A Guide to Building Operation and Maintenance – Part II
This course examines the principles and best practices of building operations and maintenance (O&M) and their role in achieving safe, reliable, and energy-efficient building performance.
This course explains how effective O&M programs improve building system performance, reduce operating costs, enhance occupant comfort, and extend facility service life. Building operations and maintenance are essential to maximizing the performance and longevity of building systems throughout their lifecycle. Well-planned O&M programs improve energy and water efficiency, maintain indoor environmental quality, minimize equipment failures, and support sustainable facility management through proactive operational and maintenance practices.
Moreover, this course covers the fundamentals of building operations and maintenance, organizational frameworks, maintenance strategies, computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), predictive maintenance technologies, performance monitoring, metering, and existing building commissioning. It also emphasizes practical approaches for improving operational efficiency, reducing life-cycle costs, and implementing low-cost and no-cost measures that enhance building performance and reliability.
This 10 PDH online course is applicable to mechanical and civil engineers, as well as other technical professionals interested in learning more about building operations and maintenance.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the fundamentals of building operations and maintenance and their role in building performance
- Learning the differences between reactive, preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies
- Understanding the organizational components of an effective building O&M program
- Learning how O&M practices improve energy efficiency, reliability, and occupant comfort
- Familiarizing with common operational deficiencies and methods for improving building performance
- Understanding the role of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) in maintenance planning
- Learning how predictive maintenance technologies support condition-based maintenance and fault detection
- Understanding how performance trending and operational data support proactive maintenance decisions
- Familiarizing with metering strategies for monitoring and validating building performance
- Learning how effective O&M practices reduce operational risks and equipment failures
- Understanding the economic benefits of well-managed operations and maintenance programs
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