Energy University

Energy Efficiency Fundamentals
This course explains the energy dilemma and why energy efficiency is the quickest, most effective solution. It explains where 72% of energy is consumed and how up to 30% can be saved through passive and active energy efficiency. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Boiler Types and Opportunities for Energy Efficiency
Steam and hot water transfers energy from a central boiler house to the point of use. This course will explain the many opportunities for energy efficiency in a boiler room. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Commissioning For Energy Efficiency
Commissioning projects in existing buildings show median paybacks of 1.1 years and savings of up to 30%. This course will explain the commissioning process, and discuss the impact of the commissioning process on energy efficiency. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Power Factor and Harmonics
This course will explain how power factor correction and harmonic mitigation provide immediate benefit in terms of reduced power losses, reduced electricity bill, and the possibility to use the total system capacity. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Audits
The purpose of this course is to review the different types of energy audits; the overall auditing process-as well as auditing methodology, in order to successfully prepare and participate in the energy audit process. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Lighting I: Lighting Your Way
Lighting is considered a "quick hit" to save energy and reduce costs. This class is a preliminary introduction to the four principles for efficient lighting, which every energy manager should be aware of. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Efficiency in the Data centre
Tax breaks, lower electric bills, impressed customers. There are some ways to remain at an acceptable level of reliability without sacrificing the efficiency that the environmentally responsible data centre requires. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Strategies for Implementing Energy Efficient Data centres
This course explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Efficiency with Building Automation Systems I
In this course we will focus on what a building automation system (BAS) is as well as some of the commonly used terminology. We will also look at some of the HVAC strategies used in building automation systems. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Efficiency with Building Automation Systems II
In this course, we will focus on the energy conservation measures that can be used with building automation systems. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Efficient Motor Control with Power Drive Systems
In buildings, nearly three quarters of the electricity consumed is used to turn motors. This course will provide an overview of power drive systems and motors along with insight on efficiency. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Procurement I: Options in Regulated and Deregulated Markets
Cost effective energy procurement requires understanding of the market, regulatory limitations. opportunities and contingency planning. This course will explain the available options for energy procurement. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Procurement II: Introduction to Hedging in Deregulated Markets
Unprecedented volatility in today's energy markets has wreaked havoc on the profit margins. This course explains the hedging process, the spot and forward markets as well as fixed and index linked contracts. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Procurement III: Balanced Hedging Strategies
The purpose of this course is to describe a variety of hedging strategies, and identify the main drivers of energy prices. We will also cover how the commodity market functions to support energy trading. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

ISO 50001 Maximising Your Energy Efficiency Through Proven Standards
Is your organisation interested in saving money, conserving resources, and tackling climate change? The adoption of ISO 50001, with or without certification, is one way to help achieve this critical mission. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Basic Concepts To Introduce Electricity
An introduction to electricity and its characteristics like power, energy and current. This course will teach you electrical terminology and symbols so you can understand terms used in our learning modules. Duration 1 hour - Launch/Register

Electrical Concepts
This course explores the fundamentals of energy units and electricity. Understanding these units and concepts is the foundation to managing and controlling energy, and the key to reducing both consumption and emissions. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Pumping Systems II: Efficient Flow Control
Many factors impact the efficiency of pumping systems. This course will examine the various flow control methods found in pumping systems. We also cover the effects of impeller trimming, piping configurations, and oversized pumps. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Pumping Systems III: Improving System Efficiency
This course will explore how fine-tuning a pump's performance helps to render it more suitable for the system, while appropriate design of piping configurations helps to reduce energy losses. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Rate Structures I: Concepts and Units Pricing
Learn how to refine and recognise the difference between consumption and demand. Identify different forms of energy pricing including: flat rates, block rates, seasonal pricing, time of use rates, and real time pricing. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Rate Structures II: Understanding and Reducing Your Bill
The purpose of this course is to describe a variety of hedging strategies, and identify the main drivers of energy prices. We will also cover how the commodity market functions to support energy trading. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Audits Instrumentation I: Electrical, Lighting, Temperature and Humidity Measurement
Energy audits are comprehensive evaluations of the actual performance of sites energy systems and equipment. This course explains how to review electrical, lighting, temperature and humidity in an audit. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Energy Audits Instrumentation II
The purpose of this course is understand the measurement instruments used in energy audits in order to select and employ the appropriate tools for your auditing needs. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Going Green with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
This course defines green buildings, explains the mission of the us green building council and the requirements of the leadership. Duration 25 minutes - Launch/Register

