Green Design: Introduction to Indoor Environmental Air Quality (Based on LEED v4)

By the end of this course you will be able to: Explain the relationship between building energy use and the larger issues of climate change and environmental degradation Recognize the positions and activities of governmental and professional organizations in this subject area Discuss sustainability ratings for buildings and understand in detail the requirements of one of those systems USGBCs LEED Rating System Recall the current sources of energy for buildings and their environmental effects Describe in some detail how buildings use energy the variables affecting how they perform for 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 Discuss how to implement the LEED v4 BD+C Energy and Atmosphere credits and integrate them into project design