Building and Energy Systems Professional, Associate of Science Degree Program Goals and Objectives

Program Goal: The goal for the Building and Energy Systems Professional, Associate of Science Degree (BESP) is to provide the student with the entry level skills, knowledge, and industry driven competencies to successfully enter and succeed in the Building Science and Advanced Energy Systems fields. The competencies are met through industry recognized (valued) credentials (IRC’s) specifically related to each specialty (see Appendix B). The BESP specialties and their related are IRC’s are:

1. Alternative Energy Technician/NABCEP, CSPV-I, CPVT-S 2. Building Operator/BPI, NCI 3. HVACR Technician/NATE, HVAC Excellence, EPA 608, BPI, NCI 4. Control Systems Specialist/NCI, GBA 5. Advanced Lighting Technician/CALCTP-AT 6. Energy Auditor/CEA, HERS, BPI, CABEC 7. Construction Manager/CSLB, LEED-AP 8. Building Inspector/PBI, ASHI 9. Commissioning Technician/ACG, BPI, CABEC, CxT 10. Zero Net Energy Technician/LEED-GA, NCI, BPI

Program Student Objectives: On successful completion of this Building and Energy Systems Professional, Associate of Science Degree, the student will be able to:

1. Fulfill the requirements for an entry- level position in their field. 2. Apply critical thinking skills to execute daily duties in their area of employment. 3. Display the skills and aptitude necessary to pass (Industry Recognized Credentials)

certification exams in their field. 4. Exhibit effective written, oral communication and interpersonal skills.

Program Description The Building and Energy Systems Professional, Associate of Science Degree offers students a broad overview into the energy efficiency, green technology, and building science industry and includes cross disciplinary courses in Energy Conservation Methods, Renewable Energy (generation and storage), Energy Systems, Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Construction Management, Architecture, Computer Information Systems, and Building Inspection Technology, Commissioning, Energy Auditing, Building Operations, Lighting, and Controls. The completion of the Building and Energy Systems Professional, AS degree, is especially advantageous for the student in pursuit of an advanced energy industry leadership position. Electives are selected to support a concentration on industry specialties that are in high demand and stackable with other credentials and certificates. Students will have the option to focus on particular advanced energy sectors by choosing from various depths of study, such as, Alternative Energy Systems, Building Control and Environmental Systems, , Advanced Lighting Systems, Building Analysis, Construction, and Inspection within the

Zero Net Energy (ZNE) related fields. The student may choose their elective based on their immediate energy educational needs and goals. The student may also continue completing additional elective courses, combining other defined degrees within the ZNE industry. Students will have the technical background necessary to achieve multiple industry recognized credentials and careers. Program Outline The Building and Energy Systems Professional, Associate of Science Degree is comprised of the Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Core which is six courses totaling 17 units. These are the foundational ZNE courses and must be identical throughout the Region/State to ensure continuity and degree reliability. The courses are as follows: Industrial Calculations (3 unit) This contextualized math course provides CTE specific applications of basic math skills. It is intended for CTE students seeking a certificate. Topics include adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing rational numbers, percentages, ratios and proportions, measurement, and career applications. ZNE Building Science (4 unit) Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Building Science includes an overview of many progressive measures that improve the energy performance of buildings. Studies focus on architectural design of building, construction methodology, green HVAC systems, renewable energy systems and the terminology used in the ZNE Industry. A survey of projects, policies and programs driving ZNE performance in residential and non-residential buildings will be studied. Blueprint Reading (3 unit) This course is a study of basic information for reading blueprints and construction drawings. It is designed for those who must assimilate information found in working drawings and specifications. CA Energy Codes (3 unit) This course covers California's Building Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings (Title 24, Part 6), which establishes a minimum level of building energy efficiency to ensure that building construction, system design, and installation achieves energy efficiency and preserves the quality of both indoor and outdoor environments. It emphasizes the understanding and application of the Building Energy Efficiency Standards and supporting documents, the Reference Appendices, Residential Compliance Manual, and the Nonresidential Compliance Manual. BESP Work Experience (1 unit) This work experience course of supervised employment is designed to assist students to acquire desirable work habits, attitudes and skills so as to enable them to become productive employees. This course also provides students with career awareness for their BESP specialty.

