Berkeley Lab Will Develop Energy-Efficient Building Operation Curriculum for Community
BERKELEY, CA – Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are teaming with educators at the Peralta Community College District in Oakland, California to train community college students in the latest techniques of managing buildings for maximum energy efficiency. One element of the curriculum will be a "flight simulator" for buildings. The program will be for students in community college two-year programs who want to be heating, ventilation, cooling and refrigeration (HVAC&R) technicians, as well as those in building facilities management programs. The work is funded by a three-year, $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Peralta is the prime contractor in this effort—its Laney College has offered a training program in this field for three decades.
The Berkeley Lab-Peralta District team is developing the new curriculum and an innovative simulation-based learning tool to provide students with skills they need to commission and operate high-performance buildings, with emphasis on energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality for HVAC&R equipment and control systems.
Building commissioning is a quality control process to ensure that new or existing buildings operate according to the intent of their designers. Berkeley Lab studies show that commissioning improves building energy efficiency and is a highly cost-effective practice that achieves significant energy savings.
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