Leonard Greer, PE, CEM, LEED AP O+M

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Energy Engineering

Contact author at:
lsgreer@gmail.com
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Petit Lancy, GE CH1213
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US phone: 1 865 259-7160

Leonard Greer is an international consulting energy engineer and the principal and founder of Resource Analytics Services, LLC. He received his BSME (Mechanical Engineering) with high honors from the University of Tennessee in 1981. He has extensive experience with many facets of the energy industry, from national-level policy analysis to utility scale production, down to plant-wide maintenance and component-level renovations. He also won a scholarship to obtain a MSME from the University of Hawaii in 1992 based on laboratory work that led to a publication in the International Journal of Heat and Mass.

As the former national energy planner for the South Pacific Island State of Tuvalu, and a research engineer at the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research, he chronicled in detail the deployment and development of renewable energy sources (wind, solar, etc.) across the Pacific. Furthermore, he has wide-ranging practical experience with facility energy management, and was the Resource Efficiency Manager for a US Air Force base that achieved a US Air Force Energy Conservation Award in 2007.

Beyond working as a trainer for nuclear power plant control room operators, Leonard Greer also developed an entire training program for a biometric security start-up with offices in Europe. He is a full member of the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), as well as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is a Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the states of Indiana and Tennessee, and is a Certified Green Building Engineer and a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) by the Association of Energy Engineers. Furthermore, he is an Accredited Professional of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Building Rating System with the specialization of Operation and Maintenance (LEED AP O+M).

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181-Introduction to Small-Scale Wind Project Design

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4 $90.00

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Course Objectives: 1. Summarize common terminology of the different types of wind turbines, as well as their relative merits and shortcomings.
2. Use the �Fundamental Equation of Wind Power� for realistic back-of-the-envelope power output projections and identifying practical limitations.
3. Familiarization with the nature (but not the detailed mathematics) of typical wind distribution regimes, such as the Weibull and Raleigh distributions.
4. Cognizance of wind energy project planning issues and show-stoppers, which if initially overlooked, could result in project cancellations.

Course Description:

This course covers the fundamentals of Wind Power technology, providing a practical "quick study" to those who need to (or desire to) become knowledgeable on this topic. Professional Engineers often find that they themselves need to "get real smart, real quick" on wind power, since it is not unusual that they are often the first to be asked by a client or employer to assess if more energy, time, or money should be devoted to investigating the feasibility of a proposed wind project.

By successfully completing this course, you should be comfortable performing fundamental wind energy projections with the sparse and incomplete data often available during preliminary project discussions, as well as become cognizant of pit-falls and show-stoppers that plague initial forays into this field. The goal is to equip the student so he or she will be able to provide a technically-sound reply when asked if a proposed wind power project warrants further evaluation at some additional effort or expense.

Note: This course has been approved for 4 GBCI CE hours for LEED Professionals; GBCI Course ID: 0920018312

Future Courses by Leonard Greer, PE, CEM, LEED AP O+M

Energy Engineering Overseas — Matching US Energy codes to European requirements
Updates of LEED requirements for existing buildings — Incorporating version 4, which was just released in November, 2013
Energy Audits of Commercial/Government Businesses