PROGRAM DETAILS
Department: Engineering Technology
Degree: Associate of Science
Duration: 2 years
Career focus/Specialization: Building Automation and Energy Management Systems
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Why Building Energy Management?
Booming construction and the shift toward new green building technologies are expected to generate over 38,000 new technician job openings a year for the next decade, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Associate of Science (AS) in Engineering Technology – Building Energy Management concentration
Building Energy Management, which is offered as a concentration within our Engineering Technology Associate of Science Degree (AS) program, is designed to help HVAC&R professionals take their career to the next level by teaching the technical and project management skills needed to oversee the complex electrical, mechanical, energy, and computer-based control systems in today’s smart buildings. This program combines lectures with hands-on lab experiences.
Building energy management—also know as building automation or smart building technology—is an important advancement in energy efficiency design and can lower a building’s overall energy consumption through computerized controls for heating, cooling, and other energy usage.
This program will prepare students to work as entry-level technicians focused on installing, programming, and maintaining the high-tech systems that control the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and lighting in commercial, industrial, or residential buildings.
Students first complete our 9-month HVAC&R Certificate, then take an additional 3 semesters of technical and general education courses to earn the Engineering Technology Associate Degree with Concentration in Building Energy Maintenance. Credits from this program will be eligible for transfer into a related bachelor’s degree program.
What you will learn
- How to configure, install and operate computerized, sustainable building environment control equipment
- The theoretical and experimental concepts of commercial HVAC systems
- How to analyze and troubleshoot HVAC systems for large buildings and advanced large-scale environments
- Building codes and compliance policies and general practices for efficient implementation of building control systems
Career Opportunities in Building Energy Management
Potential job titles include:
- Service Technician-Controls
- Building Automation Technician
- Building Controls Technician
- Building Maintenance Technician
- HVAC/Automation Field Service Technician
- Majors and Concentrations
- Automotive Technology – Certificate/AS
- Biotechnology – AS
- Building Energy Management – AS Concentration
- Business Management – BS
- CAD Drafting – Certificate
- CNC Machining – Certificate/AS Pathway
- Computer Information Technology – AS
- Construction Management – AS
- Cybersecurity – AS Concentration
- Electric Vehicle Technology – AS Concentration
- Electrical Engineering – BS
- Engineering Technology – AS
- General Education Core
- HVAC&R Technology – Certificate
- Industrial Electronics Technology – Certificate/AS Pathway
- Manufacturing and Automation Technology – AS Concentration
- Mechatronics Technology – AS Concentration
- Network and Systems Support – Certificate/AS Pathway
- Opticianry – AS
- Practical Electricity – Certificate
- Renewable Energy Technology – AS Concentration
- Software Development – Certificate/AS Pathway
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