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Applied Smart Buildings & Building Automation Engineering Professional Program

Learn to design and operate real building automation systems — BACnet integration, DDC controllers, HVAC and lighting control sequences, metering, digital twins, fault detection, analytics, and BAS cybersecurity.

21 modules and 5 complete real-project case studies, with worked calculations, field documentation, and a certificate of completion.

21 Modules5 Real Projects12-Template KitQuizzesFinal ExamCertificate

Foundations

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Module 1🔒
Smart Buildings Fundamentals

What makes a building "smart" and the BAS as its central nervous system.

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Module 2🔒
Building Automation Systems

BAS architecture across field, controller, supervisory, and enterprise levels.

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Module 3🔒
BACnet

Objects, services, BACnet/IP vs. MS/TP, and multi-vendor interoperability.

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Module 4🔒
DDC Controllers

Controller types, I/O, programming, and selection criteria.

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Module 5🔒
HVAC Control Sequences

AHU, VAV, and central plant sequences of operation.

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Module 6🔒
Lighting Controls

Occupancy sensing, daylight harvesting, dimming, and code drivers.

Energy & Data

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Module 7🔒
Metering

Submetering strategy, meter types, and tenant billing allocation.

Module 8🔒
Energy Management

M&V methodology, demand response, and utility rate-driven control.

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Module 9🔒
Digital Twins

Live, data-connected models vs. static BIM, and real use cases.

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Module 10🔒
Fault Detection & Diagnostics

Rule-based FDD, common fault libraries, and alarm triage.

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Module 11🔒
Building Analytics

KPIs, benchmarking, and turning trend data into work orders.

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Module 12🔒
Smart Sensors & IoT Devices

Wireless sensor networks, multi-sensor devices, and placement.

Delivery & Optimization

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Module 13🔒
System Integration

Integrating fire alarm, access control, elevators, and lighting.

Module 14🔒
Commissioning

Functional performance testing and continuous commissioning.

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Module 15🔒
Cybersecurity

BAS/OT network segmentation and securing legacy protocols.

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Module 16🔒
Building Optimization Strategy

Portfolio prioritization, ROI, and model predictive control.

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Module 17🔒
Troubleshooting

A systematic methodology for real BAS diagnostic scenarios.

Real Projects

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Module 18🔒
Office Building BAS Retrofit

A phased legacy-to-BACnet/IP retrofit with measured energy savings.

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Module 18🔒
Multi-Building Campus Metering Rollout

A 17-building submetering deployment with billing allocation.

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Module 18🔒
Hospital HVAC Fault Detection & Diagnostics Upgrade

Critical-space pressure-relationship FDD with alarm prioritization.

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Module 18🔒
BAS Cybersecurity Hardening

Assessing and remediating an internet-exposed corporate BAS.

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Module 18🔒
Multi-Tenant Digital Twin & Analytics Deployment

A high-rise digital twin integrating BAS, IoT, and BIM data.

Resources & Certification

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Module 19🔒
Professional Practice

Career paths, CEM/LEED AP/Niagara credentials, and salary ranges.

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Module 20🔒
Documentation & Resource Kit

A downloadable kit of 12 real project templates.

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Module 21🔒
Practice & Certification

A comprehensive review and your certificate of completion.

What's in the downloadable kit?

12 real project templates — a points list, sequence of operations, BACnet integration checklist, commissioning functional test checklist, energy baseline & M&V calculation sheet, fault detection rule set, cybersecurity hardening checklist, network architecture checklist, RFI template, punch list, an as-built documentation checklist, and an O&M manual outline. Available for download from Module 20 (Documentation & Resource Kit) once you've unlocked the program.

Coming later: sample BAS front-end screenshots and video demonstrations. Not included in this release.