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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Agreed on both accounts. I found that it was a difficult test to study for, and you either know the stuff or not from modeling experience and general HVAC theory. I spent a good amount of time reading through the listed references and study material (what I had access to anyhow), and while much of it was useful and interesting, I don’t think it really contributed to my being able to answer the questions correctly. Unfortunately, this probably isn’t very helpful, but it was my experience and seems to have been Kristy’s as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The most difficult thing I found about the test was the short time in which to answer all the questions. Towards the end when I realized that I was falling behind the pace, I simply had to guess at some questions with long write-ups or calculations involved. I do believe the test format included the ability to flag a question for later and skip it, which would be good for long questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Riley Beise</span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>, P.Eng., BEMP</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Energy Analyst</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>AME Consulting Group</span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:green'>721 Johnson Street</span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:green'>Victoria, BC, V8W 1M8</span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:green'>p. 250-382-5999</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Walson, Kristy [mailto:kristy.walson@tlc-eng.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 20, 2013 5:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Caballero, Catalina'; 'Jose L. Correa'; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] ASHRAE, BEMP Certification<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The following advice worked well for me:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sit down and read the stuff on this page <a href="http://www.ashrae.org/certification/page/2491">http://www.ashrae.org/certification/page/2491</a> :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The list of study items on pgs 6 & 7 of the Guidebook are overkill. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Do go over Appendix G and Chapter 11 of 90.1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Open up the ASHRAE 2009 Fundamental handbook and read through Chapter 7 Fundamentals of Control, and Chapter 19 Energy Estimating and Modeling Methods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kristy M. Walson, PE, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Associate / Sustainability Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#333333'>407-487-1118<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Caballero, Catalina<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 20, 2013 8:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Jose L. Correa'; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] ASHRAE, BEMP Certification<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I would like to join to the same request from Jose Luis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Catalina Caballero, AIA. 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(305) 594-0660 Ext. 217 Fax (305) 594-0907</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=497 valign=top style='width:373.1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Visit us online: <a href="http://www.jalrw.com/">www.jalrw.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=210 height=78 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE6DCD.25B9F430" alt="JALRW Logo"> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=79 height=79 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01CE6DCD.25B9F430" alt="member_blk"></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=497 valign=top style='width:373.1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>HVAC - Electrical - Plumbing - Fire Protection<br>Sustainable Development - Commissioning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=499 valign=top style='width:5.2in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the email to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jose L. Correa<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] ASHRAE, BEMP Certification<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-CO style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-CO style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-CO style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>José Luis Correa Guzmán. Ing., MSc, LEED AP O+M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-CO style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Analista Energético<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-CO><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>