• Understand climate, sustainability, and energy policies plus codes/standards (ASHRAE, IECC, ISO 50001) to guide compliant reporting and decision-making.
• Analyze energy units, procurement, tariffs, and rate structures to evaluate supply options, manage demand charges, and reduce point-of-use energy costs.
• Apply energy audit approaches and instrumentation basics to measure energy and power, track KPIs, and identify energy management measures for facilities.
• Evaluate energy accounting and project economics using time value of money, escalation, depreciation, and methods such as NPV, IRR, LCC, and payback analysis.
• Understand electrical power systems, power factor, motors, and drives to improve efficiency, address power quality, and optimize motor applications for savings.
• Design and assess lighting performance using photometric concepts, standards, retrofits, and controls to optimize visual comfort and energy efficiency results.
• Analyze HVAC systems and building envelope fundamentals to estimate loads, use psychrometrics, and identify efficiency opportunities through design choices.
• Implement building automation and controls concepts, including PID strategies, protocols, EIS, IoT, and AI, to monitor, optimize, and secure energy performance.
• Design and evaluate thermal and electric energy storage strategies, including chilled water, ice, PCM, sizing, and operating approaches with clear limitations.
• Analyze boiler and steam system performance using combustion efficiency, HHV/LHV, economizers, steam traps, condensate return, and heat recovery options.
• Evaluate distributed generation and renewable energy systems, including CHP, solar, microgrids, and building-to-grid integration to improve resilient supply.
• Optimize industrial energy systems by applying principles for pumps, compressed air, process steam, turbines, refrigeration, and waste heat recovery options.
• Implement operations, maintenance, and commissioning practices to quantify losses, improve reliability, and sustain energy performance through verification.
• Apply performance contracting and M&V fundamentals to structure ESPC/UESC projects, assess risk, calculate avoided cost, and verify savings with protocols.

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence

Certified Energy Management Professional (CEMP) is a structured professional development program for engineers, facility and operations teams, energy analysts, sustainability practitioners, and managers who are responsible for improving energy performance in buildings and industrial settings. It is designed for learners who want a coherent pathway from foundational concepts to advanced professional practice—moving beyond fragmented knowledge toward a disciplined, organization-ready approach to energy management.

In today’s operating environment, energy management sits at the intersection of financial performance, reliability, sustainability commitments, and regulatory or stakeholder expectations. Organizations are expected to understand how energy is used, where waste occurs, and how improvement decisions are justified and verified. This course supports professionals who want to contribute credibly by developing the ability to evaluate energy use systematically, prioritize energy efficiency actions responsibly, and support performance improvement that can be maintained over time.

Completion of the program reflects an understanding of energy management as a continuous, measurable responsibility—grounded in standards awareness, monitoring, and structured decision-making. Learners develop the capability to interpret energy and operational information, translate findings into practical recommendations, and communicate clearly with both technical teams and management. The goal is not only to recognize improvement opportunities, but to assess them using consistent methods that support sound planning and accountability.

The course places strong emphasis on real-world relevance: how energy performance is monitored, how audits inform improvement planning, and how organizations align technical actions with business objectives. It also supports a professional mindset of continuous improvement, reinforcing the importance of documented processes, credible evaluation, and measurement and verification principles that help ensure decisions remain defensible in practice.

For individual professionals, CEMP provides a structured route to strengthen credibility and broaden capability in energy efficiency, audit-informed planning, monitoring, and performance evaluation. For organizations, it supports internal capacity building, improved coordination across teams, and stronger alignment between sustainability objectives and operational performance. Whether your aim is to improve facility efficiency, reduce avoidable energy costs, or build a disciplined energy performance program, Certified Energy Management Professional (CEMP) offers a clear framework for responsible energy management practice.

Disclaimer: This is an independent energy management training and exam-preparation course. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by AEEor the owners of the Certified Energy Manager (CEM) credential.Successful completion of this course earns an Accrevia Certificate of Completion—a verifiable credential with a unique QR code and Certificate ID that employers and organizations can use to confirm authenticity.

Who this course is for:

• Engineering & Technical Energy Roles: For electrical, mechanical, and energy engineers, technicians, and analysts who want a structured, end-to-end view of energy systems—from motors and power quality to HVAC, lighting, and industrial utilities—so they can identify and evaluate efficiency opportunities with confidence.
• Facilities, Operations & Maintenance Teams: For facility managers, building engineers, O&M supervisors, and utility coordinators responsible for day-to-day performance. This course supports practical capability in monitoring usage, reducing losses, improving equipment performance, and sustaining results through maintenance and commissioning practices.
• Energy Auditing, Monitoring & Performance Improvement: For energy auditors and practitioners working with audits, measurement, and KPIs. Participants strengthen their approach to audit levels, instrumentation concepts, data interpretation, and prioritizing energy management measures that are grounded in verifiable performance.
• Sustainability, ESG & Decarbonization Practitioners:For sustainability leads and ESG-aligned roles who need a technical understanding of how policies, GHG accounting, and energy standards connect to real operational improvements—supporting credible reporting and practical progress toward decarbonization goals.
• Project, Finance & Decision-Makers for Energy Initiatives: For project managers, operations leaders, and professionals involved in budgeting and approvals. The course builds capability in energy accounting and economics—using concepts such as lifecycle cost, NPV/IRR, and payback—to compare options and make investment decisions transparently.
• Building Automation, Controls & Energy Information Systems Professionals: For BAS/controls engineers, energy managers, and those working with energy information systems, IoT, and optimization. Learners gain a clearer foundation in control strategies, integration concepts, and managing performance while considering cyber-security and IT coordination.
• Early-Career Learners Entering Energy Management: For students and fresh graduates seeking a comprehensive foundation across energy management topics, including standards, audits, building and industrial systems, and measurement and verification—helpful for understanding how energy performance work is structured in practice.