Interactive & Video Discount Package - New York Energy Efficiency and Ethics 36 PDH

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief overview on achieving resilient communities through the application of relevant methodologies to RE-powering sites, in particular to Wastewater Treatment Plants.

Renewable energy in combination with a decentralized electricity grid can make communities more resilient. In order to achieve this vision, RE-powering can be utilized to provide cleaner energy sources in areas of high demand, while returning land to productive use. EPA’s RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative encourages renewable energy development on current and formerly contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites (RE-Powering sites) when such development is aligned with the community’s vision for the site.

RE-Powering sites also may have attributes that can lower renewable energy development costs and shorten development timeframes. As they are often located within or near population centers, RE-Powering sites also offer opportunities for meeting the specific energy demands of nearby off-takers, such as industrial plants, universities, and as this analysis suggests, critical infrastructure.

For the purposes of this analysis, critical infrastructure includes assets that are key for maintaining public health and safety, such as wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), drinking water treatment plants, hospitals, or emergency shelters.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to renewable energy suppliers and consumers, mechanical engineers and designers interested in re-energizing wastewater plants.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an overview of the basic principles for the design and installation of energy-efficient windows, doors, and skylights in residential buildings.

Residential buildings account for about 21% of total energy consumption in the United States, and windows alone are responsible for 25% to 30% of residential heating and cooling energy use. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that upgrading the nation's current window stock to meet DOE's long-term performance goals could save more than 2 quadrillion BTU. Clearly, expanding the use of energy-efficient windows should be of interest to engineers and others interested in reducing energy consumption.

This presentation will walk you through the process of selecting energy-efficient windows, doors, and skylights in new and existing residential construction in all U.S. climate zones. A discussion is given on energy performance for many window types and window coverings, and guidance is included for reducing energy lost through windows, doors, and skylights.

This 1 PDH online course is applicable to engineers and designers, as well as residents themselves, who are interested in saving energy in new and existing residential buildings.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief outline on the basics of hydroelectric power and how its favorable characteristics continue to make it an attractive and efficient source of electric energy.

Hydropower has played an important part in the development of this Nation's electric power industry and provides about 96 percent of the renewable energy in the United States. Considered as one of the many renewable sources of energy, hydroelectric powerplants do not use up resources to create electricity nor do they pollute the air, land, or water, as other powerplants may. In addition, hydropower is an essential contributor in the national power grid because of its ability to respond quickly to rapidly varying loads or system disturbances, which base load plants with steam systems powered by combustion or nuclear processes cannot accommodate.

This presentation highlights the basics of hydroelectric power, while also documenting cost benefits of utilizing hydropower as an efficient source of electric energy. It provides a detailed description on the types of hydropower turbines and introduces modern concepts such as pumped storage hydropower. The presentation also illustrates the development of hydropower through history.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to practitioners, engineers, and designers who are interested in adopting hydroelectric power in future applications.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief summary on hydrogen and fuel cells technologies, including production resources, processes, goals, and challenges.

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), aligned with the strategic vision and goals of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), leads federal efforts to promote the commercial viability of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies through a broad portfolio of research, development, and demonstration activities.

This presentation demonstrates how HFTO's efforts aim to help realize a clean, equitable energy future while spurring innovation and building a strong domestic economy by discussing the different types of hydrogen production resources, hydrogen production processes and the way they work. It also presents a study of the processes of hydrogen delivery, on-site storage, and dispensing technologies and the associated goals and challenges. The presentation concludes by discussing the different types of fuel cells, their systems and components, and the way they work.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to mechanical engineers, environment personnel, clean energy providers, and technical staff who are interested in gaining a better understanding of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides guidance on several energy-related topics including insulation, ventilation, heating and cooling, choosing and maintaining efficient water heaters, home appliances and solar energy systems.
 

The average U.S. family spends more than half of its annual household energy bill on heating and cooling. In addition, many appliances, heating systems and air conditioners aren’t properly maintained, are old and inefficient, compared to models being sold today.
 

These costs can be dramatically reduced by making some simple energy-saving improvements to your home, properly maintaining your existing heating and cooling, addressing weatherization and insulation issues at your house and getting into the habit of using energy efficiently all the time.
 

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief overview of the environmental and economic benefits of electricity production from geothermal resources.

Energy from geothermal resources has benefited humankind from its earliest origins. Prehistoric civilizations used hot springs and steam discharges for cooking, heating, and therapeutic bathing. Today, geothermal power plants operating around the world are proof that the Earth’s thermal energy is readily converted to electricity in geologically active areas.

