Interactive & Video Discount Package - Maryland Energy Efficiency and Ethics 16 PDH

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 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 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 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 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 guidance on water use and management in mechanical and other systems such as bathroom suites, landscaping, and irrigation systems.

Tracking water use is an important first step in managing and reducing property water use. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WaterSense® program encourages property managers and owners to regularly input their buildings’ water use data in ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®, an online tool for tracking energy and water consumption, in order to develop the EPA Water Score for multifamily housing.

The presentation first tackles the basics principles behind each of the mechanical systems. In order to familiarize with the best maintenance and management practices, the presentation then tackles the retrofit and replacement options that help in reducing water use and thereby increasing efficiency. The presentation finally describes calculations and assumptions required for the saving water in the described mechanical applications.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to multifamily housing property owners and managers in search for improving their water management, property water use, and subsequently their EPA Water Score. In addition, many of the best practices in this presentation can be used by facility managers for non-residential properties.

This online engineering PDH video presentation covers the principles of passive solar heating, such as basic types of systems, their description, and the components making up any passive solar system. It identifies and discusses sources of data on heating requirements and available solar radiation at locations throughout the U.S. It presents a method for estimating performance of a passive system of specified size at a specified size at a specified location.  It illustrates data retrieval and calculations through numerous examples.

Passive solar heating is an alternative source of energy mechanism that is becoming more and more desirable. Passive solar heating of a building is using the sun’s radiant energy and converting it to thermal energy (heat) when it is absorbed by the building. Some of the absorbed thermal energy will directly heat the building, and some will be stored in components of the building.

This 4 PDH online video presentation is intended primarily for chemical, environmental, mechanical, industrial, and energy engineers, and architects who are interested in learning more about passive solar heating.

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 Maryland. 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 Texas 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 fifteen (15) professional development hours, at least one (1) of which must be relative to the Maryland Laws and Rules, or to the rules of professional responsibility, conduct and ethics.