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Ben Cichowski, a weatherization trainer and engineer, hosts the WxTV show. (Image credit: Montana Weatherization Training Center)

WxTV: Entertainment-Based Learning

July/August 2010 Feature

by Ben R. Cichowski and Michael P. Vogel

With an almost instantaneous shift from weatherizing approximately 100,000 homes to more than 300,000 homes per year, the focus will be on production, rather than classroom hours.

Ramping up the green-collar workforce will require a new set of training methods—WxTV picks up where traditional training leaves off.

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A student masters dense-packing. (Image credit: NYSWDA)	Pressure House Learning in Real Time July/August 2010 by Andy Stone and Dale Sherman New York State adds trainers and new facilities—including a virtual house—to meet the increasing demands on weatherization programs.
Substantial daylighting is just one of a host of passive efficiency and comfort strategies used in designing and building Global Green USA's net zero model home and resource center in New Orleans. (Credit: Roger Hahn)	Phoenix Rising: Lessons Learned from Katrina July/August 2010 by Roger Hahn Energy-efficient homes play a significant role in post-Katrina rebuilding in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
Wattle-and-daub house. Building in the vernacular style may be one way to help communities feel validated and have access to development now. (Image credit: © Kevin Rowell)	What We Can Learn from Haiti July/August 2010 by Leslie Jackson The most damaging effect of the earthquake in Haiti was not the ground movement itself, but that buildings collapsed. The rebuilding has lessons for us all.

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