BCIT Sustainable Energy Management program to train future energy managers and energy specialists remotely Part-time program is now available online to provide career opportunities all over B.C. Left to right: SEMAC grad Angeles Fremes, now the energy specialist at CMBC, and SEMAC grad Luisa Mora, now the energy manager for the City of Port Coquitlam, take a thermographic photo of the outdoor components of a dust extraction system.
Left to right: SEMAC grad Luisa Mora with BCIT instructor Alvaro Reyes, Prism Engineering, energy engineer.
March 2013, Burnaby, B.C.: The Brit-
fessionals across B.C., BCIT has further
spond to the growing needs of B.C.’s
ish Columbia Institute of Technology
developed a series of sustainable energy
emerging green economy, of which sus-
(BCIT) Sustainable Energy Management
management courses to train future en-
tainable energy management is proving
Advanced Certificate (SEMAC) program
ergy managers and energy specialists
to be an integral part. The program also
will be delivered completely online for
remotely. These part-time courses will
offers graduates excellent job prospects
the next offering, starting in September
focus on ways to reduce the demand
in challenging economic times, signify-
2013. The program was developed in
for energy in commercial, industrial, and
ing BCIT’s importance to the economic,
partnership with BC Hydro and FortisBC
community facilities.
social and environmental prosperity of
– an initiative originally aimed at helping
completion, SEMAC graduates will meet
large B.C. companies identify and imple-
the education requirements to be hired
“B.C. businesses are seeing the
ment sustainable energy management
as energy managers or energy specialists
value in hiring an energy manager to
strategies.
through BC Hydro or FortisBC funding.
implement a comprehensive, holistic ap-
Upon successful
the province.
Now, to help combat the current
The SEMAC program demonstrates
proach to energy efficiency,” says Simon
shortage of energy management pro-
BCIT’s ability to quickly adapt and re-
Vickers, program manager of BC Hydro’s
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