General Facilities Management

Green Design: Introduction to High Performance Building Design (Based on LEED v4)

Overview/Description:

There is consensus among the majority of scientists that the climate of the earth is changing in the direction of higher temperatures and that some of the change is anthropomorphic (caused by human activity). This course is intended to address that portion of the human contribution to climate change that is related to energy use in buildings.   In this course, we will look at the ways buildings use energy and how buildings can be designed for high energy performance. It is important that architects and designers understand and are aware of the resources and methods available for improving building designs in the future. A major piece to understanding sustainable buildind design is also understanding th requirements of the Energy and Atmosphere category of LEED v4 Building Design and Construction (BD+C).

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RV-10683

Industrial Pneumatic Technology: Energy Transmission

Overview/Description:

Do you know how compressors are used? Were you aware that gas is actually a fluid? In this interactive online course we will discuss the basics of gases and pressure. We will also discuss compressors and how pressure is measured.

Course Number:

RVI-11176

LEED v4 for Healthcare Facilities

Overview/Description:

This course reviews the greatest changes in the new LEED-NC v4 Rating System that would impact healthcare projects and what credits provide the biggest “bang for the buck”. Real life relational stories are included to help reinforce some of the concepts and actions.

Course Number:

RV-10649AW

LEED v4 for New Construction Projects

Overview/Description:

This course will describe how to navigate the new credits and prerequisites under the new version of LEED. It will address the changes from LEED 2009 in each credit category and how they will affect new projects registering under Version 4.

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RV-10819AW

LEED v4 for Commercial Office Buildings

Overview/Description:

This interactive course reviews the significant changes in the new LEED-NC v4 Rating System that impact commercial office building types. In this course, we will discuss the credits that provide the biggest “bang for your buck”.  Real life relational stories are included to help reinforce some of the concepts and actions.

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RV-10615AW

Energy Accounting

Overview/Description:

Buildings are constructed to provide enclosed environments within which people can comfortably live and productively work. Creating comfortable, productive environments requires energy, and energy costs money. Buildings account for 76% of all the electricity consumed in the U.S. With that much energy being consumed, there are certainly going to be some opportunities for improvements in operational efficiency. This interactive online course will cover some of the concepts and terms needed to understand and manage energy consumption.

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RVI-11489

Energy Modeling Outcomes – Design with Confidence

Overview/Description:

What is energy modeling and how can it help in your next site design? We all know that having the right information earlier produces substantially superior results. Systematic early design energy modeling assists design teams and owners by clarifying the decision space, and bringing relevant information to the discussion. This interactive online course will help you discover the replicable methods to produce better information sooner as well as the incentive programs to look for that will subsidize these best practices. Building energy modeling and distributed generation systems will be covered so you will have all of the tools necessary to push for net zero building designs.

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RV-11162AW

Green Building: Commercial High Performance Guidelines Part 2

Overview/Description:

Do you know the new methodologies that form the underpinnings of high performance commercial and municipal buildings? This course will give them to you. This is the second installment of a two-part series in designing high performance “green” commercial buildings. This online, interactive course gives you the principles and practices for designing new buildings and redesigning existing frameworks. You’ll learn to maximize operational energy savings; improve comfort, health, and safety of occupants and visitors; and limit detrimental effects on the environment.   We recommend you complete Commercial Green Building High Performance Guidelines – Part 1 before you begin this course.

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RV-10204

Green Design: Introduction to Sustainable Design Materials and Resources (Based on LEED v4)

Overview/Description:

This course provides an introduction to the study of those materials and techniques that are both ecologically efficient and ecologically effective. After completing the course, you should have an understanding of: Characteristics of sustainable materials. The concepts of life cycle, embodied energy, and embodied carbon are introduced. The benefits of using sustainable materials. Environmental, economic, social, cultural, and aesthetic opportunities are discussed. Selecting a sustainable material selected. Techniques, databases, and organizations are introduced. Using sustainable materials. design for building and material reuse, construction waste management, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Materials and Resources (MR) credits are discussed.