Many communities, commercial enterprises, universities, and public facilities in the western United States are heated directly with the water from underground reservoirs. For the home-owner or building owner anywhere in the United States, the emergence of geothermal heat pumps brings the benefits of geothermal energy to everyone’s doorstep.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to owners of homes, businesses, or greenhouses who want to diversify their electricity supply and reduce the environmental impact and costs of their energy use.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an overview on cool roofs which are designed to maintain a lower roof temperature than traditional roofs while the sun is shining.

Cool roofs have surfaces that reflect sunlight and emit heat more efficiently than hot or dark roofs, keeping them cooler in the sun. In contrast, hot roofs absorb much more solar energy than cool roofs, making them hotter.

Cool roofs can be desirable to a building owner for several reasons. They can reduce energy bills by decreasing air conditioning needs, improve indoor thermal comfort for spaces that are not air conditioned, and decrease roof operating temperature, which may extend roof service life. Cool roofs can also benefit the environment, and policymakers may issue cool roof regulations to provide these benefits to the society.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for engineers, building owners and professionals who are interested in learning more about cool roofs to determine whether cool roofing is an appropriate energy efficiency option for a particular building.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a summary on the first part of the Solar Futures Study, which includes the discussion of solar futures scenarios and their core results.
 

The U.S. electric grid is one of the world’s largest machines, comprising millions of miles of transmission and distribution lines that connect thousands of large-scale electricity generators to end users. The grid has undergone tremendous change in the past decades, in part due to innovations in the solar energy industry. In 2020, fossil fuel combustion continued to generate most U.S. electricity, emitting around 1.45 billion metric tons (gigatons, Gt) of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. On its current trajectory, the United States is unlikely to meet its targets for keeping global temperature rise below 2°C as specified under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
 

This presentation introduces the first part of the Solar Futures Study which discusses the goals of decarbonizing the U.S. electricity grid by 2035 and shifting the nation onto an irreversible path to a 100% clean-energy economy, reaching net-zero emissions by 2050—while strengthening the American economy, creating well-paying domestic jobs, conserving natural resources, and ensuring that the benefits and costs of the clean energy transition are equitably distributed. The Solar Futures Study uses the state-of-the-art modeling capabilities of the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop and evaluate three core scenarios. It also continues to explore what it will take to achieve solar deployment at the pace and scale envisioned in these scenarios, by exploring the synergies between solar technologies and energy storage, and the necessary transformations of the U.S. electric grid.
 

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a summary on the second part of the Solar Futures Study, which includes the discussion of integrity and equity within the solar grid.

The Solar Futures vision represents a dramatic change in the composition and operation of the U.S. electric power system. With terawatt-scale deployment of solar, wind, and battery storage technologies by 2050, the grid becomes increasingly reliant on weather-dependent variable renewable energy (VRE) inverter-based resources (IBRs). A significant share of photovoltaics (PV) and storage may be installed as distributed energy resources (DERs), sited at residential and commercial properties.

This presentation introduces the second part of the Solar Futures Study which discusses reliability and the factors associated with it, which can be expressed as the three Rs: resource adequacy (RA), operational reliability, and resilience. The presentation continues further to discuss additional considerations and research needs that are associated with resource adequacy in a high-solar future. It also discusses solutions and research agenda that grid operators and planners need to address to maintain operational reliability under increased deployment, including grid resilience and cybersecurity. The presentation then focuses on the role of solar through the lens of equity by discussing the distribution of benefits and costs and evaluating procedural justice and just transition issues in relation to solar energy.
 

This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to governments, businesses, and green energy engineers who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of clean, zero-carbon electricity.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a summary on the third part of the Solar Futures Study, which includes the discussion of technology advances for solar storage and deployment.
 

Energy storage is key enabling large-scale solar deployment. The core Solar Futures scenarios deploy hundreds of gigawatts (GW) of storage capacity. Compared to a 2019 installed base of about 24 GW, mostly in the form of pumped storage hydropower (PSH), adding hundreds of GW of new storage would enable a significant shift in how the nation's electric grid is operated. Following a two-decade hiatus of significant storage deployment from roughly 1990 to 2010 due to lower natural gas prices and availability of easily sited and constructed gas peaking plants, several factors have revived interes in solar storage since 2010.
 

This presentation introduces the third part of the Solar Futures Study which discusses the synergies between solar energy and storage in the Solar Future Visions. It discusses solar-based fuels and opportunities for storage research and development necessary to achieve deep decarbonization. The presentation also explains technology advances for increased deployment including photovoltaics and solar power concentration. It concludes by developing and evaluating solar soft costs, the types of soft costs, and their financing.
 

This 3 PDH online interative presentation is applicable to governments, businesses, and green energy engineers who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of clean, zero-carbon electricity.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a summary on the final part of the Solar Futures Study, which includes the discussion of solar and its role by the end-use sector.
 

Besides generating and delivering power, solar can play the most immediate role in decarbonizing end uses that are already electrified or can be electrified in the near term. These end uses are often categorized into three sectors: residential and commercial buildings, transportation, and industry.
 

