[Bldg-sim] Bldg-sim Digest, Vol 78, Issue 5 - BEMP exam

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Hi All,

I would like to respectfully say that out of all the times this question
(regarding the BEMP exam) is asked on this forum or other forums atleast
50% of the time there are experienced professionals whose reply is in some
way elitist or condescending. Almost as if the person asking this question
is in some way asking for a cheat sheet or a short cut to ace the exam.

Ultimately, its not the 20 year experienced guy who is doing the load
calculations/ energy models day in and day out. Its mostly the 2-10 year
experienced professional who actively engages in energy modeling 90% of the
time.If we can all agree that passing this exam means that you understand
your concepts and have experience then people hoping to prepare for it must
be encouraged. This should be done with the view that the overall quality
of energy modeling industry stands to benefit from younger people wanting
to prepare for this exam.

For some people, the prep time maybe 6 months to a year or even more for
some. No harm in asking for resources to polish your concepts or
information regarding the mindset to ace the exam or even the order of
answering questions. No one is looking for easy way out or a cheat sheet,
just some guidance on what the exam is about and for some first hand
experience description.

While most experienced professionals talk about how the quality of energy
modeling is suffering due to garbage in and out, it is sometimes the very
same people who unintentionally discourage others when such questions are
asked in the forum. The forum itself has been built to provide guidance and
answer questions for everyone's benefit, so why be that jerk!

Even if the exam is hard and needs hands on experience combined with
understanding of concepts, I would love for the seniors to
caution/encourage younger peers with lesser experience to go ahead and
prepare for it and provide encouragement if nothing else.

