The New Year brings the call for AEE scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year.  Scholarships are jointly sponsored by our chapter and the National AEE Foundation Scholarship program.  Scholarships are typically $1000.   If you know a good candidate according to the information below, please contact Dan Wheatley, Scholarship Chairman (contact information below).

Purpose & Eligibility

The AEE Foundation Scholarship program was established to encourage qualified students in energy engineering and energy management by awarding scholarships to further education in the field. Scholarships are available to full-time undergraduate and graduate degree candidates enrolled in engineering, energy, or facility management programs at accredited colleges or universities.  For further information on the scholarship foundation, visit the AEE website at www.aeecenter.org and click on ‘AEE Foundation’.

Selection Procedure and Application Deadline

Scholarships are awarded based on academics, character, and financial need.  Applicants must write a personal goals statement and also must be recommended by at least one faculty member.  The application form is available at Applications must be submitted to the Scholarship Chairman at the address below by April 1, 2012.  Winners will be announced and scholarship checks sent on or about September 1, 2012.  Please contact us with questions or assistance. Applications are available to download at http://www.aeecenter.org/foundation (click on ‘Student Application for Scholarship’).

Dan Wheatley, AEE Connecticut Scholarship Chairman

Environmental Systems Corporation

750 Main Street, Winchester, MA 01890

(781) 729-3760 Office (781) 729-3778 Fax      dan_wheatley@msn.com

Session 1: Introduction to Energy Management – January 24, 2012
1. Review course Outline & AEE certification; Energy issues, policies and their impact.
2. Building energy and science including energy units, estimating energy usage; Building assessment, audit fundamentals and types; Energy auditing procedures and planning, audit tools; Energy audit software
3. Utility bill analysis, Utility rate structures; Service, demand and energy charges
4. Conversion factors and formulas, and data required for energy analysis; Data evaluation, energy accounting, energy use profiles, load factor, Benchmarking; Cost & Benefit Analysis, payback, lifecycle analysis, formulas
Session 2: Lighting and Building Envelope – February 21, 2012
1. Measurement of light, Efficiency/efficacy, Light color-CCT/CRI, Lamp lumen depreciation; Lamp types, fixtures and their characteristics, applications.
2. Lighting controls, switches and sensors, automation systems; Daylight harvesting, use of natural light and application, exterior lighting
3. Heat flow, heat loss analysis, Insulation, R and U values; Diagnostics, heat loss calculation, thermography; Building envelope improvements; walls, roof, windows, doors and airlocks
Session 3 – HVAC Systems and Building Automation – March 20, 2012
1. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning systems and components; Load estimating, ventilation, indoor air quality issues.
2. Control equipment: unit level, pneumatic and direct digital control systems; Control strategies; building automation, control points, and enthalpy controls.
3. Maintenance opportunities; steam trap, insulating, duct cleaning, routine, predictive and preventative maintenance.
Session 4: Combustion Equipment, Chillers and Compressors – April 17, 2012
1. Combustion equipment; heat transfer, maintenance, efficiency and cost saving; Boilers, furnaces, unit ventilators, heat pumps and terminal units
2. Air conditioning equipment; chillers, DX, cooling towers, economizers, thermal storage
3. Domestic hot water systems; storage, distribution systems, point-of-use, circulators, solar thermal
Session 5: Motor Control and Demand Response – May 15, 2012
1. Motor efficiency, variable frequency drives, operating characteristics and efficiencies
2. Demand management: load profiles, load shifting, ISO demand, peak shaving and load shaping; Emergency and peak reduction, load control equipment and metering; interruptible loads.
3. Energy Management Opportunities,
4. Evaluating water and sewer cost,

AEE’s Certified Energy Auditor two day required Exam-Preparation course ($1150) and test ($300) will be available in June 2012 through AEE national

Participants in AEE-CT’s Spring 2012 CEA/CEM Training will have covered all the topics needed for the CEA exam (bold and underlined below). These are also some of the topics required for the CEM Certification Exam. In the Fall and Winter of 2012 – 2013, AEE CT will hold six additional sessions to cover the remaining topics needed for the CEM certification Examination. If you would like to contribute to these classes, please express that interest to Leahy.

In addition, all CEM candidates must also attend one of AEE’s preparatory CEM training seminars, and complete and pass a four-hour written open-book exam, proctored by an approved AEE National exam administrator. Of the seventeen sections on the CEM exam, candidates must complete at a minimum of eleven, including those indicated as required:

1. Codes & Standards & Indoor Air Quality – Required
2. Energy Accounting and Economics – Required
3. Energy Audits and Instrumentation – Required
4. Electrical Systems
5. HVAC Systems
6. Motors and Drives
7. Industrial Systems
8. Building Envelope
9. CHP Systems and Renewable Energy
10. Energy Procurement
11. Building Automation and Control Systems
12. Green Buildings, LEED & Energy Star
13. Thermal Energy Storage Systems
14. Lighting Systems
15. Boiler and Steam Systems
16. Maintenance & Commissioning
17. Alternative Financing

Questions:
Chapter Education Chair: William Leahy
(860) 465-0252
leahyw@easternct.edu

We advocate for continuous energy industry advancement through informational meetings and functions, professional development, formal and self-education, and community awareness throughout the Connecticut/Western
New England region.

We welcome all interested individuals to all of our meetings and functions; AEE membership is optional and we do not require chapter dues. Functions include monthly evening meetings (with a charge to cover costs) and include a networking hour, full dinner, and presentation speaker(s). Please join us at our next meeting! Chapter volunteers are also always welcome.