2010 NCTA Anacortes | Marine Technology Center - The Marine Technology Center is a satellite program of the Northwest Career & Technical Academy, created to provide innovative, high level hands-on professional training for area high school students. Two Rain Gardens are designed and incorporated into parking to filter water on site. Under the asphalt parking is a GeoThermal system that provides 1 million BTU for heating and cooling for the building. There are 208 photovoltaic panels on the roof, 235 watt/panel yiedling 48,800 Watt of energy.