Veterans Commissioning Training Program for Commercial Healthcare Facilities [Final Report]
This project was designed to develop a building energy training curriculum, with hopes for creating immediate, long-term job opportunities for returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans as energy commissioning agents within both public and private sectors. As part of this proposed effort, an online version of the curricula were developed in part using a modified version of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Certified Building Commissioning Professional program. Case studies utilizing building information modeling (BIM) data from actual retrocommissioning projects and 3D gaming platform were developed as part of the curriculum. In addition to using materials from existing literature, the PIs also conducted scientific-based research on energy retrofitting related to building envelopes using numerical simulation approach. And the research findings and recommendation were incorporated in the developed curriculum. Currently, there are a lack of scientific-based guidance on envelope retrofitting practice. Many retrofitting practices were based on experiences, and are limited by the lack of scientific evidence. Existing retrofitting training material have limitations due to this missing piece. We have succeeded in producing some scientific evidence to guide and provide solutions to some building envelope design and retrofitting. The results from some of our research using computational fluid dynamics have demonstrated the feasibility of using our recommended solutions. Research results and findings were disseminated to the research and industry communities through conference papers (Appendix B) and presentations (Appendix C), and some results and findings were incorporated into the developed training curriculum (Appendix A).
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0003866
- OSTI ID:
- 1765265
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-EE0003866
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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