The Green Will Initiative, in partnership with CIET, is offering this comprehensive training course as an in-person half-day session. Light refreshments will be provided during the session.

Location:

Mount Sinai Hospital

Ben Sadowski Auditorium - 18th Floor

600 University Avenue

Toronto, ON

M5G 1X5

Course Overview

The Energy Efficiency for Building Operators and Maintenance Staff (EEBO) course is designed to engage, motivate, and empower building operators and managers through hands-on and highly interactive training.

In this half-day course, instructors help participants understand how energy behaves, how it is used in facilities, and how to control it through operational actions across various building systems. Demonstrations, calculations, worksheets, role plays, and case studies are used to demonstrate existing energy savings opportunities in lighting, pumps, fans, building envelope components, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, building automation systems, and more.

Building operators as well as related maintenance and facility staff know their building better than anyone. Therefore, they are uniquely positioned to discover and act on energy savings opportunities that will reduce maintenance costs and overall building operating costs.

This course includes a unique feature called an in-person energy hunt that takes participants through a building’s daily operations to examine them closely. The knowledge gained from this exercise is then applied in the classroom where participants learn how to calculate energy savings based on the opportunities identified during the Energy Hunt. 

In this course, you will learn to

• Determine how building operations impact energy consumption and how to identify energy waste. 
• Determine how to improve energy efficiency through building maintenance and operations. 
• Apply expertise on how to conduct simple energy savings calculations and explain savings to others. 
• Apply building control strategies used to reduce energy consumption and costs. 
• Optimize HVAC systems. 
• Reduce energy consumption through equipment selections and replacements.

This course is ideal for

• Energy managers/champions/leaders or coordinators
• Sustainability managers/champions/leaders or coordinators
• Building/facility operators and supervisors 
• Building/asset managers 
• Service providers in the commercial building industry 
• Building maintenance staff 
• Technologists and specialists (lighting, HVAC, others)

Course Structure

1. Introduction and Key Concepts

• Welcome and course objectives
• Overview of energy efficiency in buildings
• Key concepts: energy use, energy cost and savings potential
• Introduction to building systems (HVAC, lighting, controls, etc.)
• The 7-Step Energy Assessment Overview 

2. Building Walk-Through

• Guided walk-through of the facility
• Observation and identification of energy-saving opportunities
• Hands-on practice applying the 7 step assessment
• Focus on both typical energy saving measures already implemented and potential upgrades
• Trainers may supplement with additional examples if the building lacks sufficient opportunities

3. Opportunities Discussion and Measures Identification

• Group discussion of observed opportunities (2-3 additional to showcase typical measures)
• Collaborative identification of potential energy upgrades
• Practical exercises:
  • Estimating potential energy savings
  • Prioritizing measures by cost-effectiveness and impact
  • Sharing best practices and lessons learned from other facilities