Training
Descriptions:
BOC 216 – Enhanced Automation and Demand
Reduction
| Credits: |
.7 |
| Lecture: |
5 hrs |
| Class Activities: |
2 hr |
| Total: |
7 hrs |
Prerequisites: None
Learning Outcomes/Competencies:
At the completion of Enhanced Automation and Demand Reduction, a participant
will:
- know
the terminology of enhance automation (EA).
- recognize
the enhanced automation options available.
- examine
his/her facility to determine a suitable plan of action.
- be
able to perform a cost benefits analysis of EA options to gain approval for
action.
- be
able to implement an appropriate EA system at his/her facility.
Texts: STUDENT HANDBOOK: BOC 216 – Enhanced Automation and Demand Reduction,
plus course handouts
Special Equipment: None
Classroom Exercises and/or Hands-on Activities:
- Review
and discuss Demand Response programs.
- List
and discuss several enhanced automation technologies.
- List
and discuss your facility in terms of a potential demand response program.
Evaluation:
BOC 216 – Enhanced Automation and Demand Reduction: Course Outline
1. Overview
of Enhanced Automation (EA) – what will be covered
i.
Increased profitability
ii.
More reliable building systems
iii.
Increased tenant satisfaction
b. Lighting
and HVAC strategies
c. Energy
Management Systems
d. Energy
Information Systems
e. Decision-making
f. Implementation
g. Resources
2. Terminology & Acronyms
3. Demand:
How to Measure and Control
a. Demand
defined
b. Strategies
i.
Thermal Energy Storage
ii.
Duty-Cycling Optimization
iii.
Temperature Reset
iv.
EMS & EIS work together for efficient energy automation
4. Energy
Automation in Action
a. EA lighting
options
b. EA HVAC
options
c. Ventilation
5. EMS Examined
i.
Types of controls (pneumatic, electric, DDC)
b. EMS costs & benefits
c. How to
make EMS decisions
6. EIS Examined
a. EIS defined
b. EIS costs & benefits
7. Decision-making
Process
a. Factors
to consider
b. Constraints
c. Evaluating
options
8. Implementation
9. Resources
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