10462108Green Awareness for Maintenance
Course Information
Description
Green Awareness for Maintenance orients technicians in the maintenance disciplines to the environmental impacts of their work. The course examines the economic incentives and barriers to lessening the environmental impacts of a range of industries through the adoption of green technologies. It examines the significant role that the efficient sourcing, use, and conservation of energy plays in meeting the environmental impact objectives of the maintenance disciplines. The expanding role of electronic, software, and cloud-based control of industrial systems to minimize environmental impacts is reviewed in detail. Finally, strategies to investigate failures of systems to achieve environmental best practices are explored pursuant to continuous improvement in the performance of engineered systems.
Total Credits
1
Course Competencies
  1. Evaluate Return on Investment in technologies aimed at reducing environmental impacts
    Assessment Strategies
    Case Study, Utility Bill Analysis Written Product
    Criteria
    Identify the main sources of energy consumption in a facility
    Energy use calculations are accurate and include operational cycles ranging from minimum to peak demand
    Assess the magnitude of effects of energy conservation strategies
    Describe options and alternatives to reduce energy demand

  2. Summarize sources, loads, and waste in energy systems
    Assessment Strategies
    Case Study
    Criteria
    Examine alternative methods of sourcing energy
    Discern between loads and waste in an energy system (e.g. air leaks, friction from shaft misalignment, low power factor, etc.)
    Describe strategies to minimize waste (e.g. impedance matching, insulation and infiltration control, thermal and vibration monitoring, etc)
    Summary addresses one alternative energy generation topic

  3. Describe Industrial Controls strategies used to minimize environmental impacts
    Assessment Strategies
    Simulation, Written Product
    Criteria
    Identify waste that can be remedied by enhanced control strategies (lights left on or heating and cooling rooms in unoccupied rooms, running mechanical loads faster than necessary, etc)
    Analyze the limits to efficiency to be gained through enhanced control.
    Compare and contrast competing technologies pursuant to reducing environmental impacts (e.g. solar PV vs solar hot water, smart thermostats vs building automation systems, etc.)

  4. Investigate Incidents, Hazards, and Deficiencies in systems aimed at mitigating environmental impacts
    Assessment Strategies
    Simulation
    Criteria
    Describe incidents that breach environmental best practices by identifying near misses, and performing critical “root cause” analysis
    Your findings are current, accurate, and complete
    Justify corrective actions to remedy excursions from environmental best practices
    Demonstrate compliance with environmental best practices
    Apply the continuous improvement cycle