September 20-24, 2027

Registration closes 2 business days prior to training start or if course reaches capacity.

Program at a Glance

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.

Remote exams are scheduled on an individual basis. See the Certification Registration tab for additional instructions.

Pursuing the CIEP Certification?

This training program prepares attendees to take the Certified Industrial Energy Professional (CIEP) exam. Registering for training does not register you for the certification exam — see the Certification Registration tab for full details and requirements.

• Objectives of energy management
• Climate change & clean energy
• The need for industrial energy management
• Energy basics
• Energy systems efficiency
• Energy balance
• Sensible and latent heat transfer
• Energy audit types and ISO50002
• ISO50001 energy management systems standard
• Relevant driving variable(s) identification
• Baseline and energy performance indicators development

• Basic process and concepts of control systems
• Types of control systems
• Field input elements (thermocouples, RTD's, transmitters, transducers)
• Field output elements (control valves, actuators, relays)
• Control algorithms, and control technologies
• Energy Information Systems (EIS)

• Industrial safety
• Electrical metering equipment and data loggers
• Combustion metering
• Rotor and vibration metering
• Temperature metering
• Compressed air leak detection
• Pressure metering
• Flow metering (velocity, differential pressure, displacement, open flow)
• Solar PV and other commercial building metering

• Water context and the need for water treatment
• Industrial water uses (oil & gas, food & beverage, mining, construction, forestry, pulp & paper, desalination)
• Basics and types of water treatment
• Reverse osmosis system basics
• Cooling towers and its associated water loss
• Ion exchange, hardness, and blowdown in steam systems

• Heat exchanger basics and design
• Main heat exchanger types used in industry and their applications
• Heat exchange fouling
• Heat exchangers in boiler systems
• Heat exchangers in buildings
• Heat rejection and approach temperatures in cooling towers

• Refrigerants and their impact
• Basic refrigeration cycle
• Complex industrial refrigeration systems (single stage, multistage, cascade, liquid overfeed, absorption)
• Types of refrigeration equipment
• System efficiency metrics

• Fuel types and heating values
• Furnace types
• Furnace efficiency
• Fired heater construction and components
• Boiler types and operation
• Fuel train, construction, function, and firing rate control
• Burner systems, mix design styles, flames, and combustion
• Flaring

• Steam properties and use of saturated and superheated steam tables
• Boiler efficiency (direct & indirect method)
• Boiler losses (shell, blowdown, stack)
• Common methods to reduce stack temperature rise
• Deaerator tanks
• Distribution system (steam leaks, piping, insulation)
• End use (steam traps, condensate return, flash steam)

• Steam turbines and gas turbines
• The Rankine cycle, the Brayton cycle, and the combined cycle
• Combustion chambers, turbine blades and nozzles, seals and glands
• Turbine design, steam flow, and blade types
• Turbine maintenance and control optimization
• CHP technologies
• Conventional power stations, renewable energy, distributed generation, and smart grid integration

• Electrical fundamentals (induction, electromagnets, power factor)
• Electric motor basics, types, construction, causes of failure
• Electric motor nameplate data (frame size, kW, insulation class, SF, volt, etc.)
• Motor efficiency and efficiency classes
• Losses in motors
• Motor drives and speed control
• Transmission types (gears, belts)

• Pump components and pump type classifications
• Impellers, seals, bearings, couplings
• Delivered power, total head and efficiency of a pump
• Total head, friction head, static head, velocity head
• Distribution losses
• Pump and system performance curves
• Speed changes
• Pumps in series and in parallel
• Pump cavitation, its causes, and remedies
• Net Positive Suction Head available
• Pump maintenance and reliability aspects

• Fan system fundamentals and components
• Fan types and their various applications considering impeller efficiency and dust loading
• Fan and system performance curves
• Fan control methods (dampers, inlet louvre dampers, variable inlet vanes, variable speed)
• Effect of variable flow using the fan laws or affinity laws
• Fan maintenance practices

• Compressed air system fundamentals
• Heat recovery and compressor operating conditions
• Compressor types (reciprocating, rotary vane, screw, axial, centrifugal)
• Load control and its application on screw and centrifugal compressors
• Air treatment (condensate, drains, dryers, filters)
• Air distribution (piping, storage tanks)
• Leaks and leakage quantification tests
• Artificial demand
• Inappropriate use

Training Registration Does Not Register You for the Certification Exam

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.

Submit Your Certification Application Early

Attendees are encouraged to complete a certification application 4 weeks prior to taking the exam.

Need Help With Certification?

Contact Francine Seskin, Certification Director, at [email protected].

Reference Books Are Optional

Reference books are not required and are intended to help prepare for a training course and exam.

Digital Books Through the AEE eLibrary

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 $50 per year. Digital books cannot be printed or accessed during the certification exam.

If you're an AEE member, add the eLibrary subscription to your membership here. If you're not a member, join AEE here and add the eLibrary subscription to your membership.

Contact the AEE Training Department

Transfer, substitution, and cancellation requests must be submitted to [email protected].

In-Person

• Registration fees can be transferred to another public course offering.
• Registration can be substituted with another person who is interested in taking the course; any cost increase differences plus associated transfer fees must be paid for by the registrant — AEE will not refund fee transfer cost differentials.
• Transfer options expire one year from the original registration order date.
• Registrants who request a refund or transfer after the course start date must submit supporting documentation of extenuating circumstances preventing attendance – including first day no show. All documentation will be evaluated and the decision will be communicated in writing.
• Registrants who fail to provide supporting documentation of extenuating circumstances preventing attendance are ineligible for a refund or transfer.
• Registrants who request a refund or transfer before the course start date must submit an email request to [email protected] 14 days before the course’s start date.
• There is a $200 transfer fee.

In-Person

• Registrants who cancel 21 days or more before the start date are eligible for a refund minus a $200 cancellation fee.
• Registrants who cancel 20 days or less before the start date, or who are no-shows, are ineligible for a refund.

Changes Outside of AEE's Control

If there are changes to a training program that are outside of 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.), participants will be notified as soon as possible, and AEE’s liability will be limited to the reimbursement of the training program registration fee.