AEE Certified Energy Auditor study plan

Write a scope-and-boundary statement for a mock 200,000 ft2 office audit that explicitly lists which systems, fuels, and tenant spaces are in or out of scope

Build a level-of-effort table that maps Level 1, 2, and 3 audit deliverables to estimated auditor hours and cost

Reconstruct a 12-month energy baseline from 24 months of mock utility bills, normalizing for weather and occupancy and flagging billing anomalies

Rank the mock facility's end uses by annual cost and produce a Pareto chart identifying the top three loads

Assemble a data-collection checklist covering interval meter data, nameplate inventory, operating schedules, and measurement instrumentation

Compute simple payback, internal rate of return, and 15-year life-cycle cost for three energy conservation measures using a 6% discount rate

Run a sensitivity analysis on each measure varying fuel escalation from 0% to 6% per year and record where rankings change

Build a screening spreadsheet that ranks at least six candidate measures by net present value and annual savings-to-investment ratio

Calculate lighting power density and illuminance for a mock floor plan and compare the results to code allowances

Compute annual energy and demand savings for a fluorescent-to-LED retrofit including ballast factor, lamp lumens per watt, and control savings

Estimate envelope conduction and infiltration loads for a wall/roof/window assembly using U-factors and degree days

Recommend three envelope or lighting measures and quantify each measure's savings with stated assumptions

Perform a simplified cooling and heating load check on a mock building and compare the result to installed equipment capacity

Calculate chiller, boiler, and fan system efficiency metrics including kW/ton, combustion efficiency, and fan power per cfm

Compute domestic hot water demand from fixture counts and estimate storage and recovery savings from a setpoint and insulation retrofit

Diagnose three common HVAC and DHW faults from a supplied sequence of operating data and state the corrective action for each

Determine motor load and operating hours using slip, current, and power measurements and compare the three methods

Apply the affinity laws to calculate fan and pump energy savings from a 20% flow reduction with and without a variable frequency drive

Estimate compressed air leak load in cfm using a no-load run-up test and compute specific power in kW per 100 cfm

Evaluate rewind versus replace economics for a failed 100 hp motor using efficiency and annual hours

Map a mock BAS point list to control sequences and identify three scheduling or reset strategies that reduce run hours

Analyze a two-week trend log to find simultaneous heating and cooling and quantify the wasted energy

Size a rooftop photovoltaic array and a battery storage system for a mock load profile and compute levelized cost of energy

Compare two alternative generation options against grid supply on a 20-year net present value basis, including demand-charge reduction

Build a fleet fuel and utilization baseline from mock odometer and fuel-card data and rank vehicles by cost per mile

Evaluate an electric vehicle replacement and an anti-idling policy using payback and emissions reduction

Re-read the audit strategy notes and revise the week 1 scope statement to reflect everything learned in weeks 2 through 6

Compile a single formula and unit-conversion reference sheet covering all twelve domains

Complete two full-length timed practice exams and record the score by domain

Re-drill the two lowest-scoring domains using targeted problem sets until each reaches at least 80% accuracy

Recite from memory the calculation methods for payback, NPV, LCC, LPD, kW/ton, and specific power

Assemble a one-page exam-day checklist of formulas, unit conversions, and common distractor traps