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Building Science Education Series

AIAU25-S-SDBSE
6 Courses 5.00
Course expires on: 04/21/2028
$145
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Description

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series is designed to educate students and working professionals on building science principles that are paramount to the successful design of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. AIAU offers architects and design professionals the opportunity to earn 7.25 LU|HSW credits across six Solar Decathlon Building Science Education courses that aim to educate on:

  • Where/how energy is used in buildings
  • How to define zero energy buildings
  • How to apply the fundamentals of thermodynamics to building envelope design
  • How to explain the science of how/why buildings use energy
  • How to apply this knowledge to design comfortable energy efficient buildings

Brought to you in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

Learning Objectives

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Gain practical experience designing zero energy projects
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Design and describe features that enable or constrain a project's ability to become a zero-energy building
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Discuss strategies to revise a design to reach a zero-energy target through a system-by-system approach
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Revise a residential or commercial building within your portfolio to reach a zero-energy target

Summarize design strategies through narrative as well as by providing key building component specifications

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Courses

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Buildings and Energy

This session from the The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series, presents the fundamental physics of power and energy and discusses how and where buildings use energy. Topics addressed include the impacts of buildings using energy, measuring power and energy, energy flows in the United States, buildings and the electricity grid, reading an electricity bill, and energy codes.

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series is designed to educate students and working professionals on building science principles that are paramount to the successful design of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. AIAU offers architects and design professionals courses that aim to educate on:

Brought to you in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

1.25 LU|HSW
$30
Architect$30

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$45

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Zero Energy Buildings

This session from The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series, is on zero energy buildings introduces their foundational terminology, concepts, and strategies. Topics covered include defining zero energy, understanding site energy vs. source energy, the cost of zero energy buildings, setting goals, historically informed architecture, and passive design strategies.

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series is designed to educate students and working professionals on building science principles that are paramount to the successful design of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. AIAU offers architects and design professionals courses that aim to educate on:

Brought to you in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

1.25 LU|HSW
$30
Architect$30

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$45

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Building Envelope

This session from the The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series discusses thermodynamics and the laws of heat transfer and the application of these concepts to buildings to show how, where, and why heat flows through walls. Topics addressed include Fourier's Law, R-values and insulation, windows and fenestration, infiltration, control layers, and commissioning.  

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series is designed to educate students and working professionals on building science principles that are paramount to the successful design of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. AIAU offers architects and design professionals courses that aim to educate on:

Brought to you in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

2 LU|HSW
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HVAC Systems

This session from the The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series explains why and how to provide heating, ventilation, and air conditioning to buildings. Beginning with a discussion of various efficiency metric and ending with an examination of thermal energy storage, additional topics in this session include COP, SEER. and EERs, heating systems, heat pumps, load calculations, ventilation air, water heating science and technologies, and controls.  

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series is designed to educate students and working professionals on building science principles that are paramount to the successful design of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. AIAU offers architects and design professionals courses that aim to educate on:

Brought to you in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

1.25 LU|HSW
$30
Architect$30

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Lighting

This session from the The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series is an introduction to lighting technologies and their energy impacts. Topics include the history of lighting, lighting technology comparisons, essential terms and definitions, and practical lighting applications.

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series is designed to educate students and working professionals on building science principles that are paramount to the successful design of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. AIAU offers architects and design professionals courses that aim to educate on:

Brought to you in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

1 LU|HSW
$30
Architect$30

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$45

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Plug Loads

This focused nano-session of the The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series discusses plug, process, and other miscellaneous loads in a building to demonstrate why they are an important part of the design problem.

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Building Science Education series is designed to educate students and working professionals on building science principles that are paramount to the successful design of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. AIAU offers architects and design professionals courses that aim to educate on:

Brought to you in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

.5 LU|HSW
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