Dr. Calvin Finch has been named the director of the Water Conservation and Technology Center in San Antonio. The Texas Center for Applied Technology (TCAT), in partnership with the Texas Water Resources Institute will administer the center. TCAT is a center housed within the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES).

Development of a new energy efficiency course was a collaborative effort by TEEX and TEES, and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.