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Eastern Edge Robotics: Technical Report
No full textThis 25-page report, provided by Memorial University of Newfoundland, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Eastern Edge team for the Explorer Class of the 2024 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM students to build underwater ROVs to complete challenges. The competition is split into the following classes based on build complexity: Explorer, Ranger, Pioneer, and Navigator, and Scout.The report begins with an abstract introducing Eastern Edge and their ROV followed by a discussion of teamwork and project management. Next, the Design Rationale section goes into detail on the design and construction of the ROV, highlighting vehicle structure, the electrical control system, software used, propulsion, buoyancy and ballast, and ROV tools. Also discussed are testing and troubleshooting strategies, ROV and team safety, and accounting. The following appendices are included:Safety Checklist for OperationsSafety Checklist for ConstructionProject ScheduleBudget TableSystem Integration DocumentManuals for each competition class and technical reports from other teams are available to view separately
Overview of AI in the Building Controls Environment
No full textIn this video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center, Doug Hampton presents on applications for AI (artificial intelligence) in HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems. This presentation was held at the 2025 BEST Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education. Hampton discusses potential benefits of using AI for HVAC systems, including optimizing energy consumption, reducing maintenance costs, and improving indoor air quality. The presentation details specific applications, such as predictive maintenance, adaptive control, fault detection, and occupancy sensing.This video runs 00:21:49 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately
Energy System in Transition: Valuing Investments in Reliability and Resilience
No full textThis video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center features a presentation by Pete Larsen, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This presentation was given at the 2025 BEST Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education.During the presentation, Larsen discusses changes in the electricity sector in the United States, using Montana as a case study. The presentation describes the potential impacts these changes may have on the reliability and resilience of the electrical grid. Larsen shares risk management strategies that businesses, households, and the public sector can use to prepare for power disruptions.This video runs 00:43:06 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately
Supercomputing Resources for Higher Education
No full textThis video from the National Cybersecurity Training and Education (NCyTE) Center features a panel presentation on BRICCs (Building Research Innovation at Community Colleges), an initiative to increase cyberinfrastructure (CI) adoption at community colleges. This panel was held at the NCyTE Monthly Member Meeting.Dhruva Chakravorty, PI (Principal Investigator) at Texas A&M University, discussed the challenges faced by community colleges in adopting CI, the benefits of cross-institutional collaboration, and the strategies BRICCs implements to support these institutions. Tabitha Samuel, PI at the National Institute for Computational Sciences, presented on the ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support) program and the NAIRR (National Artificial Intelligence Resource) pilot.This video runs 00:55:11 minutes in length. Other NCyTE Monthly Member Meetings are available to view separately
Introducing a New Course on AI Security, Privacy, and Governance
No full textThis video from the National Cybersecurity Training and Education (NCyTE) Center features a presentation by Margaret Leary, PhD, cybersecurity consultant with ASRC (Arctic Slope Regional Corporation) Federal. This presentation was given at an NCyTE Monthly Member Meeting. Leary provides an overview of "an undergraduate course addressing ethical, security, privacy, and governance challenges" in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Leary describes learning objectives, modules, instructional materials, and planned updates for this course.This video runs 00:50:39 minutes in length. Other NCyTE Monthly Member Meetings are available to view separately
VLSM & Right Sizing Network
No full textThis video from the National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center (NCyTE), in partnership with the National Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA), features an overview from Erich Spengler of Moraine Valley Community College of how educators can incorporate VLSM (variable-length subnet masking) and right-sizing networks into their lesson plans. Spengler discusses instructional strategies and how to convey the difference between "classical subnetting" and VLSM to students.This video runs 00:04:39 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately
ENRG 53: Utility Rates, Benchmarking & Financial Analysis
No full textProgram Description:The Commercial Building Energy Analysis and Audits program at City College of San Francisco prepares students to conduct energy audits, evaluate building systems for efficiency, analyze energy data, and apply financial and business strategies in audit reporting. The program is divided into 15 modular courses designed for a community college level student. These courses are adaptable and can be selected, reorganized, or offered in a shorter format to suit individuals with experience in construction, architecture, HVAC, building operations, or mechanical engineering.Course Description:This course, from the BEST Center and City College of San Francisco, focuses on utility rates, benchmarking, and financial analysis. Students study utility rate types and charges, benchmarking tools such as EnergyStar Portfolio Manager and LBNL’s Energy IQ, methods for estimating costs, and calculating the financial benefits of recommended energy efficiency projects. In completing the course, students will be able to:Compare tariff and rate schedules used by utilities to determine customer energy bills,Use multiple tools to analyze billing data for commercial buildings,Assess the impact of building type, climate and occupancy patterns and tenant use on commercial building energy use,Use benchmarking tools to compare the Energy Use