The first part of this presentation analyzes the role of solar in decarbonizing each of these end uses. For each end use, it discusses the current energy use profiles (electricity and fuels) and prospects for further electrification. It also discusses the role of solar as a zero-carbon resource and enabling technology and explore synergies between the end uses and solar deployment.  The presentation continues to discuss the specific equity implications of solar-based decarbonization of the end uses with a discussion of barriers to and opportunities for maximizing the roles of solar in decarbonizing the end uses.
 

The second part of this presentation introduces the major economic, social, and environmental challenges and opportunities beyond the targeted reductions in carbon-emitting fossil fuel use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and air pollution. It examines the impacts and options associated with the full solar project life cycle, including technology manufacturing, operation, and End Of Life treatment. It also describes circular economy (CE) strategies—such as recycling, repair, and reuse—as approaches to addressing historical environmental justice and equity concerns. The presentation concludes by identifying key R&D needs related to improving the impacts from solar manufacturing, operation, and EOL management therefore resulting in job creation.
 

This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to governments, businesses, and green energy engineers who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of clean, zero-carbon electricity.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an overview of renewable energy, its benefits and current state in the U.S.

Renewable energy is energy produced from sources like the sun and wind that are naturally replenished and do not run out. It can be used for electricity generation, space and water heating and cooling, and transportation. Non-renewable energy, in contrast, comes from finite sources that could get used up, such as fossil fuels like coal and oil.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for engineers and professionals who are interested in learning more about different renewable energy systems and their benefits.   

This online engineering PDH video presentation presents the methods, best practices and strategies for reducing energy demand, energy consumption and energy costs in an industrial or commercial setting.

The importance and pertinence of three faceted energy outlook is explained and discussed. This course addresses usage, cost and conservation of energy in its more common forms such as electrical, compressed air, natural gas, steam and heat, etc. This course will familiarize attendees with various ways for reducing energy cost through well planned, specific and results oriented projects. The instructor - with years of experience in energy project implementation and energy program/process development – shows how substantial energy cost reduction can be achieved with little or no capital investment. Some of such projects can be pursued in collaboration with and through sponsorship of local utility companies. Some of the myths associated with electricity and gas contracts will be exposed. Energy audits and tools needed to perform audits will be discussed. Practical examples of energy monitoring systems will be presented. The attendees will also be, briefly, introduced to some of the more proven renewable energy alternatives.

This 7 PDH video presentation is designed for engineers, technicians, facilities managers, energy professionals, architects and other professionals who are interested in enhancing their understanding of the concept of energy management and conservation.

This engineering online PDH video presentation will establish, through slides and discussions, the impact of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) while highlighting the role of energy storage on the electric transmission and distribution grid.

This presentation will discuss the critical role energy storage will play in the 100% clean and renewable energy systems by 2050 or sooner. Various energy storage stacking options will be discussed in great detail including:

• Deferring transmission and distribution load relief projects
• Peak shifting
• Microgrids
• Solar smoothing
• Non-wire solutions

Additionally, various energy storage types, applications, key energy storage components, critical information, and battery management systems will be discussed. We will highlight the impact of energy storage on the power generation, transmission, and distribution systems as well as utilizing DERs’ inverters and other fast acting electronics to adjust the voltage. Solar performance during sunny, cloudy and peak days will be analyzed as well as the impact of the frequency market energy storage.

This 3 PDH online video presentation is intended for electrical, mechanical and computer engineers as well as others involved in a technical and non-technical level in the renewable energy world who are interested in learning more about the future of the energy systems and the impact of solar, wind, energy storage, fuel-cells, distributed generation, etc. and how to maintain a reliable grid. 

This online engineering PDH video presentation introduces the laws and rules of ethics and professional responsibility governing the practice of engineering in the State of New York. It also emphasizes on behavior as a professional member of the workforce.

This video presents the provisions of professional conduct from two viewpoints. First, your conduct as a professional engineer with behavior that is unique to engineers such as stamping drawings, signing official or technical documents, preparing estimates for clients or employers, and submitting engineering reports to official agencies. Second, your behavior as a member of the larger workforce where you communicate with team members, follow company policies and procedures, and your overall behavior as part of a workplace community.

Furthermore, this presentation discusses the disciplinary cases and its outcomes in situations where professional engineers have violated the requirements of professional responsibility and ethical conduct – the decisions we make when no one is watching.

This 1 PDH online video presentation is applicable to Professional Engineers licensed in the State of New York and who are required to demonstrate continuing professional competency in engineering ethics as a condition of their license renewal. For each renewal period, every licensee must complete thirty six (36) professional development hours, at least one (1) of which must be relative to the law and rules professional responsibility, conduct and ethics.