Energy Management and Controls includes a number of key concepts and discussions that teach fundamental maintenance and energy management control aspects that will enable you to run your building operations in a cost-efficient manner. You will develop an understanding of the operation of heating, cooling, humidification, and dehumidification control applications, and learn about variable air volume design and building pressurization control devices. You will also develop the skills and knowledge to perform a cost-benefit analysis of HVAC, electric, and lighting systems and to create an energy management program for your facility. 

Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to: 

control system basics • auxiliary and electronic controls and their application to heating, cooling, humidifying, and volume control • computerized automatic control systems • factors determining energy consumption in HVAC, electronic, and lighting systems • preventive maintenance measures in energy management • energy management control system applications 

Facilities Planning and Project Management stresses that technical skills are important, but strategy, leadership, and direction will contribute more to the success of your facilities projects than logistical prowess. You will learn to develop strategic facilities plans, plan facilities projects, and effectively implement and evaluate projects.  

You will also understand the why and the how of communicating with those employees directly affected by facilities projects, and integrating them into the strategic process. To accomplish this, and to communicate with architects, designers, and general contractors, you will learn the basic symbols and tools you will need to read architectural drawings. The set of drawings included with this coursebook will be used in the course, relating course key concepts to the master case study, a facilities project for a hypothetical company, which is presented throughout the course. 

Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to: 

Key topic areas:

the value of planning and organizing • planning models • identifying and rating user needs • owned vs. leased developed facilities • managing the planning process • classifying facilities projects • specifications for facilities performance • design development and review • implementing projects • planning occupancy • project closeout