Energy Management Degree (EGD) (program pending)

This proposed program will help students gain skills needed to work in energy services industries. Employment opportunities are expected to grow due to increased federal funding in energy management. Courses will focus on a variety of content areas such as solar, photovoltaic, heating and cooling, as well as energy audits and conservation.

Campus/format: This program can be completed during the day and evening at the Gardner Campus.

Special requirements: Students must meet technical standards with or without accommodations.

Transfer options: This program is intended for immediate career entry.

Career options: Entry-level employment as energy auditors, photovoltaic technicians, etc.

Earning potential: $30,000 per year.

Elective courses by abbreviation

Program Competencies

1. Be familiar with the language of alternative energy in relation to technician level employment
2. Evaluate the energy use patterns for residential and commercial buildings and recommend energy efficiency and alternative energy solutions for high-energy consuming buildings.
3. Understand the interaction between energy consuming building systems and make recommendations associated with appropriate types of energy audits.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental control systems for commercial and residential energy applications.
5. Construct energy evaluation technical reports and make presentations for potential project implementation.
6. Use appropriate library and information resources to research professional issues and support lifelong learning.
7. Access library, computing and communications services, and obtain information and data from regional, national and international networks.
8. Collect and display data as lists, tables and plots using appropriate
   technology (e.g., calculators, computer software).
9. Describe and install photovoltaic systems for residential and commercial venues.
10. Interpret and analyze applicable codes and guidelines promulgated by agencies such as the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers).

Technical Standards*

*general information about technical standards and accommodation.

Students entering these programs must be able to demonstrate the ability to:

1. Comprehend textbook material at the 11th grade level.
2. Communicate and assimilate information either in spoken, printed, signed, or computer voice format.
3. Gather, analyze, and draw conclusions from data.
4. Stand, stoop and walk for a minimum of three hours.
5. Lift 25 pounds to waist high, shoulder high and above the head.
6. Manipulate small objects without dropping or damaging them.
7. Determine by touch hotness/coldness, wetness/dryness, or motion/non-motion.
8. Distinguish all colors.
9. Work indoors and outdoors in the presence of loud, repetitious noise levels (not to exceed regulatory standards)