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May 02, 2024
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CIT 110 - Energy Efficiency Technician
2.0 Credits
Introduction to building science with emphasis on the energy envelope. Become familiar with typical energy auditor’s tools: blower door, infrared camera and CO analyzer to measure and evaluate a building’s energy performance. Prerequisite
Concurrent enrollment in CIT 103 and 104 or ENRGY 102 or instructor permission. Corequisite
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Set up, run and use the results of a blower door test to evaluate a building’s air tightness.
- Set up, run and use a blower door/manometer to test and evaluate combustion appliance zones, actual performance on ventilation fans and a forced air system’s ductwork for relative air tightness.
- Use an infrared camera to locate a building’s air exfiltration and verify insulation effectiveness.
- Analyze and compute a safe level of building air tightness based on industry standards.
- Inspect, test and evaluate a combustion appliance and conduct a combustion appliance zone worst case test.
- Write up a typical energy auditor’s test report.
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