Course Description
Fee:
$573 ($458 ASHRAE Member)
Includes course materials, Certificate of Attendance, and course recording.
Course Description:
This seminar provides knowledge and skills for the effective use of whole building energy modeling (BEM), emphasizing informing the development of new buildings and the improvement of existing buildings. This seminar helps attendees to identify appropriate analysis objectives, methods, and procedures that help ensure useful, high-quality results. Attendees will receive guidance on communicating analysis results and playing an effective role in a project team. This seminar is “tool agnostic” and complements other training on the use of specific simulation software. This seminar also presents concepts with a case study approach and uses exercises to reinforce understanding of new information.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify appropriate questions to evaluate and how to answer them with building energy modeling.
- Select an analysis approach -- including the appropriate simulation tool, input sources, and alternatives -- based on the phase of design and questions to be evaluated.
- Plan and implement a QA/QC process to provide confidence in results.
- Effectively work with a design team and communicate analysis findings, focusing on timely, relevant information in a format appropriate for the audience.
- Develop a building energy modeling project plan, including tasks, schedule and level of effort.
Interested in prepping for the Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) certification exam? See a complete list of BEMP exam task content areas this course addresses.
Recommended Publications:
ASHRAE Standard 55-2023, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy
ASHRAE Standards 62.1-2022, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
ASHRAE/IES Standards 90.1-2022, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
ASHRAE Standard 140-2023, Method of Test for the Evaluation of Building Performance Simulation Software
ASHRAE Standard 209-2018, Energy Simulation Aided Design for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
Course Instructors:
Erik Kolderup, P.E., BEMP, Member ASHRAE, LEED® AP
Nikhil Singh, CEM, Member ASHRAE, LEED® AP
Cancellation Policy
Course registration fees will be refunded in full if cancellation is received by ASHRAE Customer Service at 800-527-4723 or orders@ashrae.org before 12:00 noon, seven working days prior to the course date. Cancellations received between three and seven working days prior to the course date are subject to a $25 cancellation fee. Registrants who do not attend a course or cancel less than three working days prior to the course date are liable for the entire course registration fee. Registration fees can be transferred by contacting ASHRAE Customer Service at 800-527-4723 or orders@ashrae.org.