This 4-week distance education course will impart participants with tips, tricks and best practices to set up energy models using RETScreen® version 4, while providing the necessary background knowledge on energy efficiency. Various energy technologies (e.g. lighting, motors, variable speed drives, pumps, compressed air, etc) will be covered supplemented with exercises and examples to familiarize participants with using RETScreen's energy efficiency modules.

The course targets professionals (engineers, architects, technologists, planners, facility managers) involved in project due diligence, project appraisal, electric utilities, energy policy analysis, and feasibility studies. Participants who pass the course's 4 exams with a minimum 70% average will receive a Certificate of Completion from the Clean Energy Institute of GPEKS.

Overview

Week 1

• Overview of Energy Management
• Energy Basics
• Energy Use Documentation & Monitoring
• Understanding fuel and schedules
• Documenting Facility Characteristics
• Overview of RETScreen Energy Efficiency Modules

• Heating & Combustion Systems, Measurement & Calculations, Examples
• Cooling & A/C, Examples, RETScreen Application
• Building Envelope

• Lighting, Examples, RETScreen Application
• Electrical Equipment
• Hot Water
• Pumps & Pumping Systems, Examples, RETScreen Application
• Motors
• Fans - Exhaust & Ventilation, Calculations, Examples, RETScreen Application

• Process Steam
• Heat Recovery, Examples, RETScreen Application
• Refrigeration
• Compressed Air, RETScreen Application

• Administrator: Slavica Bogdanov
• Administrator: Andrew Carter
• Administrator: Mary Hough
• Administrator: Frederic Pouyot
• Administrator: Diane Villemure
• Facilitator: Frederic Pouyot