Respectfully


Ramya Shivkumar


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> To: "bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org" <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 10:09:50 +0300
> Subject: [Bldg-sim] Key Tips for Passing ASHRAE Certified Building Energy
> Modeling Professional (BEMP) Exam
> Dear All,
>
> I would be grateful if guys who passed the BEMP exam could share their
> tips for passing the exam and their recommendations. how much calculations
> involved? kind of question techniques?, etc.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Wahid H. Mohamed, LEED AP (BD+C)
> Mechanical Project Engineer, Energy Modeler
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jeff Haberl <jhaberl at tamu.edu>
> To: Wahid Hamed <wahid.hamed at gmail.com>, "bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org"
> <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 14:33:00 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Key Tips for Passing ASHRAE Certified Building
> Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) Exam
>
> Wahid,
>
>
>
> The ASHRAE BEMP exam is a very hard exam that tests a person(s) knowledge
> about building energy modeling -- all aspects. To this extent it was
> created by modelers to REALLY test one's modeling skills. So, it should
> really be a test of what you know. This is because it is supposed to
> "certify" that someone actually knows something.
>
>
>
> Hence, I don't think it is appropriate for you to ask for "help" from
> others on the Bldg-sim list server.
>
>
>
> If you need help studying for the exam, I suggest you contact IBPSA USA
> and/or others who offer courses and workshops that help one prepare for the
> test.
>
>
>
> Sorry to be such a jerk.
>
>
>
> Jeff
>
>
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> 8=?
> Jeff S. Haberl, Ph.D.,P.E.inactive,FASHRAE,FIBPSA,......jhaberl at tamu.edu<........jhaberl at tamu.edu>
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> *From:* Bldg-sim [bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] on behalf of
> Wahid Hamed [wahid.hamed at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 08, 2014 2:09 AM
> *To:* bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Bldg-sim] Key Tips for Passing ASHRAE Certified Building
> Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) Exam
>
>   Dear All,
>
>  I would be grateful if guys who passed the BEMP exam could share their
> tips for passing the exam and their recommendations. how much calculations
> involved? kind of question techniques?, etc.
>
>
>    Regards,
>
>
>  Wahid H. Mohamed, LEED AP (BD+C)
>  Mechanical Project Engineer, Energy Modeler
>
>
>
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> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 10:42:19 -0400
> Subject: [Bldg-sim] [IBPSA-NYC] 5th Part of the Series: Innovative Ways to
> Visualize Building Performance Data
>
> IBPSA-NYC’s series of talks titled ‘Innovative Ways to Visualize Building
> Performance Data’ explores an often under discussed topic of visualizing
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> Lyra: An Interactive Visualization Design Environment
>
>
> Lyra is an interactive environment that enables custom visualization
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> interface for iterative visual specification of data transformations and
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>
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>
> http://github.com/uwdata/lyra/
>
>
> Speaker Bio:
>
>
> Arvind Satyanarayan is a Computer Science PhD student at Stanford
> University. He works with Prof. Jeffrey Heer on tools to make custom
> visualization accessible to a non-technical audience. Arvind is also Chief
> Architect at Apropose, Inc., a Bay Area start-up he co-founded to build
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> Pallavi Mantha
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Wahid Hamed <wahid.hamed at gmail.com>
> To: Jeff Haberl <jhaberl at tamu.edu>, dionisiofranca at gmail.com
> Cc: "bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org" <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 18:11:32 +0300
> Subject: [Bldg-sim] Key Tips for Passing ASHRAE Certified Building Energy
> Modeling Professional (BEMP) Exam
> Thank you Dionisio and Jeff,
>
> I went through the subgroup of IBPSA on linkedin and really it has a very
> valuable recommendations.
>
> Jeff,
>
> Actually, I am preparing myself in different aspects of energy modeling
> competencies,  real practice through on-going projects, reviewing relative
> standards and guidelines, studying suggested materials and resources, and
> from more skills and experts practitioners getting tips and recommendations
> either in modeling practice itself, reference resources, or
> exam strategies testing building energy modeling knowledge (= help).
>
> Really, I appreciate your feedback and would thank you being brought
> my attention to how much the exam very hard and needs skilled people with
> good knowledge about building energy modeling.
>
> On the other hand, the BEMP exam's eligibility requirements have been met
> as I have 10+ years extensive mechanical design & build experience on
> conventional and sustainable buildings, in addition to more than 2 years
> experience in building energy modeling for LEED projects.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Wahid H. Mohamed, LEED AP BD+C
> Mechanical Project Engineer, Energy Modeler
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Jeff Haberl <jhaberl at tamu.edu> wrote:
>
>>  Wahid,
>>
>>
>>
>> The ASHRAE BEMP exam is a very hard exam that tests a person(s) knowledge
>> about building energy modeling -- all aspects. To this extent it was
>> created by modelers to REALLY test one's modeling skills. So, it should
>> really be a test of what you know. This is because it is supposed to
>> "certify" that someone actually knows something.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hence, I don't think it is appropriate for you to ask for "help" from
>> others on the Bldg-sim list server.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you need help studying for the exam, I suggest you contact IBPSA USA
>> and/or others who offer courses and workshops that help one prepare for the
>> test.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry to be such a jerk.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>  8=!  8=)  :=)  8=)  ;=)  8=)  8=(  8=)  8=()  8=)  8=|  8=)  :=')  8=)
>> 8=?
>> Jeff S. Haberl, Ph.D.,P.E.inactive,FASHRAE,FIBPSA,......jhaberl at tamu.edu<........jhaberl at tamu.edu>
>> Professor........................................................................Office
>> Ph: 979-845-6507
>> Department of Architecture............................................Lab
>> Ph:979-845-6065
>> Energy Systems Laboratory...........................................FAX:
>> 979-862-2457
>> Texas A&M
>> University...................................................77843-3581
>> College Station, Texas, USA, 77843..............................URL:
>> www.esl.tamu.edu
>> 8=/  8=)  :=)  8=)  ;=)  8=)  8=()  8=)  :=)  8=)  8=!  8=)  8=? 8=) 8=0
>>   ------------------------------
>> *From:* Bldg-sim [bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] on behalf of
>> Wahid Hamed [wahid.hamed at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, May 08, 2014 2:09 AM
>> *To:* bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
>> *Subject:* [Bldg-sim] Key Tips for Passing ASHRAE Certified Building
>> Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) Exam
>>
>>   Dear All,
>>
>>  I would be grateful if guys who passed the BEMP exam could share their
>> tips for passing the exam and their recommendations. how much calculations
>> involved? kind of question techniques?, etc.
>>
>>
>>    Regards,
>>
>>
>>  Wahid H. Mohamed, LEED AP (BD+C)
>>  Mechanical Project Engineer, Energy Modeler
>>
>>
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