Marine skills center going green

Bryan Young, the project manager for the Anacortes marine skills center and the Academy’s other facility in Mount Vernon, asked the board for permission to seek funding for features such as roof-mounted solar panels, windows that open, sun control devices and air-to-air recovery equipment.

The marine skills center is scheduled to open in September 2010 on property south of Cap Sante Marine. It will be adjacent to Port of Anacortes buildings still in the planning stages.

These measures are designed to conserve energy and provide cost savings to the institution. The cost of all the features proposed by Young are around $1.5 million. An additional $605,000 is estimated for similar features for the academy’s main campus, being built at Skagit Valley College.

The next stop for the Anacortes facility is to initiate the environmental SEPA review.