Interactive & Video Discount Package - Ontario Energy Efficiency 30 PDH

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an overview of renewable energy, its benefits and current state in the U.S.

Renewable energy is energy produced from sources like the sun and wind that are naturally replenished and do not run out. It can be used for electricity generation, space and water heating and cooling, and transportation. Non-renewable energy, in contrast, comes from finite sources that could get used up, such as fossil fuels like coal and oil.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for engineers and professionals who are interested in learning more about different renewable energy systems and their benefits.   

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief outline on the basics of hydroelectric power and how its favorable characteristics continue to make it an attractive and efficient source of electric energy.

Hydropower has played an important part in the development of this Nation's electric power industry and provides about 96 percent of the renewable energy in the United States. Considered as one of the many renewable sources of energy, hydroelectric powerplants do not use up resources to create electricity nor do they pollute the air, land, or water, as other powerplants may. In addition, hydropower is an essential contributor in the national power grid because of its ability to respond quickly to rapidly varying loads or system disturbances, which base load plants with steam systems powered by combustion or nuclear processes cannot accommodate.

This presentation highlights the basics of hydroelectric power, while also documenting cost benefits of utilizing hydropower as an efficient source of electric energy. It provides a detailed description on the types of hydropower turbines and introduces modern concepts such as pumped storage hydropower. The presentation also illustrates the development of hydropower through history.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to practitioners, engineers, and designers who are interested in adopting hydroelectric power in future applications.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief overview of the environmental and economic benefits of electricity production from geothermal resources.

Energy from geothermal resources has benefited humankind from its earliest origins. Prehistoric civilizations used hot springs and steam discharges for cooking, heating, and therapeutic bathing. Today, geothermal power plants operating around the world are proof that the Earth’s thermal energy is readily converted to electricity in geologically active areas.

Many communities, commercial enterprises, universities, and public facilities in the western United States are heated directly with the water from underground reservoirs. For the home-owner or building owner anywhere in the United States, the emergence of geothermal heat pumps brings the benefits of geothermal energy to everyone’s doorstep.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to owners of homes, businesses, or greenhouses who want to diversify their electricity supply and reduce the environmental impact and costs of their energy use.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an overview on cool roofs which are designed to maintain a lower roof temperature than traditional roofs while the sun is shining.

Cool roofs have surfaces that reflect sunlight and emit heat more efficiently than hot or dark roofs, keeping them cooler in the sun. In contrast, hot roofs absorb much more solar energy than cool roofs, making them hotter.

Cool roofs can be desirable to a building owner for several reasons. They can reduce energy bills by decreasing air conditioning needs, improve indoor thermal comfort for spaces that are not air conditioned, and decrease roof operating temperature, which may extend roof service life. Cool roofs can also benefit the environment, and policymakers may issue cool roof regulations to provide these benefits to the society.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for engineers, building owners and professionals who are interested in learning more about cool roofs to determine whether cool roofing is an appropriate energy efficiency option for a particular building.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides guidance on several energy-related topics including insulation, ventilation, heating and cooling, choosing and maintaining efficient water heaters, home appliances and solar energy systems.
 

The average U.S. family spends more than half of its annual household energy bill on heating and cooling. In addition, many appliances, heating systems and air conditioners aren’t properly maintained, are old and inefficient, compared to models being sold today.
 

These costs can be dramatically reduced by making some simple energy-saving improvements to your home, properly maintaining your existing heating and cooling, addressing weatherization and insulation issues at your house and getting into the habit of using energy efficiently all the time.
 

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief summary on hydrogen and fuel cells technologies, including production resources, processes, goals, and challenges.

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), aligned with the strategic vision and goals of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), leads federal efforts to promote the commercial viability of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies through a broad portfolio of research, development, and demonstration activities.

This presentation demonstrates how HFTO's efforts aim to help realize a clean, equitable energy future while spurring innovation and building a strong domestic economy by discussing the different types of hydrogen production resources, hydrogen production processes and the way they work. It also presents a study of the processes of hydrogen delivery, on-site storage, and dispensing technologies and the associated goals and challenges. The presentation concludes by discussing the different types of fuel cells, their systems and components, and the way they work.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to mechanical engineers, environment personnel, clean energy providers, and technical staff who are interested in gaining a better understanding of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a summary on the first part of the Solar Futures Study, which includes the discussion of solar futures scenarios and their core results.

The U.S. electric grid is one of the world’s largest machines, comprising millions of miles of transmission and distribution lines that connect thousands of large-scale electricity generators to end users. The grid has undergone tremendous change in the past decades, in part due to innovations in the solar energy industry. In 2020, fossil fuel combustion continued to generate most U.S. electricity, emitting around 1.45 billion metric tons (gigatons, Gt) of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. On its current trajectory, the United States is unlikely to meet its targets for keeping global temperature rise below 2°C as specified under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

This presentation introduces the first part of the Solar Futures Study which discusses the goals of decarbonizing the U.S. electricity grid by 2035 and shifting the nation onto an irreversible path to a 100% clean-energy economy, reaching net-zero emissions by 2050—while strengthening the American economy, creating well-paying domestic jobs, conserving natural resources, and ensuring that the benefits and costs of the clean energy transition are equitably distributed. The Solar Futures Study uses the state-of-the-art modeling capabilities of the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop and evaluate three core scenarios. It also continues to explore what it will take to achieve solar deployment at the pace and scale envisioned in these scenarios, by exploring the synergies between solar technologies and energy storage, and the necessary transformations of the U.S. electric grid.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a summary on the second part of the Solar Futures Study, which includes the discussion of integrity and equity within the solar grid.