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RV-10680

ASHRAE Guideline 13-2014, Building Automation Systems

Overview/Description:

Perhaps the most complex, and certainly the most dynamic, aspect of building design and construction are the automation and control systems. From pneumatic controls to dry contacts to intelligent multi-modal sensors, the industry has seen dramatic change. This course will discuss ASHRAE guideline 13-2014, which provides a standard framework from which to define and specify DDC (direct digital control) of both HVAC and energy management systems.

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RV-10694AW

Increasing Building Energy Efficiencies: Policies and Practice

Overview/Description:

While LEED and Sustainable Design dominated the industry landscape in the 2000’s, the last several years have witnessed a pivot to specific improvements in resources, specifically in the areas of water and energy use and efficiency. That bar has been raised through increasingly stringent standards in ASHRAE 90.1-2010 and 189.1-2011, as well as Federal mandates increasing in stringency from EPAct05 through EISA 07, Executive Order 13423, EO 13423 & EO 13514, and most recently 10 CFR 433: Energy Efficiency Design Standards for new Federal Commercial Buildings.

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RV-10735AW

ASHRAE Essentials: 90.1-2016 – Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings

Overview/Description:

This course is an introduction to ANSI/ASHRAE 90.1-2016 – Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, the building industry’s standard for defining the steps that must be taken to meet and demonstrate minimum energy efficiency in the built environment. The Standard is one of many developed and maintained by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, better known as ASHRAE. The intent of this course is to introduce you to the Standard, its origins, its purpose and its application. This course is intended for engineers of building HVAC systems, architects, building code officials, HVAC equipment manufacturers and building managers and owners.

Course Number:

RV-11434

Industrial Pneumatic Technology: Control of Pneumatic Energy

Overview/Description:

First off, energy that is transmitted through a pneumatic system must be directed and under complete control at all times. If it isn’t, useful work may not be done, and machinery or machine operators could be harmed. In this interactive online course you will learn the basics of the pneumatic system, its operation, and its control. You will see diagrams of the components and get explanations for how the various parts work together.

Course Number:

RVI-11177

LEED v4 and the Future of Green

Overview/Description:

The US Green Building Council has just unveiled its 4th version of the LEED certification standards known as LEEDv4. In this course, we will focus on the differences between LEED v4 and its predecessor, LEED 2009. The course will cover the reasoning behind the new update as well as describe new credit categories and the changes that are to be implemented per individual credit. The course goes on to examine LEED v4 technical content and point distribution. The overall objective of the course is to take a comprehensive look at LEED v4 standards of New Construction relative to previous LEED versions and come away with a good working knowledge of its new project criterions and its impact on the future of sustainable new construction.

Course Number:

RV-10537AW

Green Design: Sustainable Daylighting Design (Based on LEED v4)

Overview/Description:

Daylighting can be one of the most difficult “tools” in the lighting designer’s toolbar. Adding sustainability into the mix carries its own considerations and obstacles. But you can become a master at sustainable daylighting design. In this course, we will concentrate on pragmatic daylight design and how sustainable daylighting elements can be used efficiently in lighting design projects. You will get instruction in and see examples of daylighting designs that are functional, beautiful, and worthy of LEED credits.

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RV-10686

Green Design: Introduction to Sustainable Water Systems (Based on LEED v4)

Overview/Description:

The goal of this online interactive course is to introduce you to a perspective on development and design practices that help professionals support communities in managing and sustaining use of local water resources. It is often said when discussing sustainable practices that people need to think globally and act locally. This is especially true when dealing with water resources. Unlike any other resource, water cycles through the earth’s environments at global and continental scales, but each step of that journey serves as a highly valued local resource. This course will discuss a sustainable approach to water use and management in buildings, sites, and campuses. It systematically introduces key concepts that help practitioners understand the larger watershed and community water systems that local development practices impact, and the cultural, social, economic, and health benefits communities derive from earth’s water systems. This course also introduces the consequences of conflicts between current development practices and these water systems and emerging developments practices that work better with, and have a lower-impact on, watershed systems. Brief overviews of LEED-BD+C v4.0 credits that contribute to improved water quality, reduced water use, management of local stormwater and groundwater resources are included to help orient professionals to practices they may wish to learn more about. Lastly, the author provides some examples of how strategies introduced in the lesson can contribute to and express the natural, cultural, social, and aesthetic character of places.

