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The Association of Energy Conservation Professionals (AECP), The Jacksonville Center and Architectural Alternatives have formed a partnership to develop the Sustainable Living Education Center (SLEC), located on the grounds of the Jacksonville Center.

The purpose of SLEC is to provide interactive demonstrations, exhibits and displays that showcase the importance of sustainable living as a means to protect our natural environment, enhance environmentally friendly building and design, and to secure a clean, safe, and affordable energy future.

SLEC currently has two renewable energy systems that are producing electricity. These systems (a 100- watt solar panel and a thousand watt wind generation system) are used as educational tools for the general public in the application of residential renewable energy.

SLEC also has a 400 sq. ft. straw bale structure, being built in cooperation with the Virginia Tech Architecture Department, that is an example of alternative and green building design and will eventually become a functional studio space used by the Jacksonville Center.

For more information about SLEC, contact Billy Weitzenfeld, Executive Director of AECP, at 540-745-2838 or aecp@swva.net