UMaine to Host Two Energy Management Seminars
Contact: Scott Dunning, (207) 581-2341; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777
ORONO, Maine – Energy management is the focus of two upcoming seminars next month at the University of Maine.
On May 18, UMaine will offer a one-day seminar from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on energy management. The session is targeted at managers who wish to develop a plan for reducing energy costs in their facility, and will include information on strategically determining building upgrades, lighting improvements, common issues that lead to poor performance, and heating and cooling systems.
Participants can receive seven Professional Development Hours toward the state’s professional engineering education requirement. All participants will receive a workbook with copies of the presentation.
The cost for this session is $275, with the optional text an additional $95. Catered lunch is included with the registration fee.
For those seeking more in-depth training on energy management, a three-day seminar will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 19-21. This session will cover a variety of opportunities for energy savings in commercial and industrial facilities, and participants can earn 21 Professional Development Hours toward the state’s professional engineering education requirement.
The cost for this session is $750, with the optional text, “The Facility Manager’s Guide to Energy Management” by Albert Thumann and Dunning, costing an additional $95. Catered lunch is included daily with the registration fee.
Both sessions will be held at UMaine’s Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall and will be led by Scott Dunning, director of UMaine’s School of Engineering Technology.
Dunning is recognized as a national expert in energy efficiency and serves as one of six key instructors for the Association of Energy Engineers providing training for Certified Energy Managers. As founding director of UMaine’s Industrial Assessment Center, he has led more than 200 industrial assessments of facilities throughout New England. He also has authored many papers on industrial energy efficiency, and previously served as a program manager at the U.S. Department of Energy in charge of supervising the Office of Industrial Technologies response to the requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
For more information or to register, contact UMaine’s Conference Services Division at (207) 581-4092, or visit www.umaine.edu/conferences.