Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Exam 2017
BEE Exam 2017 Dates: 23rd & 24th September, 2017
BUREAU OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY (BEE)
(A Statutory body under Ministry of Power, Government of India)
18th NATIONAL CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION FOR ENERGY MANAGERS AND ENERGY AUDITORS – SEPTEMBER 2017
The Government of India has enforced The Energy Conservation Act, 2001(No 52 of 2001, 29th September 2001) with effect from 1st March 2002. The Act provides mainly for efficient use of energy and its conservation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. As per the Energy Conservation Act 2001, it is mandatory for all the designated energy consumers to get energy audit conducted by an Accredited Energy Auditor and to designate or appoint an Energy Manager. The Government of India has notified the list of designated consumers and the details are available at the following link:www.beeindia.in
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power, Government of India, is empowered to specify the regulations and mechanism to meet the above objectives. BEE has retained the National Productivity Council (NPC) as the National Certifying Agency, which would conduct the National Level Certification Examination for Energy Managers & Energy Auditors under the aegis of Bureau.
Examination Schedule:
| Paper No | Examination Paper | Examination Date | Time |
| I | General Aspects of Energy Management & Energy Audit. | 23 Sept 2017 | 0930-1230 Hrs |
| II | Energy Efficiency in Thermal Utilities | 23 Sept 2017 | 1400-1700 Hrs |
| III | Energy Efficiency in Electrical Utilities | 24 Sept 2017 | 0930-1230 Hrs |
| IV | Energy Performance Assessment for Equipment & Utility systems (Open Book Examination) | 24 Sept 2017 | 1400-1600 Hrs |
Eligibility Criteria:
a) For Certified Energy Managers (CEM) Exam:
1. a graduate Engineer (Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Technology) or equivalent with three years of work experience involving use of energy in operation, maintenance, planning, etc.; or
2. a post-graduate Engineer (Master of Engineering/Master of Technology) or equivalent with two years of work experience involving use of energy in operation, maintenance, planning, etc.; or
3. a graduate Engineer with post-graduate degree in Management or equivalent with two years of work experience involving use of energy in operation, maintenance, planning, etc.; or
4. a diploma Engineer or equivalent with six years of work experience (after diploma) involving use of energy in operation, maintenance, planning, etc.; or
5. a post-graduate in Physics or Electronics or Chemistry (with Physics and Mathematics at graduation level) with three years of work experience involving use of energy in operation, maintenance, planning, etc.
b) For Certified Energy Auditors (CEA) Exam:
1. a graduate Engineer (Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Technology) or equivalent with three years of work experience involving use of energy in operation, maintenance, planning, etc.; or
2. a post-graduate Engineer (Master of Engineering/Master of Technology) or equivalent with two years of work experience involving use of energy in operation, maintenance, planning, etc.; or
3. a graduate Engineer with post-graduate degree in Management or equivalent with two years of work experience involving use of energy in operation, maintenance, planning, etc.
Examination Papers and Scheme:
a) The examination Papers for Energy Managers and Energy Auditors are given below:
| Paper No | Name of the Paper | Duration | Max Marks |
| I | General Aspects of Energy Management & Energy Audit. | 3 Hrs | 150 |
| II | Energy Efficiency in Thermal Utilities | 3 Hrs | 150 |
| III | Energy Efficiency in Electrical Utilities | 3 Hrs | 150 |
| IV | Energy Performance Assessment for Equipment and Utility systems (Open Book Examination)** | 2 Hrs | 100 |
b) The candidate appearing for Energy Manager Examination has to pass THREE papers, viz., Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III and obtain a minimum of 50% of the maximum marks in each paper.
c) The candidate appearing for Energy Auditor Examination has to pass all the above FOUR papers viz., Paper-I, Paper-II, Paper-III & Paper-IV and obtain a minimum of 50% of the maximum marks in each paper.
d) Question Papers for Energy Manager and Energy Auditor are common for the first three papers viz. Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III. Energy Auditor candidate passing the above three papers shall be eligible for award of Energy Manager Certification.
e) The degree of difficulty in Paper-IV will be comparatively much higher than other papers.
f) Medium of examination is
English.
g) Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III shall consist of objective and descriptive type questions.
h) The Paper-IV for Energy Auditors will be an open book examination and shall consist of descriptive and numerical questions.
** The candidates can refer only the guide books supplied, at the time of their registration, during the paper IV examination. No other reference books and written material will be allowed.
Question Papers: The eligible supplementary candidates registered for 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th exams will be required to write the examinationon 4th edition guide books. The eligible supplementary candidates of 13th, 14th and 15th exams, guide books will be supplied at free of cost (4th edition) for the respective papers for which they apply. Supplementary candidates of 16th & 17th, guide books (4th edition) was supplied at the time of registration.
Validity of the Certificate: The certificate shall be valid for life time until it is cancelled, subject to the condition of attending of an authorized refresher training course of short term duration by the candidate in a designated /approved institute or organization (to be announced by the Bureau) once in a 5 year time period, commencing from the date of award of certificate. A six-month’s grace period will also be provided to the certified energy managers and energy auditors after the expiry of 5-year period. The Candidate will be required to inform the BEE about the attendance of the refresher course on a specified format so that a fresh certificate is issued to the candidate for another 5-year period.
Examination Centres:
a) The proposed centres for conduct of the written examination are: –
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Dehradun, Delhi/NCR, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram and Vadodara.
c) The applicant will have to give three choices of examination centres in the order of preference.
d) If the number of applicants for a particular centre is found to be less than the minimum required number, the examination centre for those applicants can be shifted to next preferred centres
Contact:
National Productivity Council,
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Productivity,
6, Aavin Dairy Road
Ambattur Industrial Estate (North),
Ambattur, Chennai – 600 098.
Phone No: 044 – 26255012
Fax No: 044 – 26255012
Email: aipnpc@vsnl.net, aipnpc@vsnl.com
Website:
www.aipnpc.org,
www.em-ea.org