Employability Skills (3 unit) Topics covered in this course include basic administrative support skills and applied procedures; practical application of office technologies; applied records management; meeting, travel, and conference planning; management and supervision skills; human relations, job attitudes, and public relations; company politics and ethics; and changing job roles. BESP Program Specialties There are ten BESP specialties that are directly related to high demand jobs for California’s advanced energy workforce. The names for the specialties should be consistent, but do not necessarily need to be the same as the individual certificate names. This is important because every college will have different names for similar energy efficiency related certificates and the courses will vary by name, number, and scope. To control this program learning outcomes (PLO’s) will be tied to one IRC for each specialty and student learning outcomes (SLO’s) to the appropriate courses. All courses outside of the core are elective and provide students the ability to pick the courses they need for their specialty, career, job upgrade, or other need while completing their degree. Additionally, the courses are overlaid to show stack-ability (see Appendix A). Many of the advanced energy related certificates contain duplicate courses depending on each college’s curriculum, so providing the overlay helps students decide the most efficient and effective approach to multiple certificates within the BESP program. The BESP program model has a total of 52 available courses currently, 6-core, 40-electives, and 6 additional entrepreneurial courses which make up the (18 unit) BESP Entrepreneurship Track. This degree track is for experienced energy workers who want to start a business in their field. The other ten specializations range from 20-31 units plus general education requirements of 20 units (see Appendix A). Ideally any college could adopt all or some of these existing courses and begin instruction immediately if they have existing courses already on the books for similar certificates. This would be accomplished by aligning SLO’s and PLO’s to meet the industry standards and then adding their course to the elective list under each specialty as provided in Appendix A. Program Stack-ability The BESP program as currently configured has 11 courses that are represented in at least 4+ certificates (specialties), 5 additional courses in at least 3 specialties, 13 other courses in at least 2 specialties, with the remaining 17 courses specific to a single certificate. This means a student who completes the required courses for Building Operator, for example, only needs 3 more courses to complete HVACR Technician, and vice versa (see Appendix A). Program Transferability Program transferability is highly desireable and will be pursued at the CSU system.

Program Adaptability and Sustainability The program was intentionally designed to be used as a cafeteria plan, allowing colleges to adopt the core and insert their existing energy programs or add any number of the specialties that exist in their district. This also provides for sustainable growth as labor markets change and as the advanced energy economy expands throughout the State. College of the Desert is proud to take the lead on this important program and by building it to industry specifications, we believe BESP is the answer to the States energy workforce gap. If you have any questions please contact Jon Caffery at jcaffery@collegeofthedesert.edu.

Appendix A:Building and Energy Systems Professional (ZNE) A.S. Degree

CollegeoftheDesert

C Alternative Energy Tech Building Operator HVACR Technician Control Systems Spc. Adv. Lighting Tech

Industrial Calculations ESYS-004 (3 units) Industrial Calculations ESYS-004 Industrial Calculations ESYS-004 Industrial Calculations ESYS-004 Industrial Calculations ESYS-004

O ZNE Building Science ESYS-005 (4 units) ZNE Building Science ESYS-005 ZNE Building Science ESYS-005 ZNE Building Science ESYS-005 ZNE Building Science ESYS-005

Blueprint Reading ARCH-011 (3 units) Blueprint Reading ARCH-011 Blueprint Reading ARCH-011 Blueprint Reading ARCH-011 Blueprint Reading ARCH-011

R CA Energy Codes BIT-024 (3 units) CA Energy Codes BIT-024 CA Energy Codes BIT-024 CA Energy Codes BIT-024 CA Energy Codes BIT-024

BESP Work Experience (1 unit) BESP Work Experience BESP Work Experience BESP Work Experience BESP Work Experience

E Employability Skills CIS-012 (3 units) Employability Skills CIS-012 Employability Skills CIS-012 Employability Skills CIS-012 Employability Skills CIS-012

