Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Financial Analysis of Energy Efficiency Projects - Intermediate

In this 2.5 hour online Financial Analysis of Energy Projects - Intermediate course, students without a finance background will learn how to successfully navigate the financial metrics in energy efficiency projects. This intermediate course focuses on concepts such as project budgeting, modeling cash inflows and outflows and understanding financial terminologies.

In the rapidly expanding energy efficiency market, having a grasp of financial analysis is important for project managers. With rebates, life-cycle costs and incentives obscuring the true costs of project implementation, it's important for energy professionals to understand how to oversee projects from start to finish.

Upon successful completion, students can expect to be e-mailed a course certificate within 3 to 4 business days.

Who Should Take this Financial Analysis of Energy Projects - Intermediate Course?

• Project Developers
• Project Managers
• Engineers
• Energy Efficiency Product Vendors
• Energy Professionals

Topics to be Covered:

• SPP, ROI, IRR, MIRR, and Other Financial Terminology
• Financial Metrics for Mutually Exclusive and Non-Mutually Exclusive Settings
• Popular Metrics vs Proper Metrics
• Calculating Metrics for Expense-Reducing Projects

Syllabus

Outline:

1. Introduction
2. Moving From “Popular” to “Proper” Metrics to Drive Better Decisions
3. Relationship Between Present Value and Future Value
4. Finding the Right Numbers and Putting Them in the Right Place
5. Building Intuition and Sanity-Checking Financial Analyses
6. Applying the Metrics to Simple Scenarios
7. Generating Financial Analyses for Packages of Projects
8. Commercial Real Estate Effects: Who Pays/Benefits
9. Funding Projects
10. BONUS: Incorporating Business Acumen when Preparing Financial Analyses