BEMP Exam

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Dear All,

I hope you don't mind that this is a bit off topic, but I believe there
should be some people who have taken the BEMP exam here.

Can exam takers provide some sample questions to give an idea about the
difficulty of this exam? I am not sure about the level of detail the
questions go into. Is reading and understanding everything once
sufficient or should things like equations etc. be memorized? There is
so much information in the ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook, I am not sure
how to be selective regarding the chapters.

Also, for other people who might be preparing, ASHRAE published an Exam
Study Guide for this, which is available for purchase on its website. It
provides a bit more information about which chapters of the reference
material are relevant, but I find the study guide also not very
indicative of the level of detail they want.

Thank you,

Omer Moltay

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Not sure if anyone answered your question, but I recently took the BEMP exam. My synopsis is that if you do energy modeling regularly for your job, then the questions are not difficult. My biggest challenge was that I felt there were too many questions for the time allotted. I didn't have a chance to actually read and calculate every question. I ended up passing, but felt very short on time. I hope this helps you set your test-taking strategy.

Kristy M. Walson, PE, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP

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Hi Kristy,

Thanks for the information. Your response now made me worry about the
calculation part. What kind of calculations are required and does this
mean that various equations have to be memorized? Just going through the
ASHRAE Fundamentals section these days (especially Chapter 19 and the
other chapters on heating / cooling load calculations), are there any
questions that would require memorization of the information here?

Greetings,

Omer Moltay

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