Courses

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.

Join the growing community of radically responsible industry stewards using Hempcrete, a bio-composite material created from the woody core of the hemp plant combined with a lime-based binder.

This free course employs case studies to illustrate the integrative design process—with its focus on purpose, discovery, and interrelationships.

Understanding the trajectory of Massachusetts’ energy policy will drastically change the way our homes are designed and built.

This course explains why you need Residential Energy Dynamics' Zone Pressure Diagnostics (ZPD) tool, how to use it, and much more.

This free course is a recording of two webinars by Robert Bean on understanding and integrating ASHRAE standards on thermal comfort, energy efficiency and indoor air quality for HVAC and building design.

In this free lecure, Roy Collver examines important details you should know when combining two or more boilers into a single heating plant. He covers applications from large residential, up to bigger commercial and institutional systems.

Delve into the critical intersections between water, resilience, decarbonization, and preservation when looking at building projects.

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

This course focuses on home renovations - finding the sweet spot between existing and desired and balancing expenses versus savings.

This course takes a look at moderate vs. deep energy retrofits and asks the question - how do we balance doing what we believe is achievable here and now with our obligation to push for radical transformation?

In this free 30-minute lecture, David Bainbridge describes the art of placemaking and offers a unique perspective about proper site selection.

This free lecture describes a unique method of managing the operation of biomass-fueled as well as auxiliary boilers for optimum system performance.

Enroll in this free course and learn the basic economics of mod-con boilers in retrofit and new construction applications. It will teach you what you need to know to start selling this equipment more effectively.

Should we be trying to electrify everything? Is it practical for existing and new buildings with the technologies we have now? Two engineers with different takes on these questions will debate electrifying residential buildings.

The session will provide an introduction to standardized retrofits for multifamily housing, an overview of the best practices in Europe, and the practical implementation in the US market.

John Siegenthaler discusses the protection of wood gasification boilers through a 58 minute lecture, and a free PDF tutorial.

Learn concrete tools and answers on how to draw down carbon in our buildings starting today. We’ll focus on low-rise buildings, where most new construction and renovations happen and which are currently under-represented in embodied-carbon design.

In this free class Laura Allen, co-founder of Greywater Action, will share with you how to get started reusing greywater, a very valuable resource, as well as teach the five steps for a successful greywater design.

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.