Core units: 17 Core units: 17 Core units: 17 Core units: 17 Core units: 17

Ideally4-7unitsaretakeninHighSchoolCIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010ACR-076 Facili;esMaintenance-Chillers Facili;esMaintenance-Chillers Facili;esMaintenance-Chillers

A ACR-075 HVACRSystemsDesignESYS-001 Introduc;ontothePowerIndustry Introduc;ontothePowerIndustry

L ESYS-002 ElectricityandElectricalTheory ElectricityandElectricalTheoryACR-060 AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onI AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onI AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onI

L ACR-064 AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onElectricityI AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onElectricityI AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onElectricityIACR-065 AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onElectricityII AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onElectricityII AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onElectricityIIACR-090 BuildingAutoma;onFundamentals BuildingAutoma;onFundamentals

E ARCH-002ACR-078 SafeRefrigerantHandling&Management SafeRefrigerantHandling&Management

L ACR-077ACR-083 AllWeatherHea;ng&CoolingSystems AllWeatherHea;ng&CoolingSystems

E ACR-084 BoilerandHydronicHea;ngACR-091 AdvancedBuildingControlNetworks

C ESYS-021 Residen;alEnergyModelingESYS-033 Residen;alElectricalWiring Residen;alElectricalWiring

T ESYS-034 Ligh;ngEfficiencyTechnologyESYS-035 AdvancedLigh;ngControls

I BIT-001BIT-002

V BIT-004BIT-026

E ESYS-006ESYS-008 Introduc;ontoEnergyStorageESYS-022

C ESYS-011 Residen;alSolarSurveyingandPlanningESYS-012 Residen;alSolarInstalla;on

O ACT-024 RoofingApplica;onsACT-030 PlumbingFundamentals

U ACR-061 AirCondi;oning&Refrigera;onIIACR-080 GasHea;ng

R ACR-092 Bldg.Auto.NetworksandProgramingARCH-001

S ARCH-003ABIT-003

E BIT-025CM-001

S CM-002DRA-002ElecMveUnits 25 31 31 25 25LEGEND

CoreCoursesAppliesto4+cer;ficatesAppliesto3cer;ficatesAppliesto2cer;ficates

CTEUnits 42 48 48 42 42GenEdUnits 21 20 20 20 21

ASDegree 63 68 68 62 63

BESP Entrepreneurship Track BESP Entrepreneurship Track BESP Entrepreneurship Track BESP Entrepreneurship Track BESP Entrepreneurship Track

BUMA-010 Introduc;ontoBusiness Introduc;ontoBusiness Introduc;ontoBusiness Introduc;ontoBusiness Introduc;ontoBusinessBUMA-012 EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologies EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologies EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologies EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologies EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologiesBUMA-020A BusinessLaw1 BusinessLaw1 BusinessLaw1 BusinessLaw1 BusinessLaw1BUMA-027 Marke;ng Marke;ng Marke;ng Marke;ng Marke;ngBUMA-028 SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt. SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt. SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt. SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt. SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt.BUAC-010 Accoun;ngwithQuickBooks Accoun;ngwithQuickBooks Accoun;ngwithQuickBooks Accoun;ngwithQuickBooks Accoun;ngwithQuickBooksAddUnits 18 18 18 18 18

Appendix A:Building and Energy Systems Professional (ZNE) A.S. Degree

CollegeoftheDesert

C Energy Auditor Construction Manager Building Inspector CxT ZNE TechIndustrial Calculations ESYS-004 (3 units) Industrial Calculations ESYS-004 Industrial Calculations ESYS-004 Industrial Calculations ESYS-004 Industrial Calculations ESYS-004

O ZNE Building Science ESYS-005 (4 units) ZNE Building Science ESYS-005 ZNE Building Science ESYS-005 ZNE Building Science ESYS-005 ZNE Building Science ESYS-005

Blueprint Reading ARCH-011 (3 units) Blueprint Reading ARCH-011 Blueprint Reading ARCH-011 Blueprint Reading ARCH-011 Blueprint Reading ARCH-011

