Certified Business Energy Professional (BEP®) Training Program | Orlando, FL | 10/23-10/27
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Course Information
| 10/23-10/27 |
| Orange County Convention Center South Concourse South Hall B 9899 International Drive Orlando, FL 32819 *Training room location and additional information will be provided at the Registration Table during Sign-in on Day 1. |
| 3.2 CEU |
Pricing
Ends at 11:59 PM EST 9 business days prior to training start.
Non-Member | $1,995
AEE Member | $1,750
Late Registration
Begins 12:00 AM EST 8 business days prior to training start.
Non-Member | $2,095
AEE Member | $1,850
Registration closes 12:00 AM EST 3 business days prior to training start or if course reaches capacity.
Course Description
The Certified Business Energy Professional Training Program is designed to provide attendees a deep-dive into the financial aspects of energy efficiency and energy management practices. Over five days, our professional instructors will guide you through the principles and practices of the highest relevance and practical value when looking at the “bottom line,” either for your company or your customers.
Who Should Attend
This training program is of greatest value to non-technical business-oriented professionals that manage energy engineers or oversee energy efficiency projects or technically-oriented professionals that need a better understanding of justifying projects and the business side of energy management. Obtaining AEE’s BEP® certification provides international credibility among energy management, sustainable and clean energy communities. Attendees of this program have included existing energy professionals, executives, financial executives, facilities managers, energy consultants, energy engineers, and energy managers.
AEE World Conference
Training participants gain free access to the Expo for this event. Hotel discounts are available through the AEE World Hotel Block here. Be sure to identify yourself as an attendee when you book!
Schedule
Daily Breaks Days 1 - 4 : AM Break (15 min) | Lunch Break (1 hr) | PM Break (15 min)
Please see the "My Learning Schedule" tab for schedule information.
Materials
All registration and course materials will be given to attendees at sign-in on day 1 at the training location. Workbooks will not be pre-shipped to in-person attendees.
Section 1: Developing an Energy Audit Strategy and Plan
- Awareness of:
- Understand the goal of Energy Audits
- The major steps in the Energy Audit process
- The different audit levels
- Ability to:
- Plan for a successful audit
- Communicate the results of the Energy Audit effectively to the client
Section 2: Energy Use Analysis
- Awareness of:
- Energy forms and energy unit's conversion
- Energy rate structure and benchmarking
- Ability to:
- Analyze energy consumption for a facility
- Establish an energy balance for a facility
- Establish a consumption baseline and adjusting the baseline
Section 3: Data Collection and Analysis
- Awareness of:
- The importance of data in energy auditing process
- The different techniques to measure and analyze data
- Ability to:
- Define the necessary information to collect before and during the field visit
- Analyze the collected data to turn data into information
- Obtain an understanding of what is really driving energy consumption
Section 4: Economic Analysis
- Awareness of:
- Methodologies and tools to analyze and decide on investment projects regardless of their nature; notwithstanding, the main focus will be on energy efficiency projects
- Ability to:
- Understand the need for economic analysis and the importance of life cycle costing to assess an energy efficiency project
- Identify which cash flows (revenue and costs) should be included in the analysis
- Apply investment decision rules such as: Simple Payback Period (SPP), Simple Return on Investment (SRI), Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and Saving to Investment Ration (SIR)
- Use Interest Tables and construct formulas in Excel for various financial calculations
- Conduct Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Free Cash Flow (FCF) analysis for energy efficiency projects
- Perform a what-if analysis to understand the potential impact on the key financial indicators
Section 5: Lighting Systems
- Awareness of:
- Concepts and characteristics of energy-effective lighting design
- Ability to:
- Identify typical lighting energy conservation opportunities
- Demonstrate lighting economics calculations and relationships
Section 6 - HVAC Systems
- Awareness of:
- Types and functions of HVAC systems and equipment: Chillers, Cooling Towers, Adiabatic Fluid Coolers, Pumps, Water Distribution, Condensing Water, Waterside Economizers, VRF, Split and Unitary, AHUs, Heat pipe, Heat recovery, Fans, In-Room Terminal
- Vapor Compression Cycle and HVAC efficiencies (COP, EER)
- Piping arrangements for chilled water and or refrigerant systems
- Psychrometric processes
- ASHRAE 62, Outdoor Economizers, Demand Control Ventilation, and Filtration Systems and Standards
- Ability to:
- Identify energy efficiency measures (EEMs)
- Evaluate O&M characteristics and opportunities
- Calculate energy savings
- Investigate the existing system and determine the opportunities to improve performance
Section 7: Domestic Hot Water and Water Conservation
- Awareness of:
- Understand how DHW/SHW is produced, distributed and utilized
- Know the efficiency improvement opportunities available in DHW/SHW systems
- Ability to:
- Identify potential EEMs
- Compute impacts of the EEMs
Section 8: Motors, VFDs, and Compressors
- Awareness of:
- Electrical Fundamentals
- Types of Motors
- Energy Savings Measures for Motors
- What is Power Factor and why does it matter?
