Building Operators' Certificate Program
Learn how to become more energy efficient, how to improve the air quality, and how to install the most appropriate lighting. Do you have the correct a/c units for the size of the facility, and are they working properly? Is your building up to code? Find out what it takes and much more when you register for our Building Operators' Program. Our course is unique in that each instructor specializes in the field he teaches.
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Our Instructors
Ed Weiss
Mr. Weiss has a distinguished background in Power Quality Engineering for the past 33 years and is a published author, seminar speaker, holds two P.Q. related patents and is currently President of Applied Power Quality Solutions.
Don Happ
Mr. Happ is the owner of D.H. Lighting Solutions, a lighting design and consultation firm for commercial, industrial and public projects. He is Past President and an instructor for the Arizona section, Illuminating Engineering Society, a CEM, certified by the EPA and holds LC certification in lighting.
Steve Holmquist
Working for several Fortune 500 companies over the last 37 years, Steve is experienced in every phase of facilities management, construction, maintenance, production systems and system integration projects from planning to completion. Expert level knowledge and proficiency in critical building infrastructure design, construction, manufacturing and operations. Designed and managed construction of data centers, industrial and commercial buildings and the systems that reside within these facilities.
Vic Pietkiewicz
Mr. Pietkiewicz has over 45 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry. He is the Owner of Dove Valley Services, LLC a consultant to the construction industry. Previously he owned his own air-conditioning company. Many of his years included creating training programs for mechanical and electrical engineers, managers, estimators, construction workers, and technicians.
Marc Ramirez
Marc Ramirez has worked in the electrical industry for over 50 years. He owned and operated Mr. Electric Service Co., Inc. located in Hicksville, New York focusing primarily on service, sold the company and retired in 2001. With over 40 years of business experience in service operations management, he was recruited by Hatfield-Reynolds Electric, an IES Company, as V.P. of Service Operations from 2001 - 2008. He has been an adjunct faculty member of Gateway Community College teaching the third year Electrical Apprenticeship Program for the IEC Arizona Chapter from 2006 till 2017 and is a member of the IEC Safety & Codes and Standards Committee. He served as principle member of the NFPA National Electrical Code Panel 17 from 1993 to 2014, and an OSHA Authorized Construction 10/30 hour Trainer.
Derrick Denis
As a practitioner, inventor, educator and volunteer, Mr. Denis has provided professional environmental health and safety (EH&S), industrial hygiene (IH) and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) services for over 27 years and 20,000 projects domestically and abroad. He has served 21 years as V.P. of IEQ with the environmental consulting firm Clark Seif Clark, Inc. Mr. Denis is an inventor of Sewer Gas Solutions, a product preventing sewer gas infiltration by inhibiting the evaporation of water from plumbing traps. His history of volunteerism included positions on numerous Boards of Directors for IEQ Industry Organizations (e.g. IAQA, EIA-AZ, ACAC, etc.). Mr. Denis is currently Phoenix IAQA Chapter Director. He holds a B.S. degree in Environmental Science and numerous relevant certifications/accreditations (e.g. CIEC, CEOP, CIAQP, CAC, etc.). Mr. Denis has instructed hundreds of IEQ-related educational sessions around the world. He has provided expertise on numerous legal cases. He has appeared on television, been quoted in major & local newspapers, authored many industry articles, and published in peer-reviewed scientific literature. Mr. Denis is the industrial hygienist for the Disaster Ready Emergency Preparedness and Infection Control Program (DR EPIC) in Arizona.
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