Retro-Commissioning: Energy Savings Solutions for Healthcare
Keeping a hospital financially healthy without risking patient care is a daunting task. This course will explain retro-commissioning, and discuss energy efficiency benefits for healthcare facilities. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Data centre Efficiency: Reducing Electrical Power Consumption
Conventional models for estimating electrical efficiency of data centres are grossly inaccurate. This course explains how to quantify electricity savings and provides examples that can greatly reduce electrical power. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Establishing Benchmarks for Data centre Efficiency Measurements
The Parallel Data Lab (PDL), housed at Carnegie Mellon University, is a multi-disciplinary academic research organisation with strong ties to industry partners. This course will review the results of this functional laboratory. Duration 1 hour - Launch/Register

Thermal Energy Storage
This course offers a description of the various forms thermal energy storage, describes strategies, provides advantages and drawbacks and provides realistic examples and calculations. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Electric Vehicles: Plugging into Smarter Energy Management
This class discusses the technological, economic, and safety aspects involved in connecting plug-in electric vehicles to the grid and what it all means to consumers, facility and vehicle fleet managers, and electric utilities. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Fan Systems I: Introduction to Fan Performance
Oversizing fan systems can increase operating costs while decreasing fan reliability. In this course, we provide a basic introduction to fans and teach you the principal characteristics of this equipment. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Fan Systems IV: Improving System Efficiency
This course helps define opportunities to improve fan system performance and common fan problems. We'll also uncover how a highly efficient fan system works. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Demand Response and the Smart Grid
Demand response programs provide a simple way for facility managers to get paid for reducing consumption and relieving load on the grid. This course will look at the issues involved, how Demand Response works, why it is beneficial Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Basic Concepts To kickstart an Electrical Circuit - IS Standards
Learn about the use of conductors in different circuit configurations. This course will serve as a vital starting point for building a solid knowledge of electrical circuits and their applications. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Decarbonising the Power Sector: The Critical Role of AI and Data centres
The decarbonisation of energy generation and distribution will generate large amounts of data and require AI data centre infrastructure. This will allow smart management of supply and demand to mitigate carbon footprint. Duration 1 hour - Launch/Register

Strategies for Implementing Energy Efficient Data centres
This course explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power. Duration 15 minutes - Launch/Register

Standardisation in the Data centre
This course will discuss how implementing a plan to standardise the data centre will help to increase efficiency levels, reduce downtime, support better business agility, and lower costs. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Data centre Back-up Batteries: Options and Lifecycle Costs
This course will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of three battery technologies. Flooded, Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA), and Modular Battery Cartridge (MBC) systems. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

HVAC Efficiency and Equipment Optimisation-SI Version
The efficiency of HVAC is dependent on both the efficiency of the equipment and the efficiency of the system. This course looks at a variety of key success factors to optimise the efficiency of an HVAC system. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
This course defines green buildings, explains the mission of the US green building council and the requirements of the leadership. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Measuring and Benchmarking Energy Performance
Before starting an improvement program, measurement and benchmarking helps determine where energy is wasted. This course will discuss energy accounting, methods of energy measurement and benchmarking. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Proven Strategies for Saving Energy in a Retail Environment
This course will identify ten strategies for saving energy and reducing cost in the retail environment, as well as describe the benefits provided by implementing energy efficient practices. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Financing and Performance Contracting for Energy Efficiency Projects
The purpose of this course is to discuss general financing alternatives, the aspects of performance contracting, along with ways to measure and verify energy savings. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Impact of the Low-Carbon Economy Transition on Jobs
In this course you will understand the career opportunities offered in the energy transition field. Duration 4 hours - Launch/Register

Financial Analysis of Energy Efficiency Projects I
Many country and state governments provide financial incentives for energy efficiency projects in the form of tax credits. This course helps to illustrate why marginal cost and blended rates are essential when calculating savings. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Financial Analysis of Energy Efficiency Projects II
This course explains how to present projects for approval. You learn how to identify simple return on investment, payback periods, and construct a cash flow table, net present value and internal rate of return of a project. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Steam Systems VI: Recovering Energy from Flash Steam
This course will discuss how flash steam recovery contributes to energy efficiency, how to identify how much flash steam is available and discuss ways to recover that steam. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Waste Heat Recovery
Waste heat is present in almost all industries and processes. Put this waste heat to use economically in order to reduce the energy consumption. Learn how to calculate waste heat recovery and the feasibility using this method. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Maintenance Best Practices for Energy Efficient Facilities
This course will address the importance of maintenance in facilities, discuss the savings proper maintenance can contribute, and identify techniques that can lead to the energy efficient maintenance of facilities. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Living in a World of Data Digitisation as a Sustainability Enabler
Technology opens new gateways for understanding, managing, and improving connectivity. This course will explore how technologies enable companies to respond to four sustainability megatrends changing the modern business landscape. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Three Steps to Calculate Total Enterprise IT Energy Consumption Using DCIM
Reducing the environmental impact of enterprise IT begins with collecting data and reporting metrics to establish a baseline. Learn how to get started with a simple 3-step framework to start measuring your environmental impact. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Enhancing Large UPS Efficiency
Electrical efficiency is a performance factor in the specification and selection of large UPS systems. This course will help you identify common errors and misunderstandings while explaining how to use UPS efficiency curves. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Efficiency of AC and DC Power Distribution in Data centres
This course presents a detailed quantitative efficiency comparison between the most efficient DC and AC power distribution methods. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Implementing Hot and Cold Air Containment in Existing Data centres
Containment solutions can eliminate hot spots and provide energy savings in data centres. This course investigates the constraints, reviews other containment methods and provides recommendations for the best containment approach. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Compressed Air VI: Seven Steps to Better Efficiency
Compressed air systems typically consume more energy and cost more to operate than anything else in industrial environments. Explore a seven step action plan designed to improve the efficiency of any compressed air system. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Why Data centres Must Prioritise Environmental Sustainability: Four Key Drivers
Learn the four key drivers prompting data centre operators to prioritise environmental sustainability. Which are customer requirements; government regulations; business value; and ESG investment. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Building-to-Grid Integration for More Efficient, Sustainable, and Resilient Energy Systems
This course provides commercial and mission critical building facility managers with a high-level overview of the building-to-grid integration concept. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