R CA Energy Codes BIT-024 (3 units) CA Energy Codes BIT-024 CA Energy Codes BIT-024 CA Energy Codes BIT-024 CA Energy Codes BIT-024

BESP Work Experience (1 unit) BESP Work Experience BESP Work Experience BESP Work Experience BESP Work Experience

E Employability Skills CIS-012 (3 units) Employability Skills CIS-012 Employability Skills CIS-012 Employability Skills CIS-012 Employability Skills CIS-012

Core units: 17 Core units: 17 Core units: 17 Core units: 17 Core units: 17

Ideally4-7unitsaretakeninHighSchool

CIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010 ComputerLiteracyCIS-010ACR-076 Facili;esMaintenance-Chillers

A ACR-075 HVACRSystemsDesign HVACRSystemsDesign HVACRSystemsDesignESYS-001 Introduc;ontothePowerIndustry Introduc;ontothePowerIndustry

L ESYS-002 ElectricityandElectricalTheory ElectricityandElectricalTheoryACR-060

L ACR-064

ACR-065ACR-090 BuildingAutoma;onFundamentals

E ARCH-002 MaterialsandMethodsofConstruc;on MaterialsandMethodsofConstruc;on MaterialsandMethodsofConstruc;on

ACR-078

L ACR-077 EnergyConserva;onMethodsforHVACR EnergyConserva;onMethodsforHVACRACR-083

E ACR-084 BoilerandHydronicHea;ngACR-091 AdvancedBuildingControlNetworks

C ESYS-021 Residen;alEnergyModeling

ESYS-033

T ESYS-034 Ligh;ngEfficiencyTechnology

ESYS-035 AdvancedLigh;ngControls

I BIT-001 CaliforniaBuildingCodes CaliforniaBuildingCodesBIT-002 Building&MechanicalCodes Building&MechanicalCodes

V BIT-004 Building&ElectricalCodes Building&ElectricalCodes

BIT-026 BuildingII&FireCodes BuildingII&FireCodes

E ESYS-006 FundamentalsofBuildingCommissioningESYS-008

ESYS-022 Residen;alEnergyModelingDesignProject

C ESYS-300ESYS-400

O ACT-024ACT-030

U ACR-061

ACR-080

R ACR-092ARCH-001 Introduc;ontoArchitecturalProfessions

S ARCH-003A ArchitecturalPrac;ceIBIT-003 Building&PlumbingCodes

E BIT-025 CaliforniaResiden;alCodes

CM-001 Introduc;onToConstruc;onManagement

S CM-002 IntroToUrbanPlanningDRA-002 AutoCADElecMveUnits 26 30 23 31 20LEGEND

CoreCoursesAppliesto4+cer;ficatesAppliesto3cer;ficatesAppliesto2cer;ficates

CTEUnits 43 47 40 48 37GenEdUnits 20 20 20 20 23

ASDegree 63 67 60 68 60

BESP Entrepreneurship Track BESP Entrepreneurship Track BESP Entrepreneurship Track BESP Entrepreneurship Track BESP Entrepreneurship Track

BUMA-010 Introduc;ontoBusiness Introduc;ontoBusiness Introduc;ontoBusiness Introduc;ontoBusiness Introduc;ontoBusinessBUMA-012 EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologies EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologies EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologies EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologies EntrepreneurialSkillsinAppliedTechnologiesBUMA-020A BusinessLaw1 BusinessLaw1 BusinessLaw1 BusinessLaw1 BusinessLaw1BUMA-027 Marke;ng Marke;ng Marke;ng Marke;ng Marke;ngBUMA-028 SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt. SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt. SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt. SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt. SmallBusiness:DevelopmentandMgmt.BUAC-010 Accoun;ngwithQuickBooks Accoun;ngwithQuickBooks Accoun;ngwithQuickBooks Accoun;ngwithQuickBooks Accoun;ngwithQuickBooksAddUnits 18 18 18 18 18

APPENDIX B: INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION AND POTENTIAL BADGES

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