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.
- Utilize building system and energy technology hardware and software to gather data on building lighting systems operation and energy consumption.
- Utilize building system and energy technology hardware and software to gather data on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems operation and energy consumption.
- Calculate, analyze, and verify the energy use of buildings based upon the interaction of energy consuming building systems.
- Evaluate residential buildings and make recommendations for optimized building performance and occupant comfort.
- Evaluate commercial buildings and make recommendations for optimized building performance and occupant comfort.
- Prepare and present technical reports.
- 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:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Suggested Pathway to Graduation
Semester 1
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
SSC 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
NRG 101 | Introduction to Energy Management | 3 |
MAT 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
Or | ||
MAT 183 | Reasoning with Functions I | 5 |
DAT 101 | Introduction to Data Analytics and Visualization | 3 |
PHY 120 | Energy Physics | 3 |
ENG 101 | Composition I | 3 |
Semester 2
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
NRG 126 | Fundamentals of HVAC Systems | 4 |
ELM 130 | Industrial Electricity | 3 |
Or | ||
AET 164 | Architectural CAD Applications | 3 |
NRG 111 | Residential/Light Commercial Energy Analysis | 3 |
NRG 154 | Alternative Energy Technologies | 3 |
NRG 223 | Energy Control Strategies | 4 |
Semester 3
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
NRG 226 | Building Mechanical/Electrical Systems Analysis | 4 |
NRG 233 | Lighting Applications | 4 |
NRG 250 | Energy Accounting and Investment Analysis | 4 |
ENG 102 | Composition II | 3 |
NRG 108 | Safety Basics | 1 |
SOC 103 | Sustainability and Society | 3 |
Semester 4
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
NRG 214 | Capstone in Energy Use and Analysis | 6 |
ENG 122 | Technical Writing and Communication | 3 |
BUS 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
Or | ||
ENT 101 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
Or | ||
CMT 242 | Construction Project Management I | 3 |
Elective | Social Science Elective | 3 |
NRG 206 | Work Experience: Energy Management | 3 |
Approved Electives
Select one (1) social science elective.
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
CLT 110 | Cross-Cultural Immersion | 3 |
COM 111 | Human Communications | 3 |
PSY 100 | Human Relations | 3 |
PSY 121 | General Psychology | 3 |
GIS 101 | Introduction to GIS | 3 |
ECO 111 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECO 122 | Microeconomics | 3 |
SOC 104 | Human Geography | 3 |
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!
Jennifer Clemons
Department Chair, Instructor,
and Program Advisor
jclemons@dtcc.edu
(302) 857-1308
This program is offered at the Dover campus.
This program is offered at the Dover campus.
This program is offered at the Dover campus.