- Value of Variable Speed Drives (VFDs)
- Types of Air Compressors and Energy Savings Opportunities
- Ability to:
- Determine the appropriate energy strategy for motors and compressors
- Calculate energy savings amounts
Section 9: Building Envelope
- Awareness of:
- Building Envelope terminology
- Heat transfer mechanisms
- Sources of heat loss/gain that affect buildings heating and cooling loads
- Ability to:
- Calculate heat loss/gain through walls
- Find and calculate R and U values
- Calculate seasonal heat loss/gain through a building
Section 10: Building Automation and Energy Management Systems
- Ability to:
- Distinguish and classify automation and control systems
- Investigate the systems operation
- Recommend performance improvements
Section 11: Alternative Generation and Energy Storage
- Awareness of:
- Understand the various alternative energy generation technologies available for behind-the-meter applications
- Be knowledgeable with regards to the various methods to store energy, and where an Energy Auditor may suggest such a system
- Ability to:
- Determine overall opportunity for alternative methods to generation and storage
Section 12: Energy in Transport
- Awareness of:
- Types of transport
- Energy consumption, cost and efficiency
- Improvements in systems
- Ability to:
- Evaluate transport system performance and efficiency
- Discuss and recommend a transport energy strategy
Mark Roche (Moderator)
Instructor
MARK R. ROCHE, C.E.M., B.E.P., C.D.S.M., C.E.P., C.E.A., is currently the Manager Regulatory Rates covering DSM and Storm Hardening for Tampa Electric Company and DSM for Peoples Gas System. He has 32 years of experience in Nuclear and Fossil Fuel Power Generation, Energy Delivery, Energy Management, Utility Marketing, Customer Service and Regulatory Activities. Mark served in the US Navy for 12 years onboard two submarines in their Reactor Control Divisions and also was a Mathematics Instructor at the Naval Nuclear Power School. Since 1997, he has served in several leadership roles with two investor owned electric utilities. He has direct experience in leading electric and gas utility teams covering: Energy Management, Load Management, Distribution Power Quality, Field Operations, Distribution Control Center Operations, Meter Department Operations, Grid Management, Service Delivery, Revenue Assurance and Regulatory. Mark has been very active in the energy management and DSM since leaving the Navy. In 1998 he developed and presented multiple courses on energy technology and management with a concentrated focus on how to implement effective energy management programs. In 1999 he was the President for the Tampa Association of Energy Engineers startup chapter and held the position of Region II Vice President. Mark has been a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) instructor since 2001 and has also served the CEM Program as Test Writer, Board Member and Ethics Committee Member since that time. In 2003, Mark was one of the initial developers of the Certified Business Energy Professional Program and Course and since that time developed an online webinar version in 2012, a self-paced version in 2015, and an International version in 2017. In 2014, Mark developed the Certified Demand Side Manager Course. Mark is currently the core instructor for both of >span class="fontstyle01">Mark authored two courses on "Operational Considerations for the Smart Grid" and "Business Impacts of the Smart Grid" for the National Energy Center of Excellence (NECE) for Bismarck State College. Mark has a bachelor's degree from Thomas Edison State College and has his master's degree from Colorado State University.
