Objectives
By the end of the Retrofits and Energy Efficiency module, students will understand:
- Residential energy uses and 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
- Flow rate conversions, such as Cups/sec to Gal/Min
- 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
Field trips
By the end of the Retrofits and Energy Efficiency module, students will be have gone on the following field trips (possibly among others):
- Job site