[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages 985-986] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]RECOGNIZING THE OPENING OF THE OHLONE COLLEGE NEWARK CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY ______ HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK of california in the house of representatives Monday, January 28, 2008 Mr. STARK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the opening of the Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology in Newark, California. The Center will be officially dedicated on January 31, 2008. Ohlone College is looking to the future with a new green campus that will prepare students for jobs in the burgeoning health, biotech and environmental technology industries. Ohlone College President Douglas Treadway said the Newark Center, in addition [[Page 986]] to being the first green college campus in the Nation, will be the first community college campus in California to have a thematic emphasis. The Center will specifically support the growing fields of health care, biotech and environmental technology. The Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology was completed in December 2007 and could be certified at the LEED platinum level--the highest U.S. Green Building Council certification for sustainable construction and design. The 135,000 square-foot campus is constructed on 80 acres on Newark's Cherry Street and will be an addition to the college's main campus in Fremont, California. The Newark Center will serve some 3,500 students attending day and evening courses. The Newark campus houses 26 miles of underground piping which is part of a geothermal system that will result in a 25 percent improvement in energy performance. There are some 38,000 square feet of solar panels employed at the Newark campus, which provide energy savings the equivalent to taking 1,000 cars off Bay Area freeways every day. The effects of the alternative energy features could reduce the campus' utility bills by as much as $400,000 to $500,000 a year. The building employs three different alternative energy systems, and a long list of other green features, from recycled blue jeans for insulation to sustainable produced furniture. I join the community in applauding the opening of the Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, the first green community college campus in the United States. This leadership and commitment to quality education, energy and the environment, as demonstrated by Ohlone College, is exemplary. ____________________