Commercial Energy Management Technology, Associate of Applied Science

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The AAS in Commercial Energy Management Technology (CEM-Tech) prepares students to start careers as Energy, Facilities, Operations, Building, Plant, and Maintenance managers; Energy Auditors and/or Technicians; Maintenance Supervisors, Building & Grounds superintendents; Building Automation Technicians/Programmers/Engineers; Project Engineers and/or Project Managers; New Construction Technicians and/or Sales Associates. Graduates are qualified for employment with HVAC Control companies, Physical Plant Departments in colleges, universities, hospitals, government buildings, commercial, and industrial facilities. Students receive instruction in quantitative and manipulative skills associated with web-based Digital Controls, Controller hardware and software 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

First Semester

NTWK 119 - Networking Essentials 3 Credits ¹
ECTC 103 - Electricity for Environmental Control Technology I 2 Credits
ECTC 202 - Heating Systems Design 5 Credits
ENGL 111 - English Composition I 3 Credits
Mathematics 3 Credits ⁶

Second Semester

Communication 3 Credits ²

ECTC 102 - Air Conditioning Systems Design 6 Credits
ECTC 104 - Electricity for Environmental Control Technology II 2 Credits
PHYS 112 - Concepts of Physics 4 Credits ³

Third Semester

CEMT 201 - Energy Management & Auditing I 4 Credits
CEMT 203 - Building Automation I 4 Credits
ENVI 102 - Environmental Science and Sustainability 4 Credits
Social Science 3 Credits ⁴or
Humanities 3 Credits ⁴

Fourth Semester

CEMT 202 - Energy Management & Auditing II 4 Credits
CEMT 204 - Building Automation II 4 Credits
CEMT 205 - Building Commissioning and Retro Commissioning 3 Credits
CEMT 290 - Commercial Energy Management Technology Cooperative Education 3 Credits ⁵

Total Credits 60

¹ Can be taken over the summer, prior to the start of the First Semester or Second Semester.

² Select one from the following group: COMM 101 Speech , COMM 110 Interpersonal Communication , or COMM 115 Organizational and Technical Communication .

³ Can be taken any time: Fall, Spring or Summer, in the first year of studies.

⁴ Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Education list.

⁵ May be substituted with ECTC 290 Environmental Control Technology Cooperative Education and may also be taken over the summer after program completion.

⁶ Select one from the following group: MATH 106 Technical Math , MATH 103C Quantitative Reasoning , MATH 100 Finite Mathematics or MATH 101 Number Systems .