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Clean Energy
Since our founding in 1978, NTC has partnered with utilities to educate communities on important energy-related topics. Our very first client, Northern States Power, set us on a path to where we are today – our position as a premium provider of educational programming that reaches thousands of students, educators and families each year.
We work with major utilities, co-ops, government agencies and other organizations to teach students, educators and family members about the energy they use every day. As the utilities industry continues to evolve, we adapt our programs to meet your needs and the needs of your customers.
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Beneficial electrification
- Sustainability and behavior change
- Solar power and other renewables
- Electric vehicles
- Environmental justice
- Workforce development for the energy sector
- Changes to your customers’ energy supply and consumption
- Time of use and demand response initiatives
NTC specializes in multi-dimensional, geo-specific community education and outreach programs that:
- Fill community clean energy knowledge gaps
- Inspire sustainable positive behavior change
- Promote the adoption of new consumption habits
- Build trust between utilities and their service communities
Featured Programs
Connect2Next
Connect2Next is a STEM career pathways educational program that cultivates the next generation to be curious, critical thinkers who are eager to build STEM skills and solve problems. We have offered high school programs that center on green careers in STEM industries for some time, allowing utilities and other companies to recruit and inspire their future workforce – but our full curriculum goes as low as upper elementary school to respond to the changing trajectory of students’ matriculation. From growing awareness of the new emerging energy workforce to recruiting for specific training opportunities, we work to get students and their families excited about STEM and the major role it plays in society and the economy.Home Smart Home
Home Smart Home is an energy transition educational program designed to inform students and their families about how energy is used in their homes and what tools and resources are available in their community to reduce their energy usage. The program covers a variety of home settings, from single family dwellings to apartment buildings and multi-family homes. The program is segmented for grade levels 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Each grade segment has call to action messaging that can be tailored for specific communities and utility programs. From younger grades learning about how to conserve electricity with their families to middle schoolers learning about the benefits of electrification and high schoolers learning about Smart Home careers, Home Smart Home is created to empower young people to be a part of the energy transition and influence their communities to do the same.Electrification Nation
A “game changer” is someone or something that leads to a breakthrough – a new way of thinking and acting around something that seems set in stone. An energy game changer is someone who embraces energy conservation, renewable resources and innovative behaviors with an eye toward the future. The educational in-school program Energy Game Changers is designed to get elementary and middle school students interested in fighting the environmental impact of climate change and caring for the planet, along with their families.Educational Points
Every NTC program is built around several educational concepts related to the overall subject matter and supported by the curriculum connected to those concepts.
Our STEM-based programs for clean energy engage students through humor and creativity. The content is articulated to appropriately connect to different grade bands in the K–12 setting and align with state and national education standards, enabling you to fulfill your goals in customer education and energy savings.
Words matter, and we work with each individual client to craft messaging that presents your unique industry information to the schools in your communities.
- The impact of our energy usage on the earth
- How STEM education creates solutions to climate change
- The future of green careers
- What communities and families can do to conserve energy
- How solar and wind energy is stored for future use
- The definition of electrification
- Benefits of strategic electrification
- The difference between solar power and solar panels
- How clean energy connects to other STEM fields and emerging technologies
- The scientific principles behind solar and wind power
- Customized educational concepts: What do you need to teach your communities?