Cyclone Energy earns third consecutive first place finish in Green Energy Challenge
By Kate Tindell
October 23, 2016
ISU NECA team members on the stage of the 2016 Green Energy Challenge (Photo courtesy Beth Hartmann)
THE TEAM: Mid-September in a Cyclone Energy practice session. Ten students listen as their peers, one by one, run through a presentation for an ELECTRI/International NECA Green Energy Challenge (GEC) proposal. One member, Regan, makes edits to the PowerPoint. The group throws comments up rapid-fire style. There is joking, but there is also an edge in the room. This is a two-time GEC championship team. They aim for a three-peat.
Early October. The team is standing on a stage in (….read more)
Source: https://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2016/10/23/cyclone-energy-earns-third-consecutive-first-place-finish-in-green-energy-challenge/
Green team gears up in preparation for energy challenge
Feb 23, 2016
Students in the National Electrical Contractors Association chapter at Iowa State will have the opportunity to participate in a national event to show off their skill in the industrial industry.
A 12-person team is competing in the Green Energy Challenge, which has two parts. The spring component includes a 50-page proposal to be submitted in April. In the fall, if the proposal makes the top three nationwide, the team can then take some of the members to Boston to further compete through the NECA’s student chapter at Iowa State.
NECA has a student chapter that allows students from all majors to gain experience from contractors, designers and other professionals who come to the monthly meetings to talk with students.
The NECA student chapter helps students learn more about the electrical contracting industry by invaluable contact with local professionals. The organization…(read more)
Source: http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/academics/article_5680e612-d997-11e5-bfae-9b5d10dfee33.html
Iowa State University Grows to Become NECA’s Student Chapter of the Year
October 26th, 2015
A growing group at Iowa State University has worked hard to build its National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Student Chapter. The effort is paying off.
After having just a handful of students when faculty advisor Beth Hartmann joined six year ago, Iowa State was recently named NECA Student Chapter of the Year.
“We were thrilled,” Hartmann said of the chapter’s reaction to winning the award. “It’s exciting to be recognized.”
NECA launched the Student Chapter of the Year awards program in 2014 to recognize and reward outstanding NECA Student Chapters. The award was … (read more)
Iowa State University Announced as Winner of Green Energy Challenge
October 2015
Iowa State University was named the winner of the Green Energy Challenge at the Opening General Session of NECA 2015 San Francisco on Sunday.
The team from Iowa State beat out two other finalists, Penn State University and the Illinois Institute of Technology, for the top spot.
The three teams made their final presentations and fielded questions form a jury of electrical professionals on Saturday. The jury then deliberated and made their final decision.
The project from Iowa State was upgrading an administrative services building on campus. Project results included increasing the building resiliency of …(read more)
CCEE Student Organization Newsletter
Fall 2015
Exciting Finish for ELECTRI’s Green Energy Challenge | ELECTRI International
Published on: October 3, 2014
The results are in for ELECTRI International’s 2014 Green Energy Challenge and the winner is Iowa State University.
This year, ELECTRI challenged each college team to select a student use facility, conduct an energy audit of the building’s power and lighting systems, and design and propose a retrofit for both. The teams entered in the competition included construction management and engineering students who actively participate in their university’s Student Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association.
Competition judges, including contractors and industry partners, evaluated 15 entries from top universities throughout the United States. The three…(read more)
Source: Exciting Finish for ELECTRI’s Green Energy Challenge | ELECTRI International