Agenda

Registration:                        8:30 – 9:00 am

Morning Session:                9:00 am – 12:15 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:15 – 1:15 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:15 – 4:30 pm

Pipe and Boiler Insulation

    Cost of fuels, oil, gas, electric
   Heat losses from uninsulated piping
   Heat losses from insulated piping
   Case study – cost of insulation
   Payback periods

The Low Pressure Steam Heating System

   High pressure goes to low pressure – always
   Water seeks its own level – sometimes
   Near boiler piping – the place where problems are born
   What you should know about the Hartford Loop
   How to size replacement steam boilers
   One-pipe steam – a matter of detail
   It’s all in the venting
   Two-pipe steam – a matter of control
   A steam heating trap primer
   What you need to know about condensate and boiler feed pumps
   Vacuum: friend or foe?
   Controlling the boiler water level
   Water hammer – know thy enemy
   Vapor systems
   Cleaning the internals of a steam heating system

Credits

Professional Engineers
     6.0 CPC Credits/PDHs

Architects
     6.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
     6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.0 CPC credits/PDHs to professional engineers and 6.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).

This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey architects. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.

This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors; it has not been approved in any state that has a contractor continuing education requirement.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Daniel Karpen

Professional engineer and consultant in Huntington, NY
Mr. Karpen is a licensed professional engineer in New York. He has more than 20 years of experience in HVAC and energy conservation consulting. His strong background in the physical sciences and technology, combined with a knowledge of government procedures, provides a foundation for getting practical results quickly. Mr. Karpen is recognized nationally for his innovations in a wide range of energy conservation areas. Much of his work has been in the development of energy conservation management plans in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Karpen has a B.S. degree from the University of Washington, an M.A. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and an M.B.A. degree from Adelphi University. He has eight U.S. patents and two Canadian patents relating to lighting and energy conservation. Mr. Karpen is an experienced energy conservation engineer, and he has worked on making changes to engineered plans and specifications for both residential and commercial work to make structures and their systems more energy efficient.

CD/Manual Price: $289.00

Currently, our self-study products DO NOT qualify for AIA, LACES, ASLA or CLARB credit.

HalfMoon will mail you these materials via USPS. Please allow 5 weeks from the date of purchase to receive your product. If the live seminar is in the future, please allow 5 weeks from the date of the live seminar.

The CD/Manual package includes an audio recording of a live seminar on CDs, along with a bound copy of the manual that was distributed at the seminar. The manual contains written materials prepared by the seminar speaker(s).

The CDs contain embedded number codes, which you are required to document and return to HalfMoon if you wish to obtain a certificate of completion for the program. The acceptance of self-administered continuing education activities vary widely between states and professions. Before undertaking any self-study effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.

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