Morton Grove, Illinois — Xylem hosted a female-only training course at its Little Red Schoolhouse in Morton Grove, Illinois. A total of 15 women participated in the three-day modern hydronic heating system calls, which ran from Jan. 14 to 16.
Professionals from across the United States gathered to learn about pumps, piping, and system design. The technical session included a tour of the facility and workshops to review the material learned in the classroom.
Mike Licastro, manager of training and education for commercial building systems and HVAC, and Taylor Goade, technical training manager for applied water at Xylem’s Bell & Gossett, ran the courses, which included fundamental principles of hydronic heating system design and operation.
A networking event was held after the first full day of classes, which featured a networking game highlighting famous historical and modern female leaders.
“This week, we ran a course specifically inviting women from the industry to attend this course. The idea was to create an environment where we could be comfortable,” shares Licastro. “We’re learning that when women come together, they ask great questions, questions that we don’t typically have. We have this opportunity to learn from them as much as we’re teaching them.”