NRG 183 Controls Retuning and Troubleshooting

Diagnostics and troubleshooting building control systems. Use occupant comfort complaints or other alerts, determine causes, use trend logging and visual inspection of equipment, and determine problem solutions; set point changes, modify control loops, return control loops or schedule maintenance.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

NRG 181 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Review selected HVAC systems at Lane Community College’s Downtown and Main campuses
2. Develop a troubleshooting process for multiple types of HVAC equipment
3. Create equipment monitoring plans that supplement troubleshooting process
4. Investigate and evaluate Building Automation System (BAS) control system sequences of operation
5. Create, evaluate, and annotate trend logs that document actual equipment operation
6. Compare design sequences of operation with actual BAS operation
7. Review and document BAS microblock-based program logic
8. Review and optimize equipment operating schedules and setpoints
9. Evaluate operational efficiency of HVAC air handling equipment and terminal units
10. Evaluate operational efficiency of selected HVAC plant equipment (boilers, chillers, pumps)
11. Maneuver through typical supervisory BAS software
12. Make technical-based re-tuning recommendations for improving BAS control system operation
13. Quantify energy savings using industry-accepted simplified calculations