Explains the benefits of energy management using a strategic approach.

Describes the benefits of an Energy Management System (EnMS), the key elements of ISO 50001, as well as the tools and resources that are available.

Explores the principles of energy performance benchmarking, introduces the key features of Portfolio Manager, and demonstrates the value of benchmarking in building a business case for energy management.

Explains the importance of behaviour change as a tool in energy management within an organization, and describes a systematic approach to achieving behaviour change.

Identifies and explains key terms for financial analysis of energy savings, describes the inputs and outputs of a cash flow analysis, and describes the methods of a basic financial analysis.

Evaluates an organization’s project selection decision making process, provides an approach to create a business case, and identifies key elements of an effective energy project “pitch” to a financial decision maker.

Provides various financing methods used to fund energy projects, such as Energy Performance Contracting and the role of Energy Service Companies.

Describes the basic principles of energy, how to manipulate units of measure and helps to understand power and energy terms.

Describes the different charges that apply to energy consumption and demand, and explains the incremental cost of electricity and thermal energy.

Describes a principles-based methodology to spot energy savings opportunities and to apply the 7 steps to determine the order of implementation of opportunities.

Lists and describes the various tools that support an energy audit and how to use these tools to help identify opportunities for energy reduction.

Explains the importance of various tools used when calculating energy savings and how to apply them.

Describes a method to assess savings opportunities in motor driven systems, identifies common opportunities and the savings calculation required for speed control.

Describes the basics of combustion and different types of boilers, how to maximize the efficiency of a condensing boiler, and identifies improvement opportunities and best practices for optimum performance.

Describes the key components of mechanical cooling and refrigeration systems, how the systems operate, and how to identify energy saving opportunities for cooling systems.

Explains lighting systems terminology, describes the various components of an effective lighting system and how they interact, and identifies conservation and efficiency.

Describes the mechanisms for heat loss through building envelope, identifies tools and methods to assess opportunities for improvements, and describes building envelope energy savings opportunities.

Describes the high cost of compressed air compared to other systems, and identifies saving opportunities in compressed air systems.

Describes the various types of heat recovery and how heat recovery can be a saving opportunity.

Identifies where renewable energy is appropriate, the major sources of renewable energy (RE), and the tools used to estimate savings potential for RE systems.

Describes what makes RCx a unique activity, explains the operational and business benefits of RCx, and describes common RCx opportunities.

Covers the RCx process, criteria for selecting suitable buildings, describes how to initiative and manage an effective RCx project, and the key activities required for persistence savings.

Describes the basic components and actions of a building control system, how to reduce waste and maximize efficiency through building system control strategies, and identifies ways to obtain effective equipment maintenance using input from your building control system.

Covers the benefits and key functions of monitoring, describes performance analysis techniques and monitoring as part of an Energy Management Information System (EMIS).

Explores the relationship between energy and driving influences using various analytical tools, describes the steps in the development of a simple energy performance model, and identifies easily accessible analytical tools for performance analysis.

Describes how to apply the principles of monitoring to the measurement and verification (M&V) of project savings, and describes M&V methods.

Identifies the potential benefits of sub-metering to verify, control and reduce costs, and describes various meter types, cost and application considerations.

Covers the basic principles of an Energy Management Information System (EMIS), its main elements and requirements for a successful EMIS implementation.

Explains the steps to conduct an Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS) audit, explains the organizational gap analysis, the allocation of Energy Account Centres, the source of savings from an EMIS and the basis for costing the EMIS.

Provides an overview of the implementation stage of an Energy Management Information System (EMIS), and provides case studies that demonstrate results through EMIS systems.