Home / CoursePage 3

Best Practices and Innovation

Federal personnel are required to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the “Ten Steps to Operational Efficiency” FEMP O&M Best Practices Guide Rev 3.0 pg 291.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of (DOE/PNNL) “Retuning Project” and how it could be applied (Re-tuning is intended to provide building operators, building managers and energy service providers with the necessary skills to identify low-cost and no-cost operational problems that plague commercial buildings and provide the skills necessary to take corrective action.).
  • Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to perform “predictive maintenance” (Predictive maintenance attempts to detect the onset of a degradation mechanism with the goal of correcting that degradation prior to significant deterioration in the component or equipment.) FEMP O&M Best Practices Release 3.0 pg 5.9.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of ALL types of commissioning and what is required in the Energy Independence and Security Act 2007 (EISA).
  • Demonstrate knowledge of metering and sub-metering for energy and water and how they contribute to systems optimization.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of O&M Frontiers like those found in FEMP O&M Best Practices Guide Rev 3.0 pg 287.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of advanced troubleshooting techniques on a systems-wide basis.

Related Courses

Title Description Organizations Competencies
How Dimming Affects Light Sources

This narrated presentation describes how the different dimming technologies operate and how they affect lamp life and appearance. It also covers strategies for solving dimming problems.

Best Practices and Innovation, Building Interior, Building Systems, Design, Energy Management, Facilities Operations and Management, Facilities Operations, Maintenance and Engineering, Implementation, Infrastructure Systems, Operating and Maintaining Electrical and Mechanical Systems, Planning, Sustainability, Systems and Demand Reduction, Technology, Technology Solutions
IECC-2009 Energy Code

This narrated presentation discusses the overall structure of the IECC energy code and the lighting related provisions of the 2009 version.

Background, Best Practices and Innovation, Building Interior, Building Systems, Design, Energy Management, Facilities Operations and Management, Facilities Operations, Maintenance and Engineering, Implementation, Infrastructure Systems, Operating and Maintaining Electrical and Mechanical Systems, Planning, Planning, Project, and Program Management, Regulations and Requirements, Sustainability, Systems and Demand Reduction, Technology, Technology Solutions
IECC-2012 Energy Code

This narrated presentation discusses the overall structure of the IECC energy code and the lighting related provisions of the 2012 version.

Background, Best Practices and Innovation, Building Interior, Building Systems, Design, Energy Management, Facilities Operations and Management, Facilities Operations, Maintenance and Engineering, Implementation, Infrastructure Systems, Operating and Maintaining Electrical and Mechanical Systems, Planning, Regulations and Requirements, Sustainability, Technology, Technology Solutions
IgCC-2012 Sustainability Standard

This narrated presentation provides an overview of this standard, differentiates between mandatory and prescriptive requirements and discusses the lighting-related provisions within IgCC-2012.

Background, Best Practices and Innovation, Building Interior, Building Systems, Design, Energy Management, Facilities Operations and Management, Facilities Operations, Maintenance and Engineering, Implementation, Innovation, Leadership and Innovation, Operating and Maintaining Electrical and Mechanical Systems, Planning, Regulations and Requirements, Sustainability, Systems and Demand Reduction, Technology, Technology Solutions
Installation Do’s and Don’ts for Dry-Type Distribution Transformers

This course will cover the do’s and don’ts of installing dry-type distribution Transformers, including: handling, receiving, installation, mounting, and maintenance.

 Basic Requirements, Best Practices and Innovation, Building Systems, Facilities Operations and Management, Facilities Operations, Maintenance and Engineering, Infrastructure, Operating and Maintaining Electrical and Mechanical Systems, Other Facility Systems, Safety, Technology, Technology Solutions
Intelligent Lighting for Interior Spaces

This narrated presentation defines intelligent lighting, identifies indoor lighting control strategies that enhance building and occupant performance and discusses how to specify an intelligent lighting system that is upgradable, sustainable and easy to commission.

Background, Best Practices and Innovation, Building Interior, Building Systems, Energy Management, Facilities Operations and Management, Facilities Operations, Maintenance and Engineering, Implementation, Operating and Maintaining Electrical and Mechanical Systems, Sustainability, Systems and Demand Reduction, Technology, Technology Solutions
Interfacing Solar Thermal Systems into Hydronic-based Comfort Systems Webinar

This seminar will take the attendees on a schematic tour of old system piping/plumbing/controlling technologies and strategies, and the way they were piped, and what we’ve since discovered wrong with those installations. After we’ve seen what’s wrong, we will modify the system designs using current state of the art piping, pumping, and valve usage technology to make certain that the quantity of wasted alternative BTU’s are held to a minimum. Even the newer piping methodologies (primary/secondary) have changed somewhat since their introduction, and we will discuss the need to incorporate those advances into the piping schemes of these alternative energy systems.

 Best Practices and Innovation, Facilities Operations, Maintenance and Engineering
Introduction to the Lighting Design Process

Introduction to the Lighting Design Process covers the different phases of architectural design including getting the job, developing the program, presentations for approval, construction and post-occupancy evaluation. Learn about various lighting design techniques, how to identify user needs, and tools with which to design a space.

 Assess Initial Conditions, Best Practices and Innovation, Building Exterior, Building Interior, Building Systems, Planning, Technology Solutions
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

This course will cover: What LEED is, who LEED is supported by, LEED certification, LEED Rating System, and misrepresentations in the industry.

Related Standards: U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

 Background, Best Practices and Innovation, Building Exterior, Building Interior, Building Systems, Design, Facilities Operations and Management, Facilities Operations, Maintenance and Engineering, Implementation, Infrastructure Systems, Operating and Maintaining Electrical and Mechanical Systems, Other Facility Systems, Planning, Regulations and Requirements, Sustainability
LEDs and Outdoor Lighting

This narrated presentation discusses how and where LED sources may be used, compares LEDs against existing sources, discusses the issues around LED lighting and covers control of LED luminaires.

 Background, Best Practices and Innovation, Building Exterior, Building Systems, Design, Energy Management, Facilities Operations and Management, Facilities Operations, Maintenance and Engineering, General Building Maintenance, Implementation, Infrastructure Systems, Operating and Maintaining Electrical and Mechanical Systems, Sustainability, Systems and Demand Reduction, Technology, Technology Solutions
1 2 3 4 5