Pre-Event WS: Conducting an Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Audit From Sensor Selection to Data Analysis  

Education Type: 
Live On-Site
Duration: 
1.5 hours
Level: 
Introductory
Date: 
03-25-2024
Time: 
3:30PM - 5:00PM (ET)
Location: 

Pittsburgh, PA

FEMP IACET: 
0.2 CEU
Sponsored by: 

DOE Federal Energy Management Program - FEMP

This training will provide an overview of the main steps and considerations for conducting an assessment of the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) with IEQ sensors. The training will cover the setup, installation, collection of data, and analysis with the sensors.

Instructors

Allison Ackerman, Program Manager. Energy-Efficient Product Procurement, Healthy Buildings, DOE: Department of Energy - Federal Energy Management Program  

Program Manager. Energy-Efficient Product Procurement, Healthy Buildings, DOE: Department of Energy - Federal Energy Management Program

Kevin Keene, Researcher, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory  

Kevin Keene is the principal investigator of the Healthy Building Initiative project at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and is a key contributor to Federal Energy Management Program's healthy building resources and products. Kevin received his master's degree from Stanford University in Sustainable Design and Construction, focusing on energy and urban systems and high-performing building science. Kevin Keene is a researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in the Building and Connected Systems group with a background in civil engineering, energy, and sustainable urban systems. At PNNL, he specializes in energy and water systems, occupant health and well-being, urban-scale modeling and analytics, and resilience and performance evaluation. Kevin works on providing research and tools that facilitate the adoption of integrated building upgrades and solutions.

Max Martell, Systems Engineer, PNNL  

Max Martell is a Systems Engineer with PNNL on the Human Factors Team, where he conducts research and engineering efforts in a variety of fields, including climate and earth surface modeling, data science, occupational safety and health, advanced lighting and visual science, and building systems. Previously, Max has worked as a Lighting Engineer for the Habitability and Human Factors Branch at NASA Johnson Space Center and for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, researched safety, health, and human factors of lighting and visual interventions.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Select components of an IEQ assessment;
  • Recognize how to set up and install IEQ sensors;
  • Identify how to retrieve data from IEQ sensors;
  • Select facts about eProject Builder for ESPC and UESC;
  • Identify how to analyze and evaluate IEQ data.