Interview with Keith Otten, HVAC Program Coordinator at Southwest Illinois College

This video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center features an interview with Keith Otten, Heating, Air Conditioning, & Refrigeration (HVAC) Program Coordinator at Southwest Illinois College. Otten begins the interview by discussing prior professional experience before supporting this program, including teaching high school shop classes and working in the construction industry. Otten describes collaborating with industry advisory committees to update the program. This collaboration led to integrating building automation and sustainability into the curriculum. The interview covers the program's expansion to serve more locations, as well as student success stories in the HVAC field.

This video runs 00:19:05 minutes in length. Other interviews in this series are available to view separately.