The purpose of the morning session is to introduce building staff and management to the primary systems in commercial buildings that use energy. This course will explain how the HVAC, lighting, and building envelope operate, interact, and use energy. The attendees will learn examples of and good practices for energy efficiency opportunities, overview and tools for making sound economic decisions related to energy efficiency upgrades, and understand when to use nationally recognized energy efficiency tools and their expected level of effort and cost.
The purpose of the afternoon session is to help operations and maintenance (O&M) staff learn how to operate buildings more efficiently to reduce operating cost and provide energy savings. This course will provide prescriptive best practices for maintaining good operations, and an overview of the re-tuning process using building automation system (BAS) trend data. Attendees will learn how to look for and optimize the control strategy for many of the common energy saving opportunities such as occupancy scheduling, temperature and static pressure control, and economizer function. Attendees will also learn basic principles of preventative maintenance, electrical diagnostics, building commissioning, and demand response.