Energy Management

Associate Degree Program

Do you want to save people and businesses money? Do you want to help protect the environment? Do you want to have a career that can’t be outsourced? Do you like working with your hands and your mind to solve problems? If you answered yes to these questions, then Energy Management is the program for you. As an energy management professional, you will use your skills to improve energy efficiency in commercial and residential spaces. You will be able to describe and measure energy use in building systems with the goal of evaluating and recommending energy solutions that will result in greater efficiency, energy cost savings, and lower environmental impact.

Offered at the following campus(es): Dover

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

  • Energy Auditor
  • Facility Manager
  • Energy Program Coordinator
  • Energy Manager
  • Energy Analyst

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Utilize building system and energy technology hardware and software to gather data on building lighting systems operation and energy consumption.
  2. Utilize building system and energy technology hardware and software to gather data on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems operation and energy consumption.
  3. Calculate, analyze, and verify the energy use of buildings based upon the interaction of energy consuming building systems.
  4. Evaluate residential buildings and make recommendations for optimized building performance and occupant comfort.
  5. Evaluate commercial buildings and make recommendations for optimized building performance and occupant comfort.
  6. Prepare and present technical reports.
  7. Analyze the economic, environmental, and business implications of potential energy measures.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Suggested Pathway to Graduation

Semester 1

Number Course Title Credits
SSC 100First Year Seminar1
NRG 101Introduction to Energy Management3
 
MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning3
Or
MAT 183Reasoning with Functions I5
 
DAT 101Introduction to Data Analytics and Visualization3
PHY 120Energy Physics3
ENG 101Composition I3

Semester 2

Number Course Title Credits
NRG 126Fundamentals of HVAC Systems4
 
ELM 130Industrial Electricity3
Or
AET 164Architectural CAD Applications3
 
NRG 111Residential/Light Commercial Energy Analysis3
NRG 154Alternative Energy Technologies3
NRG 223Energy Control Strategies4

Semester 3

Number Course Title Credits
NRG 226Building Mechanical/Electrical Systems Analysis4
NRG 233Lighting Applications4
NRG 250Energy Accounting and Investment Analysis4
ENG 102Composition II3
NRG 108Safety Basics1
SOC 103Sustainability and Society3

Semester 4

Number Course Title Credits
NRG 214Capstone in Energy Use and Analysis6
ENG 122Technical Writing and Communication3
 
BUS 101Introduction to Business3
Or
ENT 101Introduction to Entrepreneurship3
Or
CMT 242Construction Project Management I3
 
ElectiveSocial Science Elective3
NRG 206Work Experience: Energy Management3

Approved Electives

Select one (1) social science elective.

Number Course Title Credits
CLT 110Cross-Cultural Immersion3
COM 111Human Communications3
PSY 100Human Relations3
PSY 121General Psychology3
GIS 101Introduction to GIS3
ECO 111Macroeconomics3
ECO 122Microeconomics3
SOC 104Human Geography3

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 71 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).

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Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?

This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!

Contact Dover

Jennifer Clemons
Department Chair, Instructor,
and Program Advisor
jclemons@dtcc.edu
(302) 857-1308

Association of Energy Engineers Approved Provider Link

This program is offered at the Dover campus.

This program is offered at the Dover campus.

This program is offered at the Dover campus.