NRG 112 Commercial Energy Use Analysis

Emphasis is on the analysis of energy use in commercial buildings. Topics include utility bill analysis, identifying energy consumption sources and related efficiency measures, use of micro-dataloggers, energy savings and investment calculations, audit report writing. Students complete a supervised field audit.

Credits

Prerequisite

NRG 111 and NRG 121 and MTH 095 or higher OR MTH 111Z or higher math placement via the math placement process OR department approval

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Analyze historical utility data
2. Perform commercial energy audits
3. Program and install portable datalogging equipment
4. Organize field data and develop energy analysis procedure
5. Analyze datalogging/trend data to recognize potential issues
6. Calculate energy savings using weather based spreadsheet calculations
7. Create cost estimates based on RS Means
8. Assemble a draft energy analysis report
9. Provide professional presentations on commercial building energy use analysis