Center for Energy Research and Technology

NEED award

CERT helped a class at Rockingham Community College Early College High School win a national energy award.

Applying research to the built environment

Dennis Quaintance with solar panels atop the Proximity Hotel Pictured right: CERT client Dennis Weaver, CEO and Chief Design Officer of Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels, with solar panels on the roof of the LEED Platinum-certified Proximity Hotel in Greensboro.

CERT's faculty, staff, and students provide a variety of services to the community. Businesses, local governments and school systems have called on CERT for services ranging from basic to complex.

Our best known business customer may be the Proximity Hotel of Greensboro. The Proximity engaged CERT for an energy measurement and verification plan that helped it become the first LEED Platinum-certified hotel in the United States.

CERT's services include:

Preliminary energy audits
Secondary energy audits
Energy reduction recommendations
Commercial and residential plan reviews
Measurement and verification plans
Data synchronization and review

For more information, contact Ray Tesiero, rctesier@ncat.edu or 336 256-2406.

The College of Engineering ranks No. 1 for the number of degrees awarded to African Americans
U.S. News and World Report ranks the COE in the top third of the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
N.C. A&T is the home of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC)
SAES brought in more than $20 million in research grant funding
The School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (SAES) is the largest among the nation’s HBCUs
F.D. Bluford Library is one of the region's premier research libraries
The Master of Science in Information (MSIT) Online Program is ranked No. 7 by U.S. News & World Report

A&T had ninety-eight student athletes earn a cumulative 3.0 grade point average or higher for the 2011-2012 academic year
Freshmen Janay Ferrell placed seventh at the Robert Shumke HBCU Classic
Track and Field sprinter Jarrell Elliott qualified for the Olympic trials
Aggie baseball player Xavier Macklin was drafted in the 12th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft
Aggies will host the 2013 Junior National Olympics
N.C. A&T long jumper Shakia Forbes became the first Aggie female to earn All-American honors in a field event
North Carolina A&T has had 16 players drafted to the major leagues

The College of Arts and Sciences awards one-third of the university’s degrees each year
University Choir has performed for President Obama at the White House
The Music Program has been fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1991
A&T Jazz Ensemble to release its first professional CD - Jazz Preeminence
Theatre program to perform at the regionally acclaimed "Center Stage Theatre" in Baltimore, Maryland
A&T Lyceum Series brings provocative, culturally diverse programming to the campus and community
Travis W. Alexander has been named National Conductor for the 105 Voices Of History National Concert Choir