[Equest-users] ASHRAE, BEMP Certification

[Steve Jacobs]

I agree that experience/common sense is going to be most help. It isn't 
like the LEED exam where they want you to regurgitate a bunch of random 
numbers/criteria. A lot of the questions are common situational/modeling 
approach questions. There are questions about the best way to trouble 
shoot results. There are some calculation questions that a pretty easy 
is you know your basic heat transfer formulas. There are some questions 
on different data analysis types that I didn't really have a good grasp 
on. I finished with about 30 minutes to spare, but I didn't spend much 
time on questions I didn't know.

I don't know what the passing score is, but I ended up in the high 80s 
without studying. I wouldn't say the exam is easy, but if you have a 
couple year of modeling experience I would expect you would pass it 
pretty easily.

- Austin

On 6/20/2013 9:25 AM, PKConsulting wrote:
> I had the exact same experience as you Kristy.   I am a slower reader 
> and that was the greatest challenge for me too with the number of 
> questions to complete.
>
> The suggested reading material was overkill and not actually relevant. 
>  Having Exposure and experience to many energy modeling situations was 
> the best benefit for myself to pass the exam.
>
> Pasha
> Ph: 308-763-1593
>
> On Jun 20, 2013, at 6:57 AM, "Walson, Kristy" 
> <kristy.walson at tlc-eng.com <mailto:kristy.walson at tlc-eng.com>> wrote:
>
>> The following advice worked well for me:
>>
>> Sit down and  read the stuff on this page 
>> http://www.ashrae.org/certification/page/2491 :
>>
>> ·The list of study items on pgs 6 & 7 of the Guidebook are overkill.
>>
>> ·Do go over Appendix G and Chapter 11 of 90.1
>>
>> ·Open up the ASHRAE 2009 Fundamental handbook and read through 
>> Chapter 7 Fundamentals of Control, and Chapter 19 Energy Estimating 
>> and Modeling Methods
>>
>> ·If you have it handy go ahead and look through the ASHRAE 2011 HVAC 
>> Application handbook and go through Chapters 41 and 42, Building 
>> Energy Monitoring and Supervisory Control Strategies and Optimization
>>
>> Really, though, the test is mostly common sense and anyone that does 
>> energy models regularly should do fine.  The biggest challenge for me 
>> was the number of questions.  I didn't feel there was enough time 
>> allotted for the number of questions asked, so you might want to do 
>> some practice tests where you do your best to brush up on your speed 
>> reading skills. J
>>
>> *Kristy M. Walson, PE, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP*
>>
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>> *Subject:* [Equest-users] ASHRAE, BEMP Certification
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Could you advice on tips, literature, topics to review or anything 
>> else to improve my chances to pass the BEMP Certification exam? It 
>> would be also great to hear from BEMP holders.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> José Luis Correa Guzmán. Ing., MSc, LEED AP O+M
>>
>> Analista Energético
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