<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom-and-marketing/ccac-newsroom/2022/0208-ccac-covid-mitigation-effort-makes-strides-to-modernize-campus-infrastructure.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>02/08/2022</pubDate><title>Community College of Allegheny County’s COVID Mitigation Effort Makes Strides to Modernize Campus Infrastructure with Intelligent Lighting Technologies to Help Create Healthy, Safe and Energy Efficient Learning Environments </title><subtitle>Federal COVID Relief Funding Helps Create a Healthy, Safe and Sustainable Campus for More Than 40,000 Faculty and Students</subtitle><description>Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) announced it is modernizing buildings across its four campuses and the West Hills Center, as well as its building automation system, with occupancy sensing, improved LED lighting control systems, and Internet of Things (IoT) platform as part of a COVID-19 mitigation initiative and infrastructure upgrade from Enlighted, a part of Building Robotics Inc., a Siemens company. Funded by the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) and accelerated by the need to help minimize COVID-19 exposure, the implementation will help increase the health and safety for students, faculty, staff and the community while shaping a smart, connected campus prepared for the future.</description><author>CCAC Public Relations</author><image><img src="/_resources/images/blogs/comp-md-02-08-22-enlighted-event.jpg" alt="Attending the project announcement are (left to right): Brandon Rose, Sales Director- Northeast, Enlighted; Jody Resnick, VP, Sales, Enlighted; Dave Hopping, CEO, Siemens Smart Infrastructure – Regional Services and Solutions; Stefan Schwab, CEO, Enlighted; Dr. Quintin Bullock, President, CCAC; Carlo Vazquez, VP &amp; Chief Facilities Officer, CCAC; Dr. Debra Roach, VP of Workforce Development, CCAC; Dr. Brian McCloskey, VP of Finance, CCAC"/></image><useImage>true</useImage><tags><tag>Office of the President</tag></tags></item>