Course Number:

RV-10988

Green Landscape Design: Reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect

Overview/Description:

As the earth’s average temperature increases, cities, which are often significantly warmer than the surrounding landscapes (the urban heat island effect), will be faced with higher energy needs, increased pollution and degradation of air quality. The world is becoming more and more urban – it is estimated that within 50 years 80% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. This interactive online course will address how we can mitigate the heat island effect so our urban cities remain healthy, economically viable places to live.

Course Number:

RV-11345AW

Green Building: Commercial High Performance Guidelines Part 1

Overview/Description:

What is a high performance “green” commercial building? Why build one? This interactive on-line course answers those questions and much more. This course is Part 1 of a 2-part course that gives you the methodologies to plan, design, and build high performance, “green” commercial buildings. You’ll get guidelines and processes to apply specifically to commercial and municipal construction. You’ll start with the basics of sustainability and progress through designing new construction or renovating existing structures.

Course Number:

RV-10198

Energy Management Basics

Overview/Description:

Buildings account for 76% of all the electricity consumed in the U.S. With that much energy being consumed; there are certainly some opportunities for improvements in operational efficiency. In managing the energy consumption of a building there are two goals, one is to provide and maintain the comfort of the occupants, and one is to minimize the amount of energy, and therefore money, consumed in the process. This interactive online course will cover some of the terminology and skills involved in basic building energy management.

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RVI-11490

Green Design: Economics of Green Building

Overview/Description:

In this course we will present an in-depth study of the perceived and actual costs associated with green building. You will get an overview of the federal, state, and local tax credits available; life cycle cost analysis; and business incentives to go green. We will also review a couple of case studies.

Course Number:

RV-10682

LEED v4 for Retail Projects

Overview/Description:

This course reviews the greatest changes in the new LEED v4 Rating System that would impact retail projects and what credits provide the biggest “bang for the buck”. Real life relational stories are included to help reinforce some of the concepts and actions. We’ll also review when the NC Rating System should be used or when the project is more aligned with the CI Rating System.

Course Number:

RV-10700AW

LEED v4 for School Buildings

Overview/Description:

In this course, we’ll review some of the changes in the new LEED-NC v4 Rating System that impact schools (K-12) and what credits provide the biggest “bang for the buck”. We’ll also review which educational facilities apply to the Schools Rating System found in the Building Design + Construction platform.

Course Number:

RV-10647AW

Sustainable Building Technology

Overview/Description:

This course covers key essentials in sustainable building technology, primarily in the areas of lighting, hvac, and plumbing. Sustainable technology and design seeks to reduce negative impacts on the environment, and the health and comfort of building occupants, thereby improving building performance. The basic objectives of sustainability are to reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, minimize waste, and create healthy, productive environments. Design and construction of buildings and related infrastructure create major direct and indirect impacts on the environment.

Course Number:

RV-10876AW

Energy From Waste

Overview/Description:

How can you obtain energy from waste? This interactive, online course will cover potential sources of waste available for energy recovery – hot exhaust gases, cooling water, and heat lost from hot equipment surfaces and heated products. Systems utilized for Energy from Waste technologies will also be reviewed. This information is useful training for design professionals, facility managers, and system maintenance personnel.

Course Number:

RV-11337AW

LEED v4 – Certified Buildings Under the O&M and BD+C Categories

Overview/Description:

This webcast will provide essential information regarding latest updates for LEED certification – LEED v4. It’s critical to stay current with this green building rating system that has revolutionized how we design, construct, operate, and maintain buildings and communities. LEED has created a complete industry dedicated to energy savings and efficiency. As a result of viewing this webcast, you will have a better understanding of the core areas of LEED certification, and how the program helps meet full performance potential with existing buildings.

