Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Entrance
Exam to become Energy Manager (EM) or Energy Auditor (EA)
:
As per the
Energy Conservation Act 2001, it is mandatory for the designated
consumers to get energy audit conducted
by an Accredited Energy Auditor [under clause 14(h) and
140)] and to designate or appoint an Energy Manager [under
clause
14(1)]. BEE has been empowered to specify the qualification
criteria and procedures for the certification of Energy
Managers and qualifications for Accredited Energy Auditors-
The passing of the National level certification examination
is the qualification for an energy manager to be appointed
or designated as Certified Energy Manager For accreditation
of energy auditors, certification of energy auditor may
be one of the prerequisites besides other criterions before
an energy auditor is considered for accreditation, it will
be the accredited energy auditor who will be allowed to
conduct
the mandatory energy audit under the Energy Conservation
Act 2001 and not the certified energy auditor.
For
Energy Managers :
-
A Graduate
Engineer (Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Technology)
or equivalent
with" three
years of work experience involving use of energy in
operation maintenance, planning, etc; or
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A Post-Graduate
Engineer
(Master of Engineering / Master of Technology)
or equivalent with two years of work experience involving
use of
energy in operation, maintenance, planning,
etc.; or
-
A Graduate
Engineer with Post-Graduate degree in
Management or equivalent with two years of work experience
involving
use of energy
in operation, maintenance, planning,
etc.; or
-
A
Diploma Engineer or equivalent with
six years of work experience
involving use of energy in operation,
maintenance, planning, etc.; or
-
A Post-Graduate
in
Physics or Electronics
or Chemistry (with Physics and
Mathematics at graduate level)
with three years of work experience
involving use of energy in operation, maintenance,
planning,
etc.
Note:
(1)
Training period will not be considered as Experience.
(2)
Candidates without requisite experience
are not eligible
to appear for the examination.
National Certifying
Agency:
BEE has retained
National Productivity Council (NPC) as the National Certifying
Agency to conduct
and administer the National Certification
Examination
for Energy Managers and Energy Auditors.
Examination
Schedul : November
Proposed
Examination Centres (for written examination) : Ahmedabad,
Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh,
Chennai, Cochin,
Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad,
Jabalpur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur,
Patna, Pune, Raipur, Tiruvananthapuram & Vadodara
Examination will contain the
following papers :
Paper-1
: General Aspects of
Energy Management & Energy
Audit for EM & EA
Paper-2 : Energy Efficiency in Thermal Utilities for
EM & EA
Paper-3 : Energy Efficiency in Electrical Utilities for
EM & EA
Paper-4 : Energy Performance Assessment for Equipment & Utility
Systems (open book examination) for EA.
a) For the certification
of energy Managers, the candidate has to appear in Three
Papers of written examination
viz., Paper-1, Paper-2 and Paper-3 b) For the Certification
of
Energy Auditors, the candidate has to appear in all
the above Four Papers of written examination. c) Paper
1,2
and 3 are common for Energy Managers & Energy Auditors.
Any candidate, qualifying in these three papers will
be eligible for Energy Manager Certification. For Energy
Auditor
Certification, the candidate has to qualify in all
the four papers. The degree of difficulty in paper
4 will
be comparatively much higher than other papers. d)
For up
gradation of EM certifications to EA certifications
please refer to the Prospectus.
Prospectus & on-line Registration : Prospectus can
be downloaded from www.aipnpc.org and Registration has
to be done on-line at www.aipnpc.org as per the instructions
given in the website.
Links to the above website are also
available at www.energymanagertraininq.com and www.bee-india.nic.in
