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POLYTECH TAKES 3RD IN NATION FOR GREEN ENERGY PROGRAM

Polytech representatives Danny Tutko, graduate of Hunterdon Central High School and Celine Harabin, graduate of North Hunterdon High School, received the State Farm Insurance Company 3rd place National prize at the recent SkillsUSA conference, June 21 in Kansas City MO for the Polytech Green Energy Efficiency program.

The program, aimed to raise awareness about energy consumption to Hunterdon County Middle school students, was launched through a State Farm® and SkillsUSA $10,000 ‘Innovation in Sustainability’ grant awarded to the school in February. As one of 12 grant-winning schools nationwide, the students presented their program to State Farm judges and were awarded a trophy and $1,000.

Tutko, a Polytech Electrical-Energy Trades student, and Harabin, a Polytech Teacher Academy student studied alternate energy sources through a hands-on, portable renewable energy education lab and purchased professional energy tool kits used in the green industry through the grant. The students taught energy conservation and demonstrated the use of the lab and professional energy tool kits to 5 Hunterdon County middle schools. The tools provided a hands-on, interactive way to gauge energy waste at their schools. They were taught that simple steps like unplugging computers and reducing wattage in light bulbs have a significant impact on energy savings.

Polytech plans to use the labs and tools in their new Green Technologies program beginning September 2010. For more information about the Green Tech program and careers available in this emerging field visit http://www.hcpolytech.org or call the offices: 806-3855 or 284-1444.