The SUNY Poly school of nanotechnology has received a grant to train operation and maintenance for advanced high-tech buildings such as their ZEN building, which uses zero energy.
ALBANY – SUNY Polytechnic Institute College of Science and Engineering (CNSE) received $ 397,000 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to train the next generation of custodians, technicians, engineers and managers for the high-tech building containing the chip. facilities and laboratories for the development of computer chips.
The grant will help to train staff on site and to develop a regional training center for Building Operations and Maintenance that will utilize “digital twins” of the Building Management System and the Energy Monitoring System powered by Zero Energy Nano or ZEN smart buildings. in which the school.
This “ZEN Smart PATH” project will build on millions of dollars in previous investments in technical skills for technicians, engineers, and managers.
“This support … aims to provide students and those currently in the workplace with access to highly relevant training to further catalyze the success of the semiconductor-focused ecosystem of New York State, “said SUNY Poly Acting President Tod Laursen.
“NYSERDA is thrilled to support SUNY Polytechnic Institute in being able to offer hands-on training to existing students and staff to develop the specific skills needed within Building Operations and Maintenance to further innovate. smart building technology, “added NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen Harris.
The ZEN building, completed in 2015 and housed in the Albany NanoTech Complex, is a 356,000-square-foot facility that serves as a living laboratory for smart building technology innovation and workforce development. in data science, facility operations and clean energy technologies. ZEN Smart PATH is a multi-year project that will train more than 100 partner employees on site and regionally using multiple data science platforms designed for careers in facility operations.
Using a combination of training simulators, use cases and data system platforms, ZEN Smart PATH will help establish clear “career paths” for equipment technicians and engineers. . In addition, the program will use cloud-based information systems to monitor more than 5,000 real-time data points, including financial performance related to the hundreds of systems used to operate management. air, energy management, demand loading, heating and cooling systems, among many others in these buildings.
They will also develop training simulators for selected functions such as chilled water management to help technicians understand complex systems in ZEN and similar buildings.
As pilots are trained for various flight scenarios, these simulators will train facility staff to examine how their decisions will impact the various building systems.
The school will also aim to train an additional 175 people through its regional hub serving industry partners, in addition to regional fab chip operators and transition Fort Drum veterans.
