St. Petersburg College gets associated with notion of green building

It’s good to find that even globally acclaim educational institutions in the realm of United States of America are getting interested in the concept of green building and are approaching hence to implement the same. One of them is the St. Petersburg College and its corporate training office has partnered with the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council to provide a new training course. As per a recently released press release, the course, called LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance rating system, will be available Aug. 17.

What is the fundamental of the course? Well, it happens to be a maneuver for operating and retaining commercial and institutional buildings and does provide students opportunities to increase a building’s operational efficiency while reducing impacts on the environment. The certification system identifies best practices and ways to use less energy, water and natural resources.

St. Petersburg College, commonly referred to as SPC and formerly known as St. Petersburg Junior College or SPJC, is a fully accredited post-secondary education institution located in St. Petersburg, Florida and serves approximately 65,000 students per annum. The institution currently manages nine separate campuses located throughout Pinellas County; four campuses within the city of St. Petersburg, and five additional campuses located in Seminole, Pinellas Park, Largo, Clearwater, and Tarpon Springs.

The establishment of the college took place in 1927 as a private community college and was Florida’s first two-year institution of higher learning. Now it has become a revered public institution but still provides community college programs to students. Nevertheless in 2001 the college also expanded their curriculum to provide students as early as 2002 with four-year bachelor degree programs in select areas such as: Education, Nursing, Technology Management, Dental Hygiene, International Business, Orthopedics and Prosthetics, Paralegal Studies, Public Safety Administration, and Veterinary Technology.

Last but not least, St. Petersburg College is a purely commuter college and has no resident-students.