ENRG 55B: HVAC Systems and Efficiencies

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Program Description:

The Commercial Building Energy Analysis and Audits program at City College of San Francisco prepares students to conduct energy audits, evaluate building systems for efficiency, analyze energy data, and apply financial and business strategies in audit reporting. The program is divided into 15 modular courses designed for a community college level student. These courses are adaptable and can be selected, reorganized, or offered in a shorter format to suit individuals with experience in construction, architecture, HVAC, building operations, or mechanical engineering.

Course Description:

This course, from the BEST Center and City College of San Francisco, focuses on HVAC systems and efficiencies. The course asks students to consider configured HVAC systems types, system controls and identification of energy efficiency or conservation measures. In completing the course, students will be able to:

Describe and compare various types of water side systems such as steam, condenser water, hydronic, cooling and heating sources.
Describe the fundamentals of various controls of HVAC systems.
Evaluate energy conservation or efficiency measures of HVAC systems.
Calculate the energy efficiency or conservation coefficients such COP, EER and/or SEER.
Examine and evaluate various energy efficiency or conservation measures as applied to HVAC systems.
Calculate the amount of energy saved by implementing energy efficiency

Resources available as part of this course include a course outline, an extensive PowerPoint presentation.

The 3-page course outline document includes a course description, learning outcomes, a detailed course topics outline, and more. Topics include: a brief review of components, equipment and terminology from ENRG 55A, HVAC fundamentals and components, HVAC system types, HVAC system controls, and energy efficiency and/or conservation measures (EEMs or ECMs).

The PowerPoint presentation covers all four topics introduced in the course outline.

For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with ENRG 55B_Course Outline_cc.pdf, which offers a description of the course as well as an overview of topics covered through a course outline.

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

ENRG-55B-HVAC-Syst-Efficiencies (5 files, 17.6 MB)