Rich Costello, PE, CEM, CEA (Moderator)
Instructor
Mr. Costello is the President of Acela Energy Group, an energy consulting group specializing in energy procurement, load management, as well as, energy conservation training, auditing, and on-site wind & solar generation projects. Rich has extensive experience in the fields of load management, utility services, energy conservation, as well as power, natural gas, and tariff related negotiations and agreements.
Mr. Costello is also President of Acela Thermal Energy (ATE), a Refrigeration and HVAC energy service division of Acela Energy Group specializing in mechanical & thermal energy conservation measures as well as implementation of Ecopilot AI on building HVAC Control Systems. ATE provides energy services to Commercial, Governmental, Retail, Institutional, and Industrial Customers, as well as ESCO’s and Utilities across the country.
Rich is a registered professional engineer and was previously the Power Supply Manager for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, as well as a Senior Engineer in the Load Management Department of Boston Edison (Eversource). He holds a M.S. in Engineering Management from Western New England College and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Mr. Costello also conducts the following Energy Certification Courses nationwide for the Association of Energy Engineers: CEM, CEA, BEP, & CEP. Rich was the International President of the Association for the Year 2000 and received the 2003 Energy Professional of the Year Award from the organization. In 2006, Richard was inducted into the Energy Managers Hall of Fame.
How to Register
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- Complete the registration information requested and submit payment.
What to Expect After Registering
- You will receive a registration confirmation email.
- About a week before the course, you will receive a final confirmation with additional details regarding the training.
- All information regarding your seminar can be found here in AEE Education, under My Dashboard.
Training Program Attendee Cancellation & Transfer Policy
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Transfer Policy
If you are unable to attend the live seminar for which you have registered, registration fees can be transferred to another public seminar offering or substituted with another individual in your place within one year of the original seminar date. No difference in registration fees paid shall be refunded and attendee is responsible for any difference for transfers to a higher cost seminar.
Virtual Programs: Requests to transfer to a differently named program submitted 14 or less days may be subject to the full cost of the workbook if already ordered.
Cancellations
For registrations cancelled 21 days or more prior to the program date, the full registration fee less a $200 service charge will be refunded. Registrations cancelled 14 or less days may be subject to the full cost of the workbook if already ordered. For registrations cancelled 20 days or less, the full registration fee shall be assessed and no refund will be made. No shows will result in forfeiting of the registration fee and no refund will be made.
In the event a training program is not held as a result of any cause not reasonably within AEE’s control (including, but not limited to, instructor illness, acts of terrorism, acts of God, war, civil disturbances, declaration of national emergency, accidents or labor disputes, fire, flood, storms etc.), attendees shall be notified as soon as possible and AEE’s liability will be limited to the reimbursement of the training program registration fee.
Certification Program
This training program prepares attendees to take the Certified Business Energy Professional(BEP®) exam. Please review the requirements for certification on the Becoming a BEP® page. A separate certification and application fee applies.
Registering for the training does NOT register you for the certification exam. To take the exam, you must register for the exam and pay a separate fee. Attendees are encouraged to complete a certification application 4 weeks prior to taking the exam.
After you submit the certification application, you will receive an email confirmation letter from AEE within 4-weeks. Any additional questions about the BEP exam, certification eligibility, scheduling, or the application process can be directed to our BEP Certification Director, Francine Seskin, francine@aeecenter.org.
For additional information, visit the links below.
Reference Books
The following books are suggested reference books and printed copies are available through the AEE Bookstore. AEE members receive an 15% discount on printed books. Reference books are not required and are intended to help prepare for a training course and exam.
Digital copies of these books are available through the AEE eLibrary, which is a great resource for accessing searchable content as well as highlighting and taking notes. The eLibrary is available to AEE members for the low discounted price of $35 per year. Digital books cannot be printed or accessed during the certification exam.
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