Program Goals

A graduate of this major should be able to:

• apply safe practices to the installation and troubleshooting of modern building automation systems.?
• analyze interoperability and energy management as they apply to vertically and horizontally integrated building control systems
• use general-purpose software and specific building automation software to monitor and control a building HVACR system and building electrical systems
• explain the function, operating characteristics, and appropriate applications of basic control loops and control modes as found in direct digital, analog electronic, electric and pneumatic commercial control systems.
• given a sequence of control, lay out a control system logic diagram and program it into a DDC controller.
• demonstrate an understanding of the commissioning, re-commissioning and retro-commissioning processes and how they apply to different phases of a building's existence.
• demonstrate functional knowledge of networks, network devices, and network software.
• enhance industry professionalism skills such as work ethic, communication, time management, problem solving, working on a team, building self-confidence, accept and learn from criticism and flexibility/adaptability
• install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair commercial building automation systems