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What you'll learn

  • Core components
  • Data architecture
  • Practical strategies for data-driven energy optimization

Energy Management Systems (EMS) Fundamentals

Energy Management Systems (EMS) Fundamentals

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$495.00
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Earn 4 PDH | .4 CEU
Basic Level Course

What you'll learn

  • Core components
  • Data architecture
  • Practical strategies for data-driven energy optimization

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    This course provides a foundational understanding of Energy Management Systems (EMS), including core components, data architecture, and practical strategies for data-driven energy optimization. Participants will explore how EMS functions are often embedded within modern Building Automation Systems (BAS), and why effective energy management begins with accurate data, sound control sequences, and disciplined system operation.
     
    Course Overview:
    Rather than focusing solely on standalone software platforms, this course emphasizes how to leverage existing BAS infrastructure to achieve measurable energy savings through strategies such as scheduling optimization, set point resets, demand management, trend analysis, and performance benchmarking. Additionally, the difficulties around legacy systems, reprogramming, commissioning, and other items will be discussed.

    • Explain what an EMS system is and how it supports comfort, indoor air quality, and energy performance.
    • Identify the main elements of a controls system (inputs, outputs, and control loops) and describe how they interact.
    • Recognize practical energy-management opportunities with respect to EMS.
    • Use EMS data, alarms, trends, analytics, and dashboards to spot faults and prioritize corrective action.
    • Evaluate EMS choices and delivery risks: openness/interoperability, vendor capability, commissioning, standardization, and long-term maintenance.
    • Be able to develop a practical roadmap for improving an existing EMS, balancing sophistication, cost, serviceability, comfort, and energy goals.
    • What are Controls (to you)?
    • Introduction to Controls
    • Control Fundamentals
    • Systems/Manufacturers
    • How Stuff Works
    • Energy Conservation Measures
    • Analytics and Dashboards
    • Making it all Work
    • Control Problems
    • Where Do I Start?
    • The Future
    • Resources, References, and Thanks

  • Designed for facility managers, energy professionals, and utility staff, this live, instructor-led webinar bridges the gap between theory and application—equipping participants to improve building performance using the systems they already own.

  • Walter “Wally” Bright is President of the Institute of Energy Professionals (IEP), where his goal is to provide practical and impactful energy management training backed by expertise in energy efficiency. Walter Bright is the lead instructor for all IEP training, instructing topics such as HVAC and Building Automation Systems (BAS), as well as other building-system and energy-related subjects. Prior to IEP, Wally spent five years in the building automation field as a contractor, designing open-protocol, multi-vendor, Tridium-based control systems for a variety of facilities, including schools, data centers, water treatment plants, and others. He helped produce shop drawings and created standards/best practices for the company to ensure quality installations. Wally has experience in the A&E industry as well, performing MEP design for the healthcare and research/lab sectors. In addition to traditional design work, he helped create standardized BAS specifications, sequence of operations, and provided controls-related oversight on a variety of projects. He also led equipment startups and several investigations to identify mechanical/controls-related issues with new and existing construction. Working both as a contractor and an engineer has enabled Wally to gain a unique insight into the BAS/controls marketplace.