ENGR40 Orientation

Robert D. Cormia / Jamie F. Orr

Foothill College

Overview

• Course goals• Schedule• Assignments &

grading• Laboratory• Textbook• Fieldtrips

Course Goals

• Understand the nature of global energy technology, systems, economics => today

• Understand the drivers for change

• Evaluate / design clean energy solutions

• Recognize power system technology

• Perform basic energy audit/benchmarking– Take the first step to becoming an energy

professional => training for an ESCO

Weekly Schedule

• Course overview – systems thinking

• Energy fundamentals• Central power generation

(T&D)• Distributed energy systems

(DERs)• Solar voltaic systems• Large scale renewables

• Energy storage and conversion (cogen)

• Transportation solutions (biofuels)

• Buildings and energy• Smart energy• Market transformations• Megacities and

integrated systems

ENGR40 Laboratory

• Exercises• Laboratory /

reports• Demonstrations• Tours (write-ups)• Calculations

Assignments / Grading

• Weekly written questions (~20%)

• Take home calculations (~10%)

• Energy / GHG audit (~5%)

• Midterm / writing assignment (~10%)

• Lab assignments / reports (~40%)

• Final project / paper (~15%)

(the relative points may change slightly but will be fairly close to these)

Buildings as Systems

Energy / GHG Audit

• Residential• Commercial building• Benchmarking

(BTU/sq-ft)• Appliances (plug-load

vs. nameplate)• Making it all add up

Itron Interval Data 3/1 - 4/15

ESCO Evolution?

Energy Efficiency

Building EMSOnsite Generation

RemediationPlug Loads

Analysis, BPI Benchmarking

Solar PVCogen

Fuel cell

AMI/DRHAN/HENBEMS/IT

Is this an industry, a building strategy, a set of SI competencies, or an ES-CO professional?

Fieldtrips

• NASA Sustainability Base– Or De Anza Kirsch Center

• PG&E / SVP tour

• Foothill College campus energy system

• Los Altos Green home

• Toyota RAV4 / Nissan Leaf demonstration

NASA Sustainability Base

Foothill EV Racing Team

Nissan Leaf and Toyota RAV-4 are ‘participating’ in the Foothill Energy Program

Energy for Sustainability

• Energy for Sustainability

• Gilbert and Masters• $100 (well worth it!)• Chapters to read• Some exercises• Excellent reference!• ISBN-13: 9781597261036

http://energyforsustainability.org/

Instructors

• Robert D. Cormia– Lecture– rdcormia@earthlink.net – 650.949.7456– Nanotechnology / energy

• Jamie F. Orr– Laboratory– jamie.f.orr@gmail.com – Physics / energy

http://fgamedia.org/faculty/rdcormia/ENGR40/