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Course Title

SDCB 205 -
Green to Green: Opportunities for more Energy Efficient Building Retrofits

Course Description

This full day course is intended for Architects, Engineers, Building Professionals, Owners and Facility Managers who are interested in incorporating energy efficiency goals into building retrofits. Topics include project management and process strategies, building/energy audits, and energy retrofit strategies for electrical, HVAC and building envelopes and how these individual elements impact on each other in a building ‘system’. The course will provide participants with the knowledge to make the best decisions for implementing strategies in retrofit projects.

Participants will develop an awareness of various retrofit strategies, including:

• Understanding building energy use - what is really using the most energy
• Building/Energy Audits
• Building Envelope retrofits - durability and the impact/assessment of retrofits
• Best practices for enclosure retrofits
• Lighting retrofits
• Daylighting strategