Examination Schedule 

a)         The examination Papers for Energy Managers and Energy Auditors are given below:

b)                  The candidate appearing for Energy Manager Examination has to pass all the above
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.

1. 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.  This clause is not applicable to the supplementary candidates of the 1st National Certification Examination for Energy Managers and Energy Auditors conducted in 2004.

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.

i) The syllabus for all the papers is given in Annexure – I.

Bureau of Energy Efficiency has approved the Upgradation of Energy Manager Certification to Energy Auditor Certification. This clause is not applicable to the candidates registered for the 1st National Certification Examination for Energy Managers and Energy Auditors conducted in 2004.

The candidates who have qualified for Energy Manager certification and who fulfill the eligibility criteria for writing the Energy Auditor Certification [Refer item 05 (b)] as given above are eligible for upgrading EM Certification to EA Certification.

The choice for issue of exercising this option to an eligible Certified Energy Manager is restricted within a period of 5 years from the date of issue of his/ her Energy Manager Certification.

Those eligible candidates need to appear only for Paper-4 - Energy Performance Assessment for Equipment and Utility Systems (Open Book Examination). The candidates can register online and send the printout of filled-in application along with the requisite examination fee.

07.       Minimum Marks for Award of Certificates

a)         For Certification of Energy Managers:
i.          50% of the maximum marks in each paper in Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III    

b)         For Certification of Energy Auditors:
i.          50% of the maximum marks in each paper in Paper-I, Paper-II, Paper-III & Paper-IV.         

Note:    1. A candidate qualifying as Certified Energy Auditor automatically qualifies for Certified Energy Manager as well.  Such persons can be considered for appointment or designated as Energy Manager under the EC Act, 2001 by the Designated Consumers.

2. A newly registered candidate shall be required to pass the national examination for the certification of energy managers / energy auditors by appearing in a maximum number of six examinations within six years from the date of registration for national examination in any year.

08.       Supplementary Candidates

A registered candidate, who fails or fails to appear in any one or more papers in his first National Examination, shall be eligible to re-write the same paper(s) by appearing in a maximum number of five subsequent examinations within six years from the date of first registration, by paying prescribed supplementary examination fee. This is also applicable for the candidates registered for the first National Certification Examination conducted in the year 2004.
On the basis of his results of the re-written paper(s), the candidate shall be declared to have passed the examination, provided he secures minimum of 50% marks in each of the re-written papers as applicable.  In case, he does not secure minimum of 50% marks in each re-written paper(s) as stipulated above, he shall be deemed to have failed in the said National Certification Examination for which the candidate has registered.

The candidate, however, shall have the option to apply and register himself as a fresh candidate in subsequent National Certification Examinations.

However, as stated above at 6 (d), Energy Auditor candidates passing the paper I, II and III shall be eligible for award of Energy Manager Certification.  This clause is not applicable to the supplementary candidates of the 1st National Certification Examination for Energy Managers and Energy Auditors conducted in 2004.

09.       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 manager 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.

10.       Revocation of Certificate

The Certificate can be revoked on the ground of proved instances of unprofessional / unethical practices followed by a Certified Energy Manager and Certified Energy Auditor. The Bureau shall constitute a Committee for this purpose, which will investigate the matter.  The concerned Certified Energy Manager and Energy Auditor will be informed of the charges against him and given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of such charges.

11.      Examination Centres

a) The proposed centres for conduct of the written examination are: –

Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi/NCR, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kavarati, Kochi, Kolkatta, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram and Vadodara.

c) The applicant will have to give three choices of examination centres in the order of preference.