Newman Real Estate Institute: DOE Energy Grant Online Certificate Program

Energy Performance Assurance: Course 3 Syllabus

Class No.

Power Points

1
(3.0
hours)

Change Leadership
Change Leadership for Energy Efficiency
Change Management vs. Leadership
Why is Change Leadership Relevant?
Change Leadership Toolbox
What is a Stakeholder?
Some External Stakeholders
Stakeholder Analysis & Strategy
Stakeholder Engagement at Project Level
Analysis & Strategy - Activity
Intro to Energy Management Systems (EnMS)
Energy Star Guidelines for EM
BetterBricks
ISO 50001
The Energy Management Team
Who Belongs on the Management Team?
What are its Key Functions?

Managing to Performance Targets: Part 1

Change Leadership
What is a Stakeholder?
Intro to Energy Management Systems
Energy Management Teams

Performance Assurance
Different Types of Performance Measures
Energy Accounting Levels and Tools
Energy Budgeting, Measurement, and
Information Sources
Energy Monitoring, Targeting & Reporting
Why Establish EMT&R Procedures?
Objectives of EMT&R
Factors Involved in EMT&R
EMT&R Process
Developing an Energy Performance Model
Setting Performance Targets for EPM
Energy Systems Maintenance

Managing to Performance Targets: Part 2

Performance Assurance
Energy Monitoring, Targeting & Reporting
Developing an Energy Performance Model
Energy Systems Maintenance

Energy Star EnMS

The U.S. E.P.A.s Energy Star Model for
Continuous Improvement
BetterBricks
ISO 5001 International Organization for
Standardization
ISO 50001
Certification
Certification to ISO System Standards
Choosing a Certification Body
What is Measurement & Verification (M&V)?
M&V: Purposes
M&V: Fundamental Principles
M&V: Design & Reporting Process

Continuous Improvement Models and Energy

Management Systems

2
(3.0 hours)

3
(3.0 hours)

4
(3.0
hours)

Readings and Topics

Required Readings
The Energy Management Handbook,
Chapter 1: Introduction
The Energy Management Handbook,
Chapter 14: Energy Systems Maintenance
Energy Star Guidelines for Energy
Management
Win the Energy Challenge with ISO 50001

Required Readings
The Energy Management Handbook,
Chapter 2: Effective Energy Management
The Energy Management Handbook,
Chapter 25: Financing and Performance
Contracting
CUNY BPL Building Performance Toolkit
(website)
Monitoring, Targeting and Reporting: A
Pathway to Continuous Improvement in
Energy Management. Wallace/Greenwald

Required Readings:
An Overview of Continuous Improvement:
From the Past to the Present.
Bhuiyan/Baghel

Measurement and Verification

1. Methods: The three basic M&V methods
2. Determining which method should be used
and associated costs

Newman Real Estate Institute: DOE Energy Grant Online Certificate Program
Energy Performance Assurance: Course 3 Syllabus

Methods: Retrofit Isolation, Whole Facility,

Calibrated Simulation.
How do you choose?

Required Readings
The Energy Management Handbook:
Chapter 27: Measurement & Verification of
Energy Systems
M&V Guidelines: Measurement and
Verification for Federal Energy Projects:
U.S. Department of Energy

Assignment and Overview of Final Projects

5
(3.0
hours)

Presentation, Review, and Discussion of Final

Projects

Collaborative Integrated Skills Project Prep

1. Project assignment, criteria and discussion
2. Team selection, roles and responsibilities
3. Discussion of online collaboration
4. Four-week assignment period and
instructor check-in
Collaborative Integrated Skills Project
Demonstration

Project review and discussion

Required Texts:

The Energy Management Handbook (Turner & Doty)

ISO 50001 (International Organization for Standardization)
CUNY Buildings Performance Lab Building Performance Toolkit (CUNY BPL website)
M&V Guidelines: Measurement and Verification for Federal Energy Projects (U.S. Department of Energy)