Solar Technology

Course Outline
Upon completion of this course you will be able to answer questions and solve problems involving application of sun, wind and light to architectural design to save energy generated by other sources. The course covers: analysis techniques, design strategies and strategies for supplementing passive systems. Contents of the course are used daily, on the job, by architects, engineers, builders and home owners committed to preserving a green planet by using natural available energy for sustaining human life in buildings as far as possible. This is a single stream course. There are different number of lessons as well as examinations within this course.

Topics of study covered within this course include the following:

• Analysis Techniques
• Climate as a Context
• Program and Use
• Form and Envelope
• Combining Climate, Program and Form
• Electric and Hot Water Loads
• Design Strategies
• Building Groups
• Buildings
• Building Parts
• Strategies for Supplementing Passive Systems

Duration
Approximately 20 hours

Text Books
The text books required for this course are outlined below and can be purchased through any online book supplier:
ISBN#: 0-471-34877-5
ISBN#: 0-916571-05-X

Prerequisites
None

Cost
$699.00