Energy Auditor Course in Buildings - A3e

Goals

The objectives of the training Energy Auditor Course in Buildings - A3e :

• The main objective of the Energy Auditor in Buildings course is to train experts in conducting and supervising Energy Audits in Buildings. The syllabus has been developed by A3e (Association of Efficiency Companies).

Program

1. General concepts
1.1 General introduction
1.2 Regulatory Framework
1.3 Current Energy Structure and Situation
1.4 General concepts of energy efficiency
1.5 Thermal generation
1.6 Combustion and fuels
1.7 Fundamentals of thermodynamics
1.8 Fluid motion
1.9 Basic principles of electricity

2. Alternative sources of energy generation
2.1 Cogeneration
2.2 Renewable energies. Solar thermal energy
2.3 Solar photovoltaic energy
2.4 Biomass
2.5 Small wind power
2.6 Geothermal

3. Optimisation of supply contracts and consumption management
3.1. Contract optimisation
3.2. Consumption management

4. Energy structure of the building
4.1. Basic concepts of energy use in buildings
4.2. Indicators
4.3. Methodology for determining the energy structure
4.4. Energy balance in the building from the point of view of thermal demand

5. Energy in buildings and energy equipment
5.1. Lighting
5.2. Air conditioning in buildings
5.3. Air conditioning systems through district heating and cooling networks
5.4. Ventilation systems. AHUs – Air Handling Units

6. Energy saving and efficiency measures in buildings
6.1 Lighting
6.2 Building elements
6.3 Energy supplies
6.4 Air conditioning
6.5 DHW
6.6 Other equipment and installations

7. Regulations on energy efficiency in buildings
7.1 Current regulatory framework and future developments
7.2 European Directive on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
7.3 CTE: Technical Building Code
7.4 RITE: Regulation on Thermal Installations in Buildings
7.5 Basic procedure for energy efficiency certification in new buildings (R.D. 47/2007)

8. Conducting an energy audit in buildings and necessary technical equipment
8.1 Stages of an audit
8.2 Preliminary data
8.3 Data collection and measurements
8.4 Determination of the measurement campaigns to be carried out
8.5 Analysis of the results of the measurement campaigns carried out
8.6 Energy balance of the audited centre or process
8.7 Technical and economic analysis of energy saving and efficiency proposals
8.8 Environmental condition measurement equipment
8.9 Measurement of electricity consumption and energy quality
8.10 Boiler combustion measurement and analysis equipment
8.11 Measurement of light intensity
8.12 Thermographic studies
8.13 Energy measurement in energy flows
8.14 Measurement of thermal transmittance using thermo-fluxometric analysis of walls•8.15 Energy consumption measurement equipment
8.16 Pressure measurement

ANNEX I: Energy Management Systems
ANNEX II: Energy service companies
ANNEX III: Measurement and verification of savings