California Community Colleges System Courses

Special Projects in Engineering

This course involves individual special reading, writing, or study projects in engineering as determined in consultation with the instructor.

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

Solar Energy Systems

This course explores the use of solar energy to supply heat and electricity to buildings. Specific topics include the basics of solar radiation and geometry, the thermal and electrical energy requirem

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

Energy Efficient Buildings

This course provides a general overview of energy-efficient buildings, with a specific emphasis on residential and small commercial buildings. Specific topics include energy efficiency design concepts

• California Community Colleges System
• 60 hours
• Paid Course

Building Automation Systems

This course examines detailed strategies and principles associated with building operation systems and controls. The course covers building automation systems and associated software analytics and exa

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

Environmental Resource Management and Pollution Prevention: Air, Water and Land

This course explores environmental protection (pollution control and prevention) and resource management, focusing on air, water, and land resources. Focus areas include the scientific, legal, technic

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Environmental Resource Management and Pollution Prevention: Energy, Chemicals and Waste

This course explores environmental protection (pollution control and prevention) and resource management, focusing on energy and chemical production and its use, and the prevention and management of s

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Environmental Management Tools: Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Performance Reporting

This course examines Environmental Management Systems (systematic approaches, such as ISO 14001, used to achieve both regulatory compliance and "beyond compliance" environmental improvement within bus

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Environmental Management Tools: CEQA and Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs)

This course examines the "CEQA process" with particular emphasis on Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), which are used as a means to identify, assess, mitigate (as feasible), and then publicly disclo

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Environmental Management Tools: Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)

This course examines Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), which are used to assess (prior to their sale or redevelopment/ reuse) commercial, light industrial, and "brownfield" sites for significant

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Environmental Management Tools: Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Design Principles

This course examines Industrial Ecology (applying the lessons of nature to industrial processes, products, and systems) and associated sustainable design concepts, principles, and tools (such as Life

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Introduction to Facilities Management

This course introduces the key concepts of facility management that range from the role the facility manager plays in the organization to the skill sets and competencies required to effectively perfor

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

Passive Solar Buildings

This course explores the use of solar energy to passively heat and cool buildings. Specific topics include passive solar design strategies and principles, solar radiation and geometry, shading analysi

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

Introduction to Environmental Health

This is an introductory course in the field of environmental health - a branch of public health dealing with the effects of environmental hazards. Topics covered in this course include air and water p

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Global Environmental Policy

An overview of global environmental policies relating to the global commons, sustainable development theory and other environmental themes. A discussion of historic and current policies such as conven

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 hours
• Paid Course

Introduction to Energy Management

This course is an overview of strategies to assist in preparing an energy management action plan for your organization and staff. The strategies include model board policy, administrative guidelines,

• California Community Colleges System
• 24 hours
• Paid Course