Intensity of buildings of similar type and climate, and illustrate typical energy use patterns of specific facility types, anddetermine the cost of various energy efficiency measures, and calculate the value of them using various metrics.Course Contents:Course resources include a course outline, three PowerPoint presentations, two benchmarking reference documents, and a resource list. The 5-page course outline includes a course description, learning outcomes, and a detailed course topics outline. Topics include: utility rate structures, building energy consumption benchmarking, energy and economics, and cost estimation. Sections detailing the types of in-class and out-of-class assignments required and other textbooks and resources are also included.The Understanding Utility Rates PowerPoint presentation covers rates and tariffs for energy utilities, Time-Varying Pricing, PG&E electric and natural gas schedules, and other utilities in California.The benchmarking presentation covers the goal of benchmarking, the Energy Star Portfolio Manager, other benchmarking tools, and benchmarking projects.The presentation on financial analysis offers an introduction to economics and cost, basic project evaluation, additional elements of project and asset evaluation, as well as risk, capital and decision making with other factors.Two benchmarking reference documents are provided, Benchmarking: What’s your building’s energy IQ, from the U.S. Department of Energy, and a Benchmarking Tools Matrix.A resource list is also provided for the course. This offers resources on rates/tariffs, electric schedules, and gas schedules.For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with the ENRG 53_Course Outline_cc.pdf, which offers a description of the course as well as an overview of topics covered through a course outline.Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.ENRG-53-Rates-Benchmark-Final-Analysis (13 files, 10.2 MB)Utility Rates, Benchmarking and Financial Analysis (1_Understanding Utility Rates.pdf 1.8 MB)Utility Rates, Benchmarking and Financial Analysis (1_Understanding Utility Rates.ppt 2 MB)Benchmarking (2_Benchmarking.pdf 393 KB)Benchmarking (2_Benchmarking.ppt 310 KB)Introduction to economics and cost (3_Financial Analysis.pdf 608 KB)Introduction to economics and cost (3_Financial Analysis.ppt 461 KB)Benchmarking: What's your building's energy IQ?(Benchmarking - LBNL.pdf 3.6 MB)Benchmarking: What's your building's energy IQ? (Benchmarking Tools Matrix.pdf 233 KB)Course Outline (ENRG 53_Course Outline.docx 27 KB)Course Outline (ENRG 53_Course Outline.pdf 403 KB)Resource List (Resource List.docx 16 KBResource List (Resource List.pdf 299 KB
Building Automation Systems: Program Development
No full textThis collection includes resources from the Building Automation Systems (BAS) program at Georgia Pedmont Technical College (GPTC). These resources include a 33-page guide and six program development documents from the B.E.S.T. Center 2013 Winter Workshop. This program prepares students for a career in BAS industry. After completing the program, students should be "... capable of marketing, installing, designing, servicing, and troubleshooting complex controls systems."The program guide includes a table of contents, a catalog description, the program design rationale and key elements, learning outcomes, and three appendices. The appendices include Curriculum for Degree Option, Curriculum for Diploma Option, and Required Textbooks.The workshop resources include four presentations and two related documents. The presentations include GPTC BAS Program Structure, GPTC BAS Program Core Competencies, GPT BAS Program Development Case Study, and Sample Project Assignments and Exercises. The presentations provide additional information about the BAS program, including its development, degree options, core courses, program structure, college-level competencies, program-specific core competencies, course-level competencies, sample projects for each course, and more.The other related documents include Materials of GPTC BUAS Program and GPTC BAS Program Structure. These resources include a list of textbooks and tools used for the courses.Individual course guides are available to view separately.Below is a list of files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.2013-BAS-Workshop_GPTC-Program (7 files, 20.9 MB)BAS Program Core Competencies (2013-BAS-Workshop-GPTC-Core-Competencies-B.-Lovell_cc.pdf 613 KB)GPTC BAS Program Development Case Study (2013-BAS-Workshop-GPTC-Program-Development-B.-Lovell_cc.pdf 10.6 MB)Materials of GPTC BUAS Program (2013-BAS-Workshop-GPTC-Program-List-of-Books_cc.pdf 297 KB)GPTC BAS Program Structure - List of Tools (2013-BAS-Workshop-GPTC-Program-List-of-Tools_cc.pdf 507KB)GPTC BAS Program Structure (2013-BAS-Workshop-GPTC-Program-Structure-B.-Lovell_cc.pdf 936 KB)Sample Project Assignments and Exercises (2013-BAS-Workshop-GPTC-Sample-Project-Assignments-B.-Lovell_cc.pdf 7.8 MB
BAS Industry Trends and Workforce Needs
No full textThis video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) center features a presentation by Jerry Neely, General Manager at Schneider Electric. This presentation was given at the 2025 BEST Center Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education. Neely outlines the role decarbonization plays in the BAS (building automation systems) industry. The speaker describes how increased demand for retrofitting existing buildings has led to more opportunities in this field. Neely describes other industry trends, including wireless solutions, SaaS (software as a service), achieving net zero, and cloud-based models.This video runs 00:26:06 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately
Smart Load Control: Current Options to Avoid Panel Upgrades
No full textThis video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center features a presentation by Alex Sloan, Vice President of Operations at Electrify My Home. This presentation was given at the 2025 BEST Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education.During the presentation, Sloan provides an overview of Electrify My Home, a firm focused on "electrification solutions" for California homeowners, defines electrical infrastructure, and identifies the significance of panels. The speaker also discusses meeting the National Electric Code (NEC), challenges in panel upgrades, safety considerations, and potential solutions for "full" panels, including implementing a "watt diet" for appliances.This video runs 00:21:25 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately