1. Energy technical basics

  • scientific Basics
  • structure of energy systems and typical optimization strategies
  • Measurement and Control (MCR)

2. Project management

  • development of a project concept
  • presentation of the project concept
  • project controlling

3. Economic calculation

  • calculation of the application-specific costs
  • comparative economic Evaluation
  • calculation of payback periods

4. Energy management | load management

  • establishing an energy management system (for example, ISO 50001)
  • basics of internal energy audits
  • tasks of energy data management
  • structure of an energy data management system
  • acquisition and structuring of consumption data and costs
  • consumption and cost evaluations
  • comparison of indicators
  • process management Systems
  • reduce load peaks
  • software-based energy controlling

5. Energy and emissions trading

  • energy-related laws and regulations
  • energy purchasing, energy trading
  • emissions trading
  • contracting

6. Building energy requirements | energy efficient buildings

  • construction physical basics
  • construct | acquisition of the building envelope
  • building energy certification
  • energy-conscious building and renovation

7. Heating technology

  • system components
  • targetperformance analysis
  • optimization (furnace and boiler, distribution, control, power consumption)
  • geothermal energy

8. Process heat, steam, heat recovery

  • system analysis (components, functions, temperature levels, process chains)
  • process optimization
  • operating mode
  • heat recovery

9. Cogeneration of heat and power

  • basic concepts and variants of CHP
  • investments (turbine types, engine types, fuel cells)
  • peripheral systems
  • sizing of CHP plants (technical interpretation, profitability)
  • cogeneration unit (CHP)

10. Ventilation and air conditioning

  • basic physical laws
  • system components
  • analysis (flow, temperature difference, energy consumption)
  • optimization (user behavior, Operation)
  • Invest-measures (refrigerating machine, absorption , adsorption, spring water cooling, adiabatic cooling, distribution, utilization of waste heat)

11. Refrigeration technology

  • basic elements and functions of refrigeration Systems
  • analysis (COP calculation, losses, efficiency of the process)
  • optimization (user behavior, minimizing cooling requirements, process optimization, restructuring cooling network, scheme, waste heat utilization, absorption refrigerating machine)

12. Electrical engineering, electrical drives

  • basic knowledge electrical applications
  • transformer losses and motor losses
  • electronic speed regulation
  • selection of efficient electric motors
  • system optimization

13. Lighting

  • photometric basic parameters, lighting systems
  • dimensioning of lighting systems
  • operating time optimization
  • highly efficient lighting systems

14. Compressed air

  • compressors, distribution, compressed air consumers, plant control
  • analysis (power consumption, distribution losses, leakage, efficiency)
  • optimization (pressure level, control, leakage, maintenance, heat recovery, variable speed controlled compressor)

15. Solar technology

  • components and operating principle of solar thermal systems
  • applications of solar thermal plants (water, heating, hall heating, drying, solar cooling)
  • components and functional principle of photovoltaic (PV) systems
  • applications of PV systems (no external power supply, façade integration, shading elements)

16. Energy from biomass

  • wood-fired plants (plant components and function, system dimensioning)
  • biogas plants (plant components and function, system dimensioning)

17. Green IT

  • data centers and server systems
  • data center cooling
  • virtualization and consolidation
  • energy Efficiency at the office
  • change of user behavior