Graduate Certificate in Building Automation System Operations
Ottawa, Canada
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 34,087
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
Develop your awareness of sustainable building operation expertise for a career in the rapidly advancing field.
The Building Automation System Operations Ontario College Graduate Certificate program builds on your industry and educational experience and deepens your understanding of technologies that support the sustainable operation of buildings and ongoing building optimization.
By working with data analysis, you gain the ability to monitor and adjust energy usage and gauge system parameters, alarms, and activities within a building. The program is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to advance in the building technology field.
With increased awareness of sustainable measures and growing energy costs, professionals in this field are moving towards high-performance automated buildings. These Smart buildings are reducing consumption and ensuring comfort, health, and safety.
In this program, you use case studies, hands-on learning, and fieldwork to give you the knowledge to understand and apply skills in relation to building automation systems.
Ideal Students
This program is well suited for individuals who:
- Possess strong critical thinking and analytical skills
- Have an aptitude for technological, electrical, and/or mechanical systems
- Are resourceful, self-motivated, and enjoy challenges
- Are committed to achieving sustainable practices
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the college website for more information.
Curriculum
Level 01
- BSC1204 Automated Building Systems
- CST1206 Systems Programming
- ELE1201 Building Automation Systems
- ELE1202 Power Distribution
- ELE1203 Mechanical Controls
- NET1205 Building Controls Networking
Level 02
- BSC2201 Building Automation Control Systems
- BSC2203 Sustainable Facilities Operations
- BSC2204 Applied Building Automation
- BSC2205 BAS Applied Project
- ENG2202 Instrumentation and Measurement
- MGT2206 Project and Information Administration
Program Outcome
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Conduct building systems assessments to identify issues and opportunities and recommend solutions that maximize building efficiencies
- Use information technology for system interoperability, interconnectedness, and access to achieve synchronized control
- Use benchmarking and best practices in building automation systems to ensure quality in building operations
- Identify and apply discipline-specific practices that contribute to the local and global community through social responsibility, economic commitment, and environmental stewardship
- Prepare, modify, and use technical documents, reports, and proposals to communicate with various audiences in relation to building automation systems
- Facilitate building automation by integrating the electrical, mechanical, and technical systems in building operations to improve overall building performance
- Perform work in alignment with legislation, standards, regulations, and guidelines, to support and maintain the effective operations of building automation systems
- Implement project management tools to monitor resources, timelines, and expenditures in relation to building automation
Career Opportunities
Graduates may be employed as a building automation system operator, building operator, building controls operator, building automation coordinator, building automation process leader, building automation technician, HVAC automation and controls technician, field service technician - building controls or a building automation consultant.
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