Courses

This caters to all who are interested in seriously enhancing their knowledge and exposure to a broad spectrum of commissioning procedures supporting a wide range of residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities.

Learn how to best 'fix what you have'. If you are serious about transformative energy upgrades in existing residential and commercial buildings up to 45,000 square feet this course is right for you.

A step-by-step guide to designing zero net energy buildings, including energy modeling, architectural drawings, and construction strategies with expert Marc Rosenbaum.

This thirty-minute lecture describes what it takes to build zero net energy buildings. It provides builders with an honest look at the benefits, challenges, and economics of zero net energy projects.

Marc Rosenbaum looks at the potential for battery storage to greatly increase the fraction of a house’s annual load that can be served onsite by solar electricity.

Ann Edminster discusses Zero Energy Homes, economic considerations, minimizing building energy needs, occupant energy uses and renewable energy systems in this course.

In this 32-minute video, Marc Rosenbaum provides an overview of a residential deep energy retrofit project.

Learn about the key principles to integrate solar solutions into architecture in this free course from the Architectural Solar Association.

Learn the latest about heat pumps that can supply heat at temperatures as low as -15°F and how to understand ratings and manufacturers' data so you can confidently select the proper system.

Learn about one of the most sustainable and resilient buildings ever constructed, the 544,000 sf Harvard Science and Engineering Complex.

This presentation is for architects, builders, and others who want a better understanding about how buildings interact thermally with the ground and how to calculate heat loss to the ground.