Superior, WI The students at WITC are getting some hands on
experience in renovating a home to be more energy efficient. But
before they could get their hands working on the real house, a
scale model was built. "We get an understanding of the systems
here, but we actually get to apply and see them at our lab
house." Said Matt Underdahl, a 2nd year student at Wisconsin
Indian Technical College. Having a small scale house to look at
will help avoid construction problems in the future. Underdahl
hopes that someday with his new knowledge of energy efficiency,
that he can become an energy auditor. "Well an energy audit is
where we go into a home and we asses problem areas, we look at
it as a whole, and possibly see where there's places for
improvement. " Said Underdahl. There is a lot more to energy
efficiency than just insulating the house, and to show exactly
where the cold air is coming in, we need some special
technology. The students have access to state of the art
technology, such as inferred imagery, to hel