ACC3042 Energy Management Accounting

Requisites

Pre-requisite: ACC2113

Other requisites

Students are required to have access to a personal computer, email capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at http://www.usq.edu.au/ict/students/standards/default.htm.

Synopsis

Accountants play a key role in energy management and need to be able to make good investment decisions, to control energy consumption and costs and to develop and apply effective energy controlling methods in line with energy legislation. This course provides an introduction to the principles of sustainable energy management accounting underpinned by a foundation level knowledge of energy engineering fundamentals such as thermodynamics and construction physics.

On completion of the course students will have the knowledge and the abilities to calculate energy efficiency measures, and cooperate in energy efficiency projects together with energy scientists and engineers and be able to take the lead role in the financial decisions underpinning investments in energy efficiency.

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