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AEE Certified Energy Manager (CEM) study guide
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Lessons
- Energy & Power Units and Conversion Calculat
- Financial Metrics: Simple Payback Period, Re
- Time Value of Money: Net Present Value, Inte
- Advanced Financial Evaluation: Annual Worth,
- Energy Audit Methodologies: ASHRAE Level I,
- Audit Instrumentation, Data Loggers, Meterin
- Baseline Energy Data, Utility Bill Disaggreg
- Energy Modeling, Simulation, Digital Tools,
- Boiler Fundamentals & Efficiency: Combustion
- Steam Distribution & Traps: Steam Trap Types
- Condensate Recovery, Boiler Blowdown Control
- Building Automation Systems Architecture, BA
- Energy Control Strategies: Temperature/Press
- Fault Detection & Diagnostics, Energy Analyt
- IoT, Cloud-Based BAS, Expert Systems, and Cy
- Solar Photovoltaic and Wind Energy Systems:
- Combined Heat and Power / Cogeneration: Ther
- Grid Interconnection, Net Metering, Islandin
- Biomass, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar Therm
- Electrical Fundamentals: Single/Three-Phase
- Electric Motors: Efficiency Classes, Loading
- Variable Frequency Drives, Affinity Laws, an
- Battery Energy Storage Systems: Technologies
- Thermal Energy Storage: Chilled Water, Ice S
- Storage Dispatch Strategies, Tariff Integrat
- Energy Savings Performance Contracting, ESCO
- Measurement and Verification: IPMVP Options
- Baselines, Weather Normalization, Non-Routin
- HVAC Fundamentals & Psychrometrics: Dry-Bulb
- Cooling and Heating Equipment: Chillers, Hea
- Air and Water Distribution: AHUs, VAV vs. CA
- Building Envelope: Heat Transfer, Infiltrati
- Building Envelope Calculations: Degree-Days,
- Refrigerants, Cooling Towers, and Specialize
- Compressed Air Systems: Efficiency, Pressure
- Industrial Process Heating, Cooling Towers,
- Production-Normalized Energy Metrics, Pumpin
- Lighting Fundamentals: Photometric Quantitie
- Lighting Technologies & Retrofits: LED Syste
- Lighting Controls: Occupancy/Vacancy Sensors
- Preventive, Predictive, and Reliability-Cent
- Building Commissioning: Existing Building Co
- Savings Persistence, Continuous Commissionin
- Quantifying O&M Losses: Compressed Air Leaks
- CMMS, Water Treatment, and Human Behavior in
- Federal and State Energy Policies, Decarboni
- Building Energy Codes: ASHRAE Standard 90.1,
- Energy Management Systems: ISO 50001, ENERGY
- Utility Rate Structures: Volumetric vs. Dema
- Demand Charges, Ratchets, Peak Shaving, and
- Energy Procurement, Deregulated Markets, Sup
- Demand-Side Management, Load Curtailment, an