[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 13 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E86]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE OPENING OF THE OHLONE COLLEGE NEWARK CENTER FOR HEALTH 
                        SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 28, 2008

  Mr. STARK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the opening 
of the Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology 
in Newark, California. The Center will be officially dedicated on 
January 31, 2008.
  Ohlone College is looking to the future with a new green campus that 
will prepare students for jobs in the burgeoning health, biotech and 
environmental technology industries.
  Ohlone College President Douglas Treadway said the Newark Center, in 
addition to being the first green college campus in the Nation, will be 
the first community college campus in California to have a thematic 
emphasis. The Center will specifically support the growing fields of 
health care, biotech and environmental technology.
  The Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology 
was completed in December 2007 and could be certified at the LEED 
platinum level--the highest U.S. Green Building Council certification 
for sustainable construction and design.
  The 135,000 square-foot campus is constructed on 80 acres on Newark's 
Cherry Street and will be an addition to the college's main campus in 
Fremont, California. The Newark Center will serve some 3,500 students 
attending day and evening courses.
  The Newark campus houses 26 miles of underground piping which is part 
of a geothermal system that will result in a 25 percent improvement in 
energy performance. There are some 38,000 square feet of solar panels 
employed at the Newark campus, which provide energy savings the 
equivalent to taking 1,000 cars off Bay Area freeways every day. The 
effects of the alternative energy features could reduce the campus' 
utility bills by as much as $400,000 to $500,000 a year.
  The building employs three different alternative energy systems, and 
a long list of other green features, from recycled blue jeans for 
insulation to sustainable produced furniture.
  I join the community in applauding the opening of the Ohlone College 
Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, the first green 
community college campus in the United States. This leadership and 
commitment to quality education, energy and the environment, as 
demonstrated by Ohlone College, is exemplary.

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