This program is offered in multiple terms:
A rush to green is underway, but expertise and integrity are often missing. Green job education is critical at all levels and pathways from green collar to CEO. This program is designed to provide students with the knowledge necessary for a career in energy management and renewable energy technology.
Online courses will emphasize an energy overview, energy efficient technologies, solar alternatives, sustainable back-up heating systems and renewable energy options, energy audits, converting to renewable energy, green sales strategies and concepts, the newest legislation, and new trends.
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<li>Improve knowledge of sustainable energy production and application of green energy production systems.</li>
<li>Take courses online, anytime, anywhere.</li>
<li>A <a href="/Pages/Engine.aspx?id=555">Military Spouse</a> and <a href="/Pages/Engine.aspx?id=550">Workforce Partnership</a> approved program for no cost training.</li>
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<strong>The Certificate</strong><br />
To obtain the certificate complete five courses online: <em>Introduction to Renewable Energy; Converting to Renewable Energy; Energy Efficiency, Evaluation, and Design; Energy Auditing: The Metrics of Green Building;</em> and <em>Environmental Economics and Policy Making.</em><br />
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Would you like to customize your Green courses to better fit your career objectives? If you'd like to customize a program, choose any five courses within the Green Energy Management and Residential and Commercial Sustainable Practices Online Certificates.<br /><br />
<strong>Who Should Enroll</strong><br />
Professionals and individuals interested in and/or involved in the energy field including: design professionals, green sales, architects, contractors, sub-contractors, professionals involved in energy production and consumption, project and facility managers, and individuals wanting a career in the green energy field.<br />
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<strong>For more information call (619) 265-SDSU, or email <a href="mailto:ydevlin@mail.sdsu.edu.">ydevlin@mail.sdsu.edu.</a></strong>
Course Descriptions
GE 0002 Converting to Renewable Energy
In this course, students will come to understand the role of energy in the American economy, and learn to describe the role of renewable energy in strengthening the US economy. Students will also learn why energy efficiency is the most economic of renewable energy sources, learn about energy source costing and how to determine the likely cost per kilowatt-hour of that source, and describe the most common forms of renewable energy. Case studies, videos, and interviews with local companies will showcase renewable energy in their business.
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GE 0003 Energy Auditing: The Metrics of Green Building
Energy audits are one of the most important elements for renewable and low emissions in any building. Building houses and retrofitting existing homes for performance is becoming the norm. This course is designed to give an overview of the purpose of an energy audit, understand the purpose of a diagnosis, and the relevance of Title 24. Students will receive skills and knowledge to help them prepare for audits, and will have hands-on demonstrations of instruments used by an auditor such as the typical equipment used to measure house pressure and air movement.<br /><br />
<a href="http://www.sdsubookstore.com/es/" title="SDSU Bookstore site" target="_blank">The class requires the purchase of textbook materials</a>.
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Satisfied Student
"I just wanted to let you all know that I will be starting a new job next month - as senior project manager with Southern California Edison. I believe that taking these classes, as part of the Green Energy Management Certificate, have helped me transition from the high tech industry into the renewable energy field, which was my main aim.
I am looking forward to the next classes, and hope that I will be able to continue my studies, while relocating and starting a new job!"
- K
CES Green Sustainability Advisory Board
Terry Mohn BAE Systems, Jay Bart Barona Valley Ranch, Judy Muller-Cohn Biomatrica, Inc., Andrea Cook, Terry Clapham, Ashley Watkins California Center for Sustainable Energy, Kim Valenzuela, Dwayne Boettcher Cannon Power Group, Jacques Chirazi, Shaina Brown, Holly Lepre, Lisa Bicker Cleantech San Diego, Lisa Carp, Mark Tholke ENXCO, Courtland Weisleder Greener Dawn, Jennifer Owens Green-Spark, Paul Cleary GRID Alternatives, Ian Gardner Helix Wind, Joseph Lucido Joseph Lucido Assoc. AIA/LEED AP, John Freeman Knight & Carver Wind Group, Carol Roberts Pazzo di Terra, Shari Joyce Pegasus Building Services, Dadla Ponizil Ponizil Energy, Peter MacLaggan Posiedon Resources, Elizabeth M. DeSouza, Ph.D., Brian Herndon, Mike Owen Premium Efficiency Cooling Program, Marty Leavitt Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County, Jason Anderson, Jennifer Henry San Diego EDC, Stephanie Jungersen San Diego North EDC, Vince Mudd San Diego Office Interiors, Elaine Rosenberger San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership, Cheryll Stewart, Larry Purcell San Diego Water Authority, Susan Freeman SANDAG, Sally Muir, Margy Brookes SDG&E, Sempra, Geoffery Chase SDSU, Stephen L. Kapp Siemens Industry, Inc., Dan Sullivan Sullivan Solar Power, Easton Gardner USGBC, San Diego, Jeff Adams Wavecrest, Keith Schneringer Waxie Sanitary Supply, Howard Makler WePower, Reg Javier Workforce Partnership, Dean Joe Shapiro, Wendy Evers SDSU, CES
The College of Extended Studies is a State-approved provider for the Federal Workforce Investment Act for this program.
SDSU Research Foundation Program