BEE Certified Energy Manager study plan

Map the five exam domains to your own plant or facility and list where each energy-management concept shows up in daily operations

Define and compute plant energy intensity, specific energy consumption, and baseline year figures from twelve months of utility bills

Construct a Sankey-style energy balance that separates thermal and electrical energy from source to end use

Rank the top five energy-saving opportunities by annual kWh, annual cost, and simple payback

Prepare a walk-through audit checklist covering steam, compressed air, lighting, motors, and HVAC

Classify instruments used in detailed audits and state accuracy, range, and calibration needs for each

Compute energy savings, investment, payback, IRR, and life-cycle cost for three candidate projects

Draft audit report sections: executive summary, methodology, findings, and recommendations

Calculate boiler efficiency by both direct and indirect (heat-loss) methods and reconcile the difference

Quantify stack losses from flue gas temperature and excess air, and state the effect of each on efficiency

Evaluate steam distribution losses including trap failure, insulation, flash steam, and condensate recovery

Compare furnace and heat-exchanger performance metrics and identify the dominant loss in each

Diagnose compressed-air system inefficiency: leakage rate, pressure drop, artificial demand, and specific power in kW per m3/min

Compute waste-heat recovery potential from flue gas and condensate and size a recuperator duty

Assess cooling-tower and refrigeration performance using approach, range, effectiveness, and COP

Explain the operating principle and application limits of VFDs, economisers, air preheaters, and traps

Compute motor input power, loading, and efficiency from field measurements and decide when replacement pays

Evaluate transformer and distribution losses, power factor, and the economics of capacitor correction

Perform a lighting retrofit calculation covering lux levels, LPD, and annual energy and cost savings

Assess HVAC electrical systems: fan and pump affinity laws, part-load behaviour, and chilled-water optimisation

Explain harmonics, voltage unbalance, and their effect on losses and equipment life

Outline the Energy Conservation Act framework: designated consumers, prescribed thresholds, and obligations

Describe the roles of BEE, state designated agencies, accredited energy auditors, and energy managers

Interpret key performance indicators, PAT cycle targets, and the ESCert trading mechanism

Design an M&V approach for one project using baseline adjustment and routine adjustment concepts

List reporting and compliance duties that fall on a certified energy manager

Apply the Energy Conservation Building Code envelope, lighting, and HVAC requirements to a sample building

Interpret star-rating labels for appliances and explain how label thresholds are set and revised

Compute demand-side management impact: load shifting, peak clipping, and demand-response savings

Evaluate a building envelope and fenestration trade-off using orientation, shading, and U-value reasoning

Compare life-cycle cost of two building design options with different first cost and energy use

Sit two full-length timed mock exams and score each domain separately

Re-derive the ten formulas you missed most often until each is reproduced from memory

Build a one-page formula and unit-conversion sheet covering all five domains

Review every missed question and write the underlying concept in one sentence each