Course Number:

RV-10618AW

ASHRAE Essentials – 62.1-2016 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality

Overview/Description:

ANSI/ASHRAE 62.1-2016 – Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, the ventilation standard for non-residential buildings is one of many developed and maintained by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, better known as ASHRAE. The intent of this course is to introduce you to the Standard, its origins, its purpose and its application in maintaining economical and effective air cleaning solutions in buildings that will benefit human health and performance. This one-hour, essential course is intended for engineers of building HVAC systems, architects, building code officials, HVAC equipment manufacturers and building managers and owners and will introduce participants to the ASHRAE standard; cover the fundamental requirements of the standard; explain how these requirements are met; outline challenges experienced in different building types in maintaining a healthy indoor environment; present basic design, construction, and operations & maintenance concepts; and present the relationship of this standard with other current standards (e.g., ASHRAE 189.1, ASHRAE 55).

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RV-11433

ASHRAE 100: Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings

Overview/Description:

The entire design & construction industry is focused on increasing energy, water, and resource efficiency in building designs, however, new buildings represent a very small percentage of the full building portfolio. Over 95% of buildings that will be in operation 10 years from now are already built – the key to a national and cultural improvement in energy and water use is increased efficiencies within existing buildings. This course will explore ASHRAE 100, which is aimed directly at those improvements and standards required to improve resource efficiencies within existing building stock.

Course Number:

RV-10696AW

LEED v4 for Hospitality Projects

Overview/Description:

This course reviews the greatest changes in the new LEED v4 Rating System that would impact that hospitality projects and what credits provide the biggest “bang for the buck”. Real life relational stories are included to help reinforce some of the concepts and actions. We’ll also review when the NC Rating System should be used or when the project is more aligned with the CI Rating System.

Course Number:

RV-10698AW

LEED v4 and Data Center Construction

Overview/Description:

Although the two aspects of this topic – Data Centers and Green Design – seem almost antithetical to each other, a properly designed data center makes good use of sustainable design. With a limited amount of incremental effort, sustainable design efforts can be paired with a good working knowledge of LEED to provide a LEED certified critical facility environment.

Course Number:

RV-10621AW

LEED v4 for Interior Design + Construction

Overview/Description:

Green buildings, when operated as intended, improve working environments, promote higher productivity, reduce energy and resource costs, and prevent system failures. This interactive course discusses the importance of a facility that has been designed and built as not only “green” with energy efficiency and water consumption technologies but also allows us to breathe easy, give us views of nature and daylight, and makes us healthier. LEED for Interior Design and Construction (LEED ID+C) enables project teams who may not have control over whole building operations to develop indoor spaces that are more comfortable for users and more mindful of our resources.

Course Number:

RV-11066AW

LEED v4 – Operations and Maintenance

Overview/Description:

Did you know that Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED Version 4 is now officially adopted by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC)? Since the first LEED Rating System launch, sustainable design and the idea of sustainable design has gone from a catchphrase to actually a prerequisite on how we build, maintain, and operate our buildings.   The goal of sustainable development is to create healthy environments through things like responsible planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of those buildings. The heart of the sustainable building movement is the USGBC LEED Green Building Rating System for buildings. This course specifically covers LEED for Operations and Maintenance and focuses on the ongoing operations and maintenance of existing commercial and institutional buildings.

Course Number:

RV-10593AW

Green Design: Introduction to Indoor Environmental Air Quality (Based on LEED v4)

Overview/Description:

There is consensus among the majority of scientists that the climate of the earth is changing in the direction of higher temperatures and that some of the change is anthropomorphic (caused by human activity). This course is intended to address that portion of the human contribution to climate change that is related to energy use in buildings. At the conclusion of the course, you should be able to understand the ways buildings use energy and how buildings can be designed for high energy performance. You should be aware of activities and plans for improving building designs in the future. You will have an understanding of the requirements of the Energy and Atmosphere category of LEED v4 Building Design and Construction (BD+C).

Course Number:

RV-10679

Introduction to ASHRAE 189.1-2011: Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings

Overview/Description:

This three-hour, introductory course will introduce participants to the ASHRAE 189.1-2011 standard. The stated intent for the creation of this standard is to specify and provide minimum requirements for the location, design, construction, and operation and maintenance (O&M) of high-performance green buildings. This course will cover the fundamental requirements of the standard; explain how these requirements are met; outline challenges presented by the various components of this standard; and present the relationship of the 189.1 standard with other current standards (e.g., ASHRAE 55, ASHRAE 62.1, ASHREA 90.1) and criterion (e.g., LEED).

