Applications Center’s Dr. John Barkanic to review the environmental and energy savings for the year.

Last year, the ETA center received DEP grant funding to perform energy assessments for several eastern Pennsylvania manufacturing companies. The results for the fiscal year 2017-18 show a potentially reduced carbon dioxide by over 18 million pounds per year; sulphur oxides by over 68,000 pounds per year; nitrogen oxides at almost 10,000 pounds per year; and electric energy savings totaling over 3 million kilowatt hours and fossil fuel savings totaling over 105,00 MM Btu annually.

ETAC is a nonprofit, applied R&D center specializing in industrial process heating, drying, curing, melting, and energy efficiency of manufacturing unit operations.

Bright Horizons offers free early ed tuition

Bright Horizons has partnered with NCC to offer associate and bachelor Early Education degree achievement plans.

The free college tuition program is the first of its kind in the education field. Horizons employees taking advantage of the program will not have to pay for any expenses out of pocket, including tuition, fees and books. Unlike a traditional tuition reimbursement program, employees will not need to find a way to pay for the expenses up front.

For more information, visit www.northampton.edu/early-childhood-education-programs.

Northampton Community College’s main campus is located at 3835 Green Pond Road. The Fowler Family Southside Center is located at 511 E. Third St. For information, call 610-861-5000 or visit www.northampton.edu.