What is Energy Engineering?

Energy engineering is a rather recent engineering discipline that is related to energy, it’s management along with its production. Energy Engineering combines knowledge from Physics, Math, Chemistry, Economic and Environmental engineering.

Energy Engineering Sub Disciplines

Energy engineering has been divided into a number of sub-disciplines which are as follows:

• Energy efficiency
• Energy services
• Facility management
• Plant engineering
• Environmental compliance
• Alternative energy  

Top Energy Engineering Universities

The top three ranked universities when it comes to Energy Engineering are as follows;

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• University of Cambridge  
• Harvard University

Energy Engineering Associations

There are a myriad of associations pertaining to Energy engineering but we shall list only two;

• AEE
• IEEE-PES

Being an Energy Engineer

Being an energy engineer will require you to understand energy and to apply skills in order to boost up the efficiency and develop renewable sources of energy. You will also be required to find out efficient and sustainable ways when it comes to operation of buildings and manufacturing processes. Furthermore, you will be auditing the use of energy and shall suggest improvements that can be made.

Energy Engineer Salary

A Energy Engineer’s average annual salary in USA is $88,000.

Top Energy Engineering Companies

The top three companies pertaining to Energy Engineering are;

• ExxonMobil
• PetroChina
• Royal Dutch Shell

Top Energy Engineering Products

Check out the three top inventions (as per us) that are a result of Energy Engineering.

• Green Homes
• Solar Energy
• Wind Energy