Description
The Certified Energy Auditor (CEA™) programme raises the standards in energy auditing for professionals performing auditing services at industrial plants and buildings, and improves the practice of energy auditors through a continuing education programme.
CEA™ is an international qualification programme for professionals developed by the US-based Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). CEA offers a comprehensive learning forum for those who want to be able to provide energy auditing services in industrial plant and buildings. Passing the examination could lead
to international certification with the AEE.
Course Outline
- Energy auditing methodology
- Auditing tools
- Building envelope
- Building systems
- Controls
- Water auditing
- Energy audit instrumentation
- Economic analysis
- Boilers and steam systems
- Reviewing auditing reports
- HVAC
- Lighting
Steps to Certification
- Attend the CEA™ training course with an AEE approved training partner.
- Write the CEA™ examination and attain a 70%+ pass mark.
- Complete your CEA™ Certification application and return it to your training provider timeously.
- The local and international CEA™ Board will review your application.
- Your training provider will advise you of the Board’s decision.
- Should you receive feedback that you are a CEAIT (in-training) you may re-apply for certification within 3 years which provides ample time to gain more experience.
Outcomes
On completion of the CEA™ course you will be able to perform energy auditing tasks for any resources according to best practice standards and international norms.
Delegate Profile
There are no pre-requisites to attend the training course, it is a public course and all interested parties are welcome. The pre-requisites only come into play when a candidate wishes to write and pass the examination, and apply for international Certification. The course content is presented by dynamic trainers, and is of interest and value to any person in the energy industry, whether experienced or just starting out.
- Persons with energy auditing and energy management experience who have the need to obtain a recognised qualification within the energy engineering career path.
- For energy auditors, architects, built environment graduates, engineering graduates, environmental graduates the CEA™ will open new doors into the fastest growing industry in the world.
- Need for recognition as a green building specialist internationally.
- For recognition as a professional who stays up to date on the latest developments in the energy auditing industry by participating in continued energy education that is internationally recognised.
- Persons that need to find ways of saving energy and resources in any industries.
Basic Skill Requirements
The CEA™ training course is at a level which assumes the delegate has basic problem-solving skills, including quick and accurate use of a hand calculator, the ability to use basic algebra and to set up problem solution expressions and calculations from a written problem statement.
Examination
The CEM® examination may be written on the next day or a later date – subject to pre-application and registration. This is additional to the course cost and duration days. There is no obligation to write the CEM® exam on the last day, an alternative examination day may be registered for as long as it is within three years of attending the training course. Delegates wishing to only attend the training may do so.
Pre-registration for the examination is required and 85% or more attendance of the class based training. Kindly also inform us beforehand of your intention to apply for certification from the AEE.
Should you fail the examination, you may register for a rewrite, as long as it is within three years of the training. Examination must be written 60 days apart.
All delegates that attend in excess of 85% of the CEM® training course will receive a certificate of attendance with the ECSA CPD credits.
NOTE: AEE Examination results will only be released by the EnTF’s AEE Certification department to candidates in good standing with the EnTF.
The CEA® examination may be written on the next day or a later date – subject to pre-application and registration. This is additional to the course cost and duration days. There is no obligation to write the CEA® exam on the last day, an alternative examination day may be registered for as long as it is within three years of attending the training course. Delegates wishing to only attend the training may do so.
Pre-registration for the examination is required and 85% or more attendance of the class based training. Kindly also inform us beforehand of your intention to apply for certification from the AEE.
Should you fail the examination, you may register for a rewrite, as long as it is within three years of the training. Examination must be written 60 days apart.
All delegates that attend in excess of 85% of the CEA® training course will receive a certificate of attendance with the ECSA CPD credits.
NOTE: AEE Examination results will only be released by the EnTF’s AEE Certification department to candidates in good standing with the EnTF.
Examination: A 4-hour voluntary examination may be written in the afternoon on the next day, or a later date – subject to pre-application and registration