Course Number:

RV-10613AW

LEED v4: Building Design and Construction

Overview/Description:

Are you aware that Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED Version 4 is now officially adopted by the United States Green Building Council? The goal of sustainable development is to create healthy environments through environmentally responsible planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance. The heart of the sustainable building movement is the USGBC LEED Green Building Rating System for buildings. This course specifically today covers the LEED for Building Design and Construction, known commonly as LEED BD + C. This course discusses the background of the LEED BD + C credit rating system and covers recent changes to the system, including the addition of new market sectors, simplified LEED credit submittal requirements, step-by-step reference guide materials with videos and tutorials, and a more intuitive technology platform. Other recent changes include the focus on outcomes to aid in building management, as well as the addition of new impact categories

Course Number:

RV-10591AW

ASHRAE Essentials: 55-2017 – Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy

Overview/Description:

This course is an introduction to ANSI/ASHRAE 55-2017 – Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy, the building industry’s standard for defining and quantifying relative comfort in the built environment. The Standard is one of many developed and maintained by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, better known as ASHRAE. The intent of this course is to introduce learners to the Standard, its origins, its purpose and its application. This course is intended for engineers of building HVAC systems, architects, building code officials, HVAC equipment manufacturers and building managers and owners.

Course Number:

RV-11435

LEED v4 for Existing Buildings: Operation & Maintenance (EBOM)

Overview/Description:

This course is going to focus on LEED EB (Existing Buildings – Operations & Maintenance). This course will provide you with essential knowledge about LEED, which is an objective, unbiased, 3rd party green building rating standard. The acronym LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED was introduced as the standard developed by the United States Green Building Council, or USGBC, upon its founding in 1993. Since then, LEED has grown enormously, USGBC has also introduced the GBCI, or Green Building Certification Institute, which is responsible for accrediting personnel with the LEED-AP designation, for certifying buildings, at the LEED Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum levels, and for interpreting criteria, updating information, and generally ensuring day-to-day operations for the LEED system.   We will be discussing the LEED Rating Paths, of which there are several, the intent of which has been to create as many specifically tailored and appropriate options as are reasonable to allow for ease of guidance and certification in the building design, construction, and operations processes. We’ll review the variously available tools and resources that exist to support the efforts of project teams as they seek LEED certification, and of course we will delve significantly into our main focus, which is LEED EBOM, or Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance. 

Course Number:

RV-10676AW

Low/No Cost Energy Savings Opportunities

Overview/Description:

In managing the energy consumption of a building, there are two goals. One is to provide and maintain the comfort of the occupants, and one is to minimize the amount of energy, and therefore money, consumed in the process. This interactive online course will cover some low-cost methods that can be used to minimize building energy consumption.

Course Number:

RVI-11491

Green Design: Introduction to Sustainability and Measurement Systems (Based on LEED v4)

Overview/Description:

In this course, we will discuss the concept of sustainability and the need for ways to measure the sustainability of a building design. In addition, we will describe the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Version 4 for Building Design and Construction (BD+C), Neighborhood Development (ND), Homes (H), Building Operation and Maintenance (O&M), and Interior Design and Construction (ID+C) rating systems and the goals each strives to achieve. We will also outline for a prospective candidate the process of becoming a LEED Accredited Professional and lastly we’ll compare other rating systems to the USGBC system.

Course Number:

RV-10553

Energy Conversion Analysis (RV-10839)

Overview/Description:

Energy conversion devices are an important element of progress of society. Understanding their limitations and efficiencies is vital to our energy-informed and energy-conscious society. The ideal, simple, and basic power cycles of Carnot Cycle, Brayton Cycle, Otto Cycle, and Diesel Cycle, the ideal power cycle components and processes of compression, combustion, and expansion, and the ideal compressible flow components of subsonic nozzle, diffuser, and thrust are presented in this 4-hour online course. In the presented power cycles, power cycle components and processes, and compressible flow analysis, air is used as the working fluid.

Course Number:

RV-10839