Commercial Energy Management Technology, Certificate

The Certificate in Commercial Energy Management Technology (CEM-Tech) caters in a particular way to the currently employed Building, Energy and/or Automation professional who is interested in acquiring additional know-how that will help propel her/his career to the next level.  It is also helpful to entry-level LEED and/or junior engineering majors who would like to benefit from learning the practical aspects of Auditing, Direct Digital Control, Web-based Networking and integration, and the Commissioning process.  Certificate students receive instruction in quantitative and manipulative skills associated with web-based Digital Controls, Controller hardware and soft-ware set-up and troubleshooting, networking, integration and programming as it applies to building automation; building walk-throughs for the identification of Energy Conservation Opportunities (ECOs), Level 1 & Level-2 Energy Audits, Analysis of Equipment/System performance and the Commissioning Process.

Graduates are able to:

• assemble, program, troubleshoot and network Direct Digital Controllers
• use engineering manuals and programs for analysis and verification of equipment performance
• learn to use tools and testing instruments used in the field by Energy Auditors and Building Commissioning Agents
• perform building walk-throughs and assemble Energy Audit reports, together with the use of Energy Auditing software
• identify the various types of commercial HVAC systems that are most often seen in commercial sites
• define, specify, plan and verify the check-out, start-up, and functional testing of building systems, using RVCC’s buildings for learning