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By the end of the {{SUBPAGENAME}} module, students will be comfortable doing the following (among others): | By the end of the {{SUBPAGENAME}} module, students will be comfortable doing the following (among others): | ||
* Identify, Quantify | * Identify, Quantify and Report Losses | ||
* Inspection, Observational, Assessment, Client interview, Testing equipment, Write and present the report | * Inspection, Observational, Assessment, Client interview, Testing equipment, Write and present the report | ||
[[Category:Energy efficiency]] | [[Category:Energy efficiency]] | ||
[[Category:Northern California Green Building Pre-Apprenticeship Program]] | [[Category:Northern California Green Building Pre-Apprenticeship Program]] |
Revision as of 04:36, 29 January 2011
Objectives
By the end of the Retrofits and Energy Efficiency module, students will understand:
- Residential energy uses & loss
- Assessment – the procedure, observations, techniques and identifying goals
- Client interview and observational inspections
- The house as a system – interactive effects
- The what, why, and how much of diagnostic testing equipment
- Communicate what you learned
Goals
The following are some of the main goals for the Retrofits and Energy Efficiency module.
Concepts
By the end of the Retrofits and Energy Efficiency module, students will understand the following concepts (among others):
- Lighting Efficiency -> Safety
- FUE and EF
- Combustion Byproducts
- Combustion Safety
- Heat Transfer
- Heat loss
- Infiltration
- Diagnostic Testing
Vocabulary and units
By the end of the Retrofits and Energy Efficiency module, students will be able to confidently use the following vocabulary and/or units (among others):
- BAS (Building Airflow Standard), combustion, Appliance Zone, Building Envelope, R-Value, Airchange per hour, EF, Efficacy, Infrared thermography, R-Value
- CFM, CFM30, pascal, F, C, K, ACH, and Lumens
Calculations
By the end of the Retrofits and Energy Efficiency module, students will be able to do the following calculations (among others):
- Light Exchange Saving
- Cups/sec to Gal/Min
- CFM30 to CFM and CFM to ACH
How to
By the end of the Retrofits and Energy Efficiency module, students will be comfortable doing the following (among others):
- Identify, Quantify and Report Losses
- Inspection, Observational, Assessment, Client interview, Testing equipment, Write and present the report