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AEE Certified Energy Manager (CEM) study guide

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Lessons

  1. Energy & Power Units and Conversion Calculat
  2. Financial Metrics: Simple Payback Period, Re
  3. Time Value of Money: Net Present Value, Inte
  4. Advanced Financial Evaluation: Annual Worth,
  5. Energy Audit Methodologies: ASHRAE Level I,
  6. Audit Instrumentation, Data Loggers, Meterin
  7. Baseline Energy Data, Utility Bill Disaggreg
  8. Energy Modeling, Simulation, Digital Tools,
  9. Boiler Fundamentals & Efficiency: Combustion
  10. Steam Distribution & Traps: Steam Trap Types
  11. Condensate Recovery, Boiler Blowdown Control
  12. Building Automation Systems Architecture, BA
  13. Energy Control Strategies: Temperature/Press
  14. Fault Detection & Diagnostics, Energy Analyt
  15. IoT, Cloud-Based BAS, Expert Systems, and Cy
  16. Solar Photovoltaic and Wind Energy Systems:
  17. Combined Heat and Power / Cogeneration: Ther
  18. Grid Interconnection, Net Metering, Islandin
  19. Biomass, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar Therm
  20. Electrical Fundamentals: Single/Three-Phase
  21. Electric Motors: Efficiency Classes, Loading
  22. Variable Frequency Drives, Affinity Laws, an
  23. Battery Energy Storage Systems: Technologies
  24. Thermal Energy Storage: Chilled Water, Ice S
  25. Storage Dispatch Strategies, Tariff Integrat
  26. Energy Savings Performance Contracting, ESCO
  27. Measurement and Verification: IPMVP Options
  28. Baselines, Weather Normalization, Non-Routin
  29. HVAC Fundamentals & Psychrometrics: Dry-Bulb
  30. Cooling and Heating Equipment: Chillers, Hea
  31. Air and Water Distribution: AHUs, VAV vs. CA
  32. Building Envelope: Heat Transfer, Infiltrati
  33. Building Envelope Calculations: Degree-Days,
  34. Refrigerants, Cooling Towers, and Specialize
  35. Compressed Air Systems: Efficiency, Pressure
  36. Industrial Process Heating, Cooling Towers,
  37. Production-Normalized Energy Metrics, Pumpin
  38. Lighting Fundamentals: Photometric Quantitie
  39. Lighting Technologies & Retrofits: LED Syste
  40. Lighting Controls: Occupancy/Vacancy Sensors
  41. Preventive, Predictive, and Reliability-Cent
  42. Building Commissioning: Existing Building Co
  43. Savings Persistence, Continuous Commissionin
  44. Quantifying O&M Losses: Compressed Air Leaks
  45. CMMS, Water Treatment, and Human Behavior in
  46. Federal and State Energy Policies, Decarboni
  47. Building Energy Codes: ASHRAE Standard 90.1,
  48. Energy Management Systems: ISO 50001, ENERGY
  49. Utility Rate Structures: Volumetric vs. Dema
  50. Demand Charges, Ratchets, Peak Shaving, and
  51. Energy Procurement, Deregulated Markets, Sup
  52. Demand-Side Management, Load Curtailment, an