MCDC promotes alternative energy by installing more solar panels
MCDC continued its leadership role in Job Corps in promoting alternative energy by installing three new solar panels on the center. The panels, which have an output of 31 kilowatts per day, will be used to generate electricity to operate the Welcome Center at the entrance gate of the center. Students from the Foundations and Welding classes helped with the installation. This latest addition is the second set of solar panels installed at the center. MCDC also has a wind turbine to generate electricity and reduce energy costs on campus. MCDC was the first Job Corps center in the nation to install equipment to generate alternative energy on site. For its efforts, the center received two notable awards in project year 2009 – the Earth Day Every Day National Green Center Recognition Award and the Philadelphia Region Demand Side Award. |
| MCDC students who worked on the installation of additional solar panels include: front row, kneeling, left to right: Dominique Lyons, Andrew Armstrong and King Nichols; back row, standing: Instructor Billy Cloud, Bryan Rondon, Jesse Nelsen, James Hensley, Dominique Boone and Charles Beale. |
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