CEFP CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Demand Side Energy Management (DSM) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Involves actions that
influence how much energy is consumed or when the energy is consumed. The goal is to
reduce energy consumed during peak periods or to move it to off-peak periods."
2. Supply Side Energy Management (SSM) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Refers to activities on the
utility's side of the meter (or outside the building) and how energy is delivered to the
facility. Installation of an energy generating source on campus is an example."
3. Stormwater Management (SWM) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Goes beyond a traditional
stormwater drainage system to include elements of water quality control and
environmental enhancement. The goal of is to consider runoff as a resource while
providing protection to people, property, and existing water resources (including surface
water and groundwater) and related natural environments (both terrestrial and
aquatic)."
4. Central Plant System - CORRECT ANSWER -"Comprised of a single location where steam,
chilled water, electricity, or another utility is generated and distributed to multiple
buildings."
5. Cogeneration - CORRECT ANSWER -"The simultaneous production of two forms of useful
energy, usually thermal energy and electrical or mechanical energy. In a typical utility
plant cycle, steam expended in the electric generation process simply is cooled and
condensed by use of a cooling tower or water-cooled condenser. In cogeneration, steam
expended in the electric generation process is also used for heating and cooling."
6. Distributed Plant System - CORRECT ANSWER -"A system that has the heating and
cooling generation equipment in each building and usually serves the building it is in and
no others."
, 7. Electrical Distribution Systems - CORRECT ANSWER -"College and university systems
generally consist of (1) a switching station for receiving the electricity into the university
system, (2) switching substations (which include transformers), (3) high-voltage
conductor circuits, (4) electric power generation, and (5) system protection."
8. Thermal Energy Storage (TES) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Uses chilled water or ice instead of
electricity to shift electric consumption to cheaper, off-peak hours."
9. Central Monitoring Systems and Direct Digital Control (CMCS/DDC) - CORRECT ANSWER -
"Provides a network of sensors and actuators used to control energy consumption (e.g.
temperatures and air volumes) in a building or campus from a digital controller located
in almost every room served by the HVAC system."
10. Electromechanical Energy - CORRECT ANSWER -"Conversion of electrical energy to
mechanical energy (and vice versa) using an electric motor or generator."
11. Energy Service Company (ESCO) - CORRECT ANSWER -"A business that develops, designs,
installs, and may finance energy conservation and efficiency projects."
12. Photovoltaic (PV) Cells - CORRECT ANSWER -"Generates electrical power by converting
solar radiation (sunlight) into direct current electricity using semiconductors that exhibit
the photovoltaic effect."
13. Biomass - CORRECT ANSWER -"Examples include wood chips, municipal solid waste,
pelletized mixed biomass (which can be a combination of paper, wood, corn stover,
switch grass, etc.)"
14. Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Allows both voice and
traditional internet data traffic to be supported over a single physical cable plant
designed to carry internet data traffic."
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Demand Side Energy Management (DSM) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Involves actions that
influence how much energy is consumed or when the energy is consumed. The goal is to
reduce energy consumed during peak periods or to move it to off-peak periods."
2. Supply Side Energy Management (SSM) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Refers to activities on the
utility's side of the meter (or outside the building) and how energy is delivered to the
facility. Installation of an energy generating source on campus is an example."
3. Stormwater Management (SWM) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Goes beyond a traditional
stormwater drainage system to include elements of water quality control and
environmental enhancement. The goal of is to consider runoff as a resource while
providing protection to people, property, and existing water resources (including surface
water and groundwater) and related natural environments (both terrestrial and
aquatic)."
4. Central Plant System - CORRECT ANSWER -"Comprised of a single location where steam,
chilled water, electricity, or another utility is generated and distributed to multiple
buildings."
5. Cogeneration - CORRECT ANSWER -"The simultaneous production of two forms of useful
energy, usually thermal energy and electrical or mechanical energy. In a typical utility
plant cycle, steam expended in the electric generation process simply is cooled and
condensed by use of a cooling tower or water-cooled condenser. In cogeneration, steam
expended in the electric generation process is also used for heating and cooling."
6. Distributed Plant System - CORRECT ANSWER -"A system that has the heating and
cooling generation equipment in each building and usually serves the building it is in and
no others."
, 7. Electrical Distribution Systems - CORRECT ANSWER -"College and university systems
generally consist of (1) a switching station for receiving the electricity into the university
system, (2) switching substations (which include transformers), (3) high-voltage
conductor circuits, (4) electric power generation, and (5) system protection."
8. Thermal Energy Storage (TES) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Uses chilled water or ice instead of
electricity to shift electric consumption to cheaper, off-peak hours."
9. Central Monitoring Systems and Direct Digital Control (CMCS/DDC) - CORRECT ANSWER -
"Provides a network of sensors and actuators used to control energy consumption (e.g.
temperatures and air volumes) in a building or campus from a digital controller located
in almost every room served by the HVAC system."
10. Electromechanical Energy - CORRECT ANSWER -"Conversion of electrical energy to
mechanical energy (and vice versa) using an electric motor or generator."
11. Energy Service Company (ESCO) - CORRECT ANSWER -"A business that develops, designs,
installs, and may finance energy conservation and efficiency projects."
12. Photovoltaic (PV) Cells - CORRECT ANSWER -"Generates electrical power by converting
solar radiation (sunlight) into direct current electricity using semiconductors that exhibit
the photovoltaic effect."
13. Biomass - CORRECT ANSWER -"Examples include wood chips, municipal solid waste,
pelletized mixed biomass (which can be a combination of paper, wood, corn stover,
switch grass, etc.)"
14. Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) - CORRECT ANSWER -"Allows both voice and
traditional internet data traffic to be supported over a single physical cable plant
designed to carry internet data traffic."
