The consensus among experts is that the earth's climate is warming, and human activities, including energy use in buildings, play a significant role. This course is designed to help home builders understand how energy is used in construction and how to design and build homes for high energy performance.
By the end of the course, you will gain insights into energy-efficient building practices and be informed about upcoming trends and strategies for enhancing home designs to meet future energy standards while having an understanding of the requirements of the Energy and Atmosphere category of LEED v4 Building Design and Construction (BD+C).
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the relationship between building energy use and the larger issues of climate change and environmental degradation.
- Recall the current sources of energy for buildings and their environmental effects.
- Describe how buildings use energy, the variables affecting their energy efficiency, and how energy can be produced by buildings.
- Restate how digital models are used in high-performance building design and how commissioning and maintenance affect actual results.