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South West College is one of the 6 regionally-based further and higher education colleges in Northern Ireland and is located in four campuses spread across counties Fermanagh and Tyrone. It draws students from a wide catchment which includes counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo in Ireland. South West College set up CREST, the Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies which is based in Enniskillen.
CREST provides R&D support to SME in relation to developing and adopting new renewable energy and sustainable technologies. It also provides a range of training opportunities, foundation degrees and full degrees relating to renewable energy and sustainable technologies. CREST is playing an important regional role in the progression of the Passive House standard across the island of Ireland acting as a knowledge hub and facilitating training, events, knowledge-sharing and networking relating to Passive House. The CREST Passive Pavilion in Enniskillen has been built to the Passive House standard.