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Energy-efficient Water Heater Comes Home For More Testing

ASHEVILLE — The prototype for a water heater and dehumidifier that recently won praise from President Bush for its energy-saving technology is back on campus at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College for more tests.

President Bush Praises Local Water Heater Project

CULLOWHEE - A federally funded effor by Western Carolina Univerity and Asheville-Buncome Technical COmmunicty College to develop a new type of energy-efficient water heater has attacted the attention of President Bush.

Energy Efficiency Technology & Business Fair Set for January 25th

ASHEVILLE – January 4, 2005 The region’s first Energy Efficiency Technology & Business Fair will take place on Tuesday, January 25 th at the Harvey L. Haynes Conference & Technology Training Center on the Enka Campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College . The full-day program is sponsored by the Western North Carolina Center for Technology Commercialization through funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Rep. Taylor Announces Unique Entrepreneurial Program for Area Teachers

ASHEVILLE – Western North Carolina Representative Charles Taylor announced today that teachers in the 11th Congressional District are taking part in a revolutionary program designed to change the way that both teachers and their students think about their future. The K-12 Pilot Group Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurial Workshop supplements the new National Content Standards for Entrepreneurial Education. It is a unique program that provides teachers in WNC with skills to identify, nurture, and cultivate the spirit of entrepreneurialism in their students.

Grant by U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor Funds Energy Workshop at A-B Tech

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College will host and co-sponsor two energy savings workshops at its Enka campus Nov. 10 and 11. Under a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy facilitated by U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor, A-B Tech is able to bring in experts from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bob Baugh and Terry Sharp, to present a workshop on the topic of Performance Contracting.

ASHEVILLE WEATHER COMPANY PROVIDES CRITICAL DATA DURING HURRICANE CHARLEY

ASHEVILLE, NC – WNC Rep. Charles Taylor announced today that an Asheville based weather technology company provided the most accurate forecast for the recent path of Hurricane Charley. Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems (BAMS) recently moved its operational headquarters and employees to the Asheville area from Research Triangle Park because of the access to high-speed Internet access and high performance computing facilities which have been brought to the region by the Education and Research Consortium.

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Rep. Taylor Announces New Energy Efficient Technologies Program (PDF)

Western North Carolina Representative Charles Taylor announced today that A-B Technical Community College will receive $180,000 from Oak Ridge National Laboratories to establish a center on the college’s Enka Campus that will promote the use of energy efficient technologies in North Carolina’s 11 th Congressional District.

Rep. Taylor Announces WNC Office of Technology Transfer (PDF)

Western North Carolina Representative Charles Taylor announced today that $340,000 has been appropriated from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the Western North Carolina Office of Technology Transfer.

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ORNL, sister DOE lab technologies making a difference in North Carolina (PDF)

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 29, 2004 — After just two months, a partnership between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Institute at Biltmore has hit full stride in support of entrepreneurs and economic development in Western North Carolina.

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Rep. Taylor Secures Funding For New Energy Exhibit at NC Arboretum (PDF)

Western North Carolina Representative Charles Taylor announced today that he has secured funding to underwrite the development of an energy technology education curriculum at the North Carolina Arboretum.

OAK RIDGE GRANT TO ENABLE WCU, A-B TECH TO STUDY ENERGY-EFFICIENT WATER HEATER (PDF)

A $420,000 award from the Department of Energy through Oak Ridge National Laboratory will enable Western Carolina University and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to work with an Etowah manufacturing company to create a prototype of a new, dual-service application, energy-efficient water heater.

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