Distance learning Unit (IEM).
Aims: The aim is to advance student understanding of current and best practises in the methodologies of energy management.
Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit students should be able to describe the current situation as regard energy use and the environmental implications of it on a global, national and local scale. Students should also be able to demonstrate an in depth understanding of the role of energy management in that context, and in the context of specific benefits for the company; including how energy management can be implemented and what implementation means in terms of action, training, resources etc.; what constitutes efficiency in terms of combustion, refrigeration and heat exchange; and basic economic principles as applied to investment in energy management.
Skills:
The extended essay assignment helps to prepare the students' writing skills for their dissertation.
Content:
Physical aspects of energy, basic principles relating to energy, energy management including the energy policy, energy audit, monitoring and control, combustion, refrigeration, energy recovery and economics for energy managers.
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