ECT 27: Advanced Direct Digital Controls

Program Description:

The Environmental Control Technology Commercial HVAC Systems certificate and Associate degree program at Laney College is designed to "... prepare[] students to install, service, and maintain large-scale commercial heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems (HVAC/R) and controls, with emphasis on safety, occupancy, comfort, and energy efficiency." The program focuses "... on technical knowledge and electronic and computer-based skills [that are] needed to increase energy efficiency in buildings."

Course Description:

ECT 27: Advanced Direct Digital Controls is one of ten classes in the Environmental Control Technology Commercial HVAC Systems program. This 18-page instructor guide outlines the course, which serves as an "introduction to advanced concepts and operation of DDC controls." Concepts include input and output devices, programming strategies, and translating sequence of operation documents for an HVAC system into an operations program for a DDC system.

This guide includes a table of contents, a catalog description, a sample syllabus, student learning outcomes, sample test questions, a list of course materials needed, and more. 

A program guide and additional course guides from the program are available to view separately.