HVAC Applications 24 PDH Discount Package

This online engineering PDH course presents an overview of commercial heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) applications. In today's industry, HPWH's are viewed as an effective and efficient method to provide hot water for commercial buildings. The system uses a water-heating heat pump to move heat from a cool reservoir, such as air, and transfer this heat into water. In addition this course illustrates the benefits and energy savings behind this technology, explains how to properly size an HPWH system and highlights the costs associated with the installation of HPWHs.

 

This 2 PDH online course is applicable to mechanical engineers, designers, contractors, building professionals, and all personnel interested in gaining a better understating of HPWH.

This online engineering PDH course provides an overview of how desiccant systems operate and how they can be of benefit. This course is based entirely on U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory resource guide "Desiccant Cooling Technology" developed by U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. This course provides condensed information on desiccant technology, which will benefit reader to learn a significant amount in brief time frame.

 

Desiccants cooling technology provides a tool for controlling humidity (moisture) levels for conditioned air spaces. It offers numerous advantages over the more common vapor-compression and absorption units. For example, desiccant systems do not need ozone-depleting refrigerants and are very effective at treating the large humidity loads resulting from ventilation air. Also, they use natural gas, solar thermal energy, or waste heat, thus lowering peak electric demand.

 

The use of desiccant cooling and dehumidification systems into existing and new buildings has shown reduced energy costs, better health, greater comfort and increased productivity for building occupants. Recent advances in adsorptive materials, in conjunction with dehumidifier design innovations are making the technology increasingly attractive.

 

This 4 PDH online course is applicable to HVAC engineers, facility engineers, architects, environmentalists, operations and maintenance personnel, as well as consultants and contractors who construct, build and manage facilities.

This online engineering PDH course identifies the opportunities for improving the performance of the heating and cooling system based on the type of system that is in place.

 

Heating and cooling systems are the largest single consumers of energy in buildings. These systems condition the air within a building so that occupants are comfortable. Heating and cooling systems consist mainly of chillers, boilers, cooling towers, and pumps. There are central heating and cooling systems, and unitary systems that combine heating and cooling. Opportunities exist for improvement to both central and unitary systems.

 

This 3 PDH online course is applicable to engineers, contractors, designers and other technical professionals who are involved in the retrofit of existing heating and cooling systems.

This online engineering PDH course presents a detailed discussion on the key concepts and practices relating to data cooling technology as well as air flow practices that improve conditions for IT equipment and reduce overall HVAC energy consumption.

 

The basic physics of a data center is that electricity is converted to heat. Equipment in the data center expends power, generating heat, requiring air conditioning and ventilation equipment to keep them cool and running well. If the temperature rises too high, equipment will begin to malfunction or become damaged; as the internal components begin to swell and pull away from each other (or simply burn-up). The cooling system is also required to adjust the humidity of the air and to remove particles. Depending upon the climate at a data center's location, moisture may need to be added or removed. Similarly, the types and amount of particles to be removed from the air are determined by the location and external events.

 

Data center cooling is a highly specialized area that uses precision cooling equipment that differs from the conventional comfort equipment. The combination of heat and the high sensitivity of electronic components in data center environments demands maximum availability and performance of the cooling equipment. Precision cooling systems have been designed specifically for this purpose.

 

This 5 PDH online course is applicable to mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, HVAC consultants and engineers, architects, O & M professionals, facility managers, estimators and general audience seeking to gain a better understanding of HVAC cooling systems for data centers. No specific prerequisite training or experience is required.

This online engineering PDH course presents the best practices for a high performance data center utilizing the following systems: air management, air-side economizer, centralized air handling, cooling plant optimization, direct liquid cooling, free cooling with water side economizer, humidification controls alternatives, power supplies, self-generation and uninterruptable power supply systems along with a case study/benchmark findings for each of the above systems.

 

Data centers can consume 25 to 50 times as much electricity as standard office spaces. With such large power consumption, they are prime targets for energy efficient design measures that can save money and reduce electricity use. But the critical nature of data center loads elevates many design criteria -- chiefly reliability and high power density capacity – far above efficiency. Short design cycles often leave little time to fully assess efficient design opportunities or consider first cost versus life cycle cost issues. This can lead to designs that are simply scaled up versions of standard office space approaches or that re-use strategies and specifications that worked “good enough” in the past without regard for energy performance. The Data Center Design Guidelines have been created to provide viable alternatives to inefficient building practices.

 

The 6 PDH online course is intended for mechanical, electrical and computer engineers, as well as architects and any other technical personnel interested in gaining a better understanding of energy savings in data centers.

This online engineering PDH course presents the basics of gas fireplaces and briefly describes their different types, venting systems, efficiency ratings, ignition and controls, as well as their heat exchange and transfer. It also describes what to look for in a safe, energy-efficient gas fireplace as well as the problems that can be encountered with certain technologies. This course also provides information about where to locate the fireplace for maximum benefit and efficiency.

 

Changes in the way houses are built and renovated have made most contemporary homes incompatible with conventional wood-burning fireplaces. Most notably, the increased insulation and improved air-tightness of today's homes run counter to the large amounts of air required by conventional wood fireplaces. Such fireplaces are also extremely inefficient and produce high levels of harmful emissions, which pollute outdoor air and can have dangerous effects on indoor air quality. Some new fireplace designs offer a safe, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional wood fireplaces.

 

This 3 PDH online course is applicable to engineers, architects, designers, contractors, homeowners, and gas fireplace manufacturers.

This online engineering PDH course describes the HVAC simulation-based validation methodology, performance validation of HVAC systems, energy analysis of HVAC systems and other related factors involved with system simulations.

 

Significant potential exists with the current technology of energy management and control systems (EMCS) for monitoring and optimizing building systems during operation. More effort is spent typically on the design of a system and its construction/installation than on its operation. Operational optimization of building systems has traditionally attracted much less attention, and investments made in ensuring that the systems installed in a building are operating correctly are often relatively small.

 

This 1 PDH online course is applicable to mechanical engineers who conduct energy evaluation simulation studies on facilities to evaluate performance of the energy management and control system and performance validation of HVAC systems.