Designation Program SMT/SMA
Energy Management & Controls
Instructor: Kevin Donley; FMA/SMA/SMT

This eight week long, one night a week class will take place at the Oracle building, 12320 Oracle Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80921. The class is scheduled for Wednesday evenings, beginning September 24, 2008. Upon completion of the classroom review, a test will be given approximately one week later.

Understanding the key maintenance and energy management aspects of building management is critical to running a cost-effective operation. From everyday preventive maintenance tasks to the challenge of developing and selling an energy plan, this course provides you with the skills to evaluate and optimize your current system, the know-how to integrate new components, and the ability to communicate your needs to management.

This course covers heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control systems, and teaches you to develop energy management strategies for HVAC, electronic, and lighting systems. You will learn about the components, principles, adjustment, and maintenance of system controller, auxiliary devices, electronic, pneumatic, and computer control systems. You will develop an understanding of the operation of heating, cooling, humidification, and dehumidification control applications, and learn about variable air volume design and building pressurization control devices. You'll develop the skills and knowledge to perform cost/benefit analysis of HVAC, electric, and lighting systems and to create an energy management program for your facility.

Major topics covered in this course:

• Control system basics
• Auxiliary and electronic controls and their application to heating, cooling, humidifying, dehumidifying, and volume control
• Computerized automatic control systems.
• Factors determining energy consumption in HVAC, electronic, and lighting systems
• Preventive maintenance measures in energy management
• Energy management control system applications.

You will take away these key concepts and skills:

• The skill to apply an energy management plan to your building's systems
• The know-how to evaluate new systems with an eye toward retrofitting
• An understanding of traditional and alternative energy systems
• A knowledge of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and other resources to optimize your system
• The ability to effectively develop and present an energy system
• The skill to develop, implement, and manage an innovative preventive maintenance program.

ACE credit recommendation: 2 semester hours, lower division baccalaureate, in Facilities Systems and Management, Construction Management, or Engineering Technologies.

Designation Program RPA/FMA
Design Operations & Maintenance 2
Instructor: Roger Lage; CFM, RPA, FMA
Director Workplace Services USAA

This eight week long, one night a week class will take place at the USAA building, 1855 Telstar Drive, COS, CO 80920. The class is scheduled for Thursday evenings, beginning September 25, 2008. Upon completion of the classroom review, a test will be given approximately one week later.

This course provides information that property and facility managers will need to make management decisions about various building systems and their sites. These decisions will increase occupant safety and comfort while facilitating building efficiency to meet the business goals of an organization. This course is about understanding electrical systems and lighting, elevator maintenance and modernization, and pest and solid waste management. Other areas of interest also covered in this course include security issues, fire and safety systems, and energy management concerns.

Major topics covered in this course:

• Security
• Fire protection systems
• Electricity (AC and DC) and its applications in building systems
• Energy management
• Pest control and solid waste management
• Vertical transportation systems
• Lighting systems
• Window cleaning and architectural metal maintenance
• Landscaping and parking

You will take away these key concepts and skills:

• The ability to analyze and manage building systems
• The talent to maintain your property in top condition, both inside and out
• The knowledge to maintain a secure, safe building

ACE credit recommendation: This copyright is currently scheduled for review by The American Council on Education, College Credit Recommendation Service. The online version of this course is not eligible for ACE credits. The course can be utilized for CEU’s associated with your Colorado Real Estate License. Please let us know if you will require CEU’s prior to the class start date.

Online Designation Courses: BOMI’s online designation courses offer the same robust information as printed self-study courses, plus these additional benefits:

• Convenient access available 24/7, for a full year
• Online access to subject matter experts, who will answer questions and clarify concepts
• Discussion message board area to interact with other students
• Performance-based quizzes with automatic grading feedback, so you know right away what you answered right—or wrong—and why you may have missed a question
• Enhanced key concepts to focus your attention on testable content
• Printed textbooks also are provided to online students as a permanent resource

Designation courses currently online include:

• Environmental Health and Safety Issues
• Real Estate Investment and Finance
• The Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part 1
• The Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part 2

Contact Roger Lage at 533-8564 or roger.lage@usaa.com for more information about online classes.