AI-Driven Data centres: Revolutionising Decarbonisation Strategies
Learn how AI-Driven Data centres mitigate major emissions from other sectors by relying on renewable power sources, innovative power, and cooling technologies. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

A Comparison of AC and DC Power Distribution in the Data centre
Learn how the latest high efficiency AC and DC power distribution architectures are shown to have virtually the same efficiency, suggesting that a move to a DC-based architecture is unwarranted on the basis of efficiency. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Integrating Smart Building Control Systems to Enable Grid-Interactive Buildings (GIB)
Buildings are a major contributor to global energy-related CO2 emissions. This course explains what it takes to make a grid-interactive building (GIB) and presents an example of the architecture involved. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Success Story Series: Faster Time To Profit Dow Corning
This module investigates how Dow Corning a manufacturer of siloxanes (basic silicone materials), partnered with Schneider Electric to improve their operational efficiency, reliability, safety and profitability! Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Harnessing Data centres: Driving Decarbonisation in Transportation through AI and Electrification
Smart management of EV charging stations with predictive algorithms generate large amounts of data. Learn how to decarbonise transportation through AI and electrification. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Constructing a Greener Future: How Data centres Power AI-Driven Decarbonisation of Buildings
Reducing pollution from buildings is based on electrification and consecutive digitalisation. AI will be used, but large data is generated in the process. Learn how efficiency gains achieved thanks to smart tools. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Guidance for Calculation of Efficiency in the Data centre
A data centre will have different efficiency ratings when different energy efficiency methodologies are applied. This course explains why confusion exists and describes a standardised method for classifying data centre loads. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Decarbonising Manufacturing and Production: The Impact of AI on Data centre Efficiency
Data centres are key to reducing carbon footprint in manufacturing. Smart algorithms in automation and predictive tools will generate vast amounts of data, which need to be securely transferred, processed, and stored. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Fuels I: Energy Sources and Trends
In this course we will discuss the current energy sources chiefly used, define the different types of energy, discuss renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, and what the predicted trends are for future fuel consumption. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Fuels II: Energy Value Analysis-SI Version
Choosing between alternate fuels requires a sound knowledge of energy values and conversion calculations. You will learn about evaluating the energy value and the different costs of available fuels. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Motors: Losses, Loads and Operating Costs-SI Version
Electric motors, taken together, make up the single largest end use of electricity in many developed countries. This course will provide an overview of the energy losses and huge potential for energy savings in motors. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Living with Finite Resources Strategies for Sustainable Resource Utilisation
Worldwide, industry is the largest consumer of energy, and therefore also the largest polluter. This course explores the concept of corporate carbon accountability and methods for aggressive carbon reduction. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Strategic Energy Planning
Strategic energy resource planning ensures the most cost effective energy decisions are implemented. This class provides an overview of the important pre-requisites for planning and the components of an effective plan. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Environmental Sustainability Metrics for Data centres
This course proposes 28 key metrics with definitions and applications for data centre operators who are in various stages of their sustainability journey and provides published industry-based target values for key metrics. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Some Tools To Perform Electrical Calculations
In this course, you will explore fundamental concepts in electrical theory and practice. This course will serve as a vital starting point for building a solid knowledge of electrical circuits and their applications. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Active Energy Efficiency using Speed Control
An estimated 60% of motors are not speed controlled. The focus of this course is to explore the different ways we can control motor speed efficiently and with minimal physical stress on equipment. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register

Measuring Data centre Electrical Efficiency
This course explains how data centre efficiency can be measured, evaluated, and modeled; we'll also explore a comparison of the benefits of periodic assessment vs. continuous monitoring. Duration 45 minutes - Launch/Register