The first OWTC opened in Columbus in 1980. In 1981, COAD opened an OWTC in Athens, Ohio to serve the southeastern Ohio region. In 1989, COAD won a grant competition to become the statewide training center. The OWTC has its 20 th anniversary in the year 2000. Over 13,000 students have attended courses offered by the OWTC .
Quality assurance includes fiscal, administrative, inventory and job-site monitoring.
COAD is a member of the EPA Region III and V Lead Training Consortium, coordinated by the University of Maryland - Baltimore. Many of our contracts have been for weatherization related training services, especially for heating and National Energy Audit courses. The technical expertise of the training staff has enabled COAD to provide training to housing, energy efficiency and HVAC professionals in more than 30 states from the Carolinas to Alaska. COAD administers the Building Performance Group, a partnership of building industry professionals specializing in energy efficiency in the built environment. The BPGroup's mission is to improve building performance through education and training.