Green Initiatives

UA Green Training Trailer
Indicative of its investment in its green workforce training, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA), and a founding NJ PEEL member, recently unveiled its Green Training Trailer. According to the UA, it’s big, it’s green and it’s on tour around the country to introduce UA apprentices, journeyman-level workers and green building expo participants to renewable energy technologies and sustainable building concepts.

The Green Training Trailer will stop in New Jersey on May 8-9, 2009. It will be on display at Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 9, Iron Ore Road in Englishtown, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The 40-foot-long mobile classroom provides an overview of a number of power-generating technologies, including fuel cells, wind power and solar systems. It also highlights new water treatment processes. This state-of-the-art mobile classroom provides information about the latest green technologies being used in mechanical service and construction. The technologies featured on board allows visitors to see first hand the many ways in which a building can become more energy efficient, use fewer natural resources and have minimal impact on the environment.

The HVAC Mobile Green Classroom is packed with the latest cutting-edge technologies that provide hands-on learning opportunities in an effort to promote more sustainable mechanical service and construction. The ultimate educational tool for “going green,” the training trailer demonstrates new and innovative technologies to enhance a building’s energy efficiency while maintaining occupant health, safety and comfort. The trailer also provides supplemental hands-on training opportunities in conjunction with MCAA’s LEED AP training programs and the UA/MSCA’s Green Awareness Training and Certification Program.

A virtual tour of the trailer is available at the UA web site, www.ua.org. Click on “The UA has Gone Green” icon. The UA also is a founding member of the Green Mechanical Council, a national alliance of mechanical contractors, manufacturers, skilled professionals, universities and other organizations. The council—called “GreenMech”—conducts education and training activities.