The Solar Futures vision represents a dramatic change in the composition and operation of the U.S. electric power system. With terawatt-scale deployment of solar, wind, and battery storage technologies by 2050, the grid becomes increasingly reliant on weather-dependent variable renewable energy (VRE) inverter-based resources (IBRs). A significant share of photovoltaics (PV) and storage may be installed as distributed energy resources (DERs), sited at residential and commercial properties. 
This presentation introduces the second part of the Solar Futures Study which discusses reliability and the factors associated with it, which can be expressed as the three Rs: resource adequacy (RA), operational reliability, and resilience. The presentation continues further to discuss additional considerations and research needs that are associated with resource adequacy in a high-solar future. It also discusses solutions and research agenda that grid operators and planners need to address to maintain operational reliability under increased deployment, including grid resilience and cybersecurity. The presentation then focuses on the role of solar through the lens of equity by discussing the distribution of benefits and costs and evaluating procedural justice and just transition issues in relation to solar energy.

This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to governments, businesses, and green energy engineers who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of clean, zero-carbon electricity.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a summary on the third part of the Solar Futures Study, which includes the discussion of technology advances for solar storage and deployment.

Energy storage is key enabling large-scale solar deployment. The core Solar Futures scenarios deploy hundreds of gigawatts (GW) of storage capacity. Compared to a 2019 installed base of about 24 GW, mostly in the form of pumped storage hydropower (PSH), adding hundreds of GW of new storage would enable a significant shift in how the nation's electric grid is operated. Following a two-decade hiatus of significant storage deployment from roughly 1990 to 2010 due to lower natural gas prices and availability of easily sited and constructed gas peaking plants, several factors have revived interes in solar storage since 2010.

This presentation introduces the third part of the Solar Futures Study which discusses the synergies between solar energy and storage in the Solar Future Visions. It discusses solar-based fuels and opportunities for storage research and development necessary to achieve deep decarbonization. The presentation also explains technology advances for increased deployment including photovoltaics and solar power concentration. It concludes by developing and evaluating solar soft costs, the types of soft costs, and their financing.

This 3 PDH online interative presentation is applicable to governments, businesses, and green energy engineers who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of clean, zero-carbon electricity.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a summary on the final part of the Solar Futures Study, which includes the discussion of solar and its role by the end-use sector.

Besides generating and delivering power, solar can play the most immediate role in decarbonizing end uses that are already electrified or can be electrified in the near term. These end uses are often categorized into three sectors: residential and commercial buildings, transportation, and industry.

The first part of this presentation analyzes the role of solar in decarbonizing each of these end uses. For each end use, it discusses the current energy use profiles (electricity and fuels) and prospects for further electrification. It also discusses the role of solar as a zero-carbon resource and enabling technology and explore synergies between the end uses and solar deployment.  The presentation continues to discuss the specific equity implications of solar-based decarbonization of the end uses with a discussion of barriers to and opportunities for maximizing the roles of solar in decarbonizing the end uses.

The second part of this presentation introduces the major economic, social, and environmental challenges and opportunities beyond the targeted reductions in carbon-emitting fossil fuel use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and air pollution. It examines the impacts and options associated with the full solar project life cycle, including technology manufacturing, operation, and End Of Life treatment. It also describes circular economy (CE) strategies—such as recycling, repair, and reuse—as approaches to addressing historical environmental justice and equity concerns. The presentation concludes by identifying key R&D needs related to improving the impacts from solar manufacturing, operation, and EOL management therefore resulting in job creation.

This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to governments, businesses, and green energy engineers who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of clean, zero-carbon electricity.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief guidance on water use and management in mechanical and other systems such as bathroom suites, landscaping, and irrigation systems.

Tracking water use is an important first step in managing and reducing property water use. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WaterSense® program encourages property managers and owners to regularly input their buildings’ water use data in ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®, an online tool for tracking energy and water consumption, in order to develop the EPA Water Score for multifamily housing.

The presentation first tackles the basics principles behind each of the mechanical systems. In order to familiarize with the best maintenance and management practices, the presentation then tackles the retrofit and replacement options that help in reducing water use and thereby increasing efficiency. The presentation finally describes calculations and assumptions required for the saving water in the described mechanical applications.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to multifamily housing property owners and managers in search for improving their water management, property water use, and subsequently their EPA Water Score. In addition, many of the best practices in this presentation can be used by facility managers for non-residential properties.

This online engineering PDH video presentation will present the established and proven wind renewable energy systems with technical, geographic and financial feasibility in mind.

Introduction to a few important fundamentals of energy and the “grid” sets the tone for better comparison of current source of energy with optimal renewable energy alternative. Importance of the concept of most direct application of renewable source to the final energy demand point is highlighted. After the introduction, this video course dives into the proven wind renewable energy systems discussion. Current footprint and relative cost differences between various wind and non-wind renewable energy systems are examined. Their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are also discussed. Finally, the video will take a look at the financial justification and implementation of these types of energy projects.

This 5 PDH video presentation is intended primarily for engineers, technicians, facilities managers, energy professionals, architects and others who are interested in enhancing their understanding of wind renewable energy.