The NEEI

The Northwest Energy Education Institute (NEEI) offers both standard and custom learning opportunities throughout the Northwest for practicing professionals in the energy industry, including an energy management certification program

NEEI has provided energy efficiency training and development throughout the Northwest region since 1998. Participants have included technicians, contractors, engineers, architects, consultants, utility personnel, and energy managers.

Career Opportunities

One-of-a-kind 2 Year Degrees

Our 2 year degrees are designed to train and quickly place our graduates into new careers within the energy industry. Inclusive curriculum's highlight the importance of sustainability, energy efficiency, conservation and the pursuit of renewable energy sources.

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Certification Equals High Returns on Your Investment.

A certificate from NEEI can significantly enhance your credentials and your value in the marketplace. Because our instructors are real practitioners, course information is timely and directly useful to you. Classes provide knowledge and skills that are directly applicable within your workplace.

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Customized Solutions

Customized Solutions

Professional training for industry. NEEI has provided training nationally and internationally for over 15 years and is able to utilize instructors from our network of industry experts.

Let us craft a custom curiculum to suit your specific needs.

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What's New?

Commercial Efficiency Book

Energy-Efficient Operation of Commercial Buildings: Redefining the Energy Manager’s Job

by Peter Herzog

Peter Herzog’s excellent reference, Energy Efficient Operation of Commercial Buildings, is back in print and available through NEEI.

Today’s commercial buildings are complex super-systems that rely, not only on the efficient operation of individual equipment components, but on sub-systems of these components, and on control systems. Over time components and systems tend to wander from their design operational points and controls tend to drift from their set-points. Typically this means less efficient operation and greater energy and operation costs. Often this decreased performance goes unnoticed.

In Peter Herzog’s words: “Most people assume that standard operating and maintenance practices will ensure energy efficiency, but the truth is that very few facilities have processes in place to ensure energy-efficient operation. As a result, most facilities needlessly waste 10 to 25 percent of the energy they purchase.”

In 197 well-written pages, amply and creatively illustrated by John Carmody, Energy- Efficient Operation of Commercial Buildings lays out a simple and logical process for ensuring operation efficiency of typical building systems. The process is amplified through numerous examples and flow charts.

Peter Herzog provides a method, analysis techniques, and the step-by-step guidance that will permit a facility operator or energy manager to tap into the same energy and cost savings available to paid performance contractors – while keeping the savings in house.

This is a must-have book for anyone operating a building. NEEI has arranged with the author to make available a soft cover, spiral bound edition of this book at the affordable price of $65.00 plus shipping and handling. If you’d like to order a copy, contact us at 541-463-4729.
 

“We do OK with most parts of everyday reality: if someone asked us to guess how much time it'll take to get to the store, or how much a car weighs, or how tall a house is, we'll probably be pretty close. But ask us about energy, and we can be wrong by many orders of magnitude.”
-Clark Williams-Derry

Recognition

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Last Update: January 1st, 2010
The waiting list for Fall 2010 Energy Management Program has expanded and is accepting additional applicants. The water program has openings in their program available for 2010 and have no waiting list. Please stay in touch with us as some people may drop their names from the waiting list as we get closer to the beginning of Fall Term 2010.

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Northwest Energy Education Institute
Science Division-Lane Community College
4000 East 30th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon

Phone: 1-541-463-3977 or 1-800-769-9687
Fax: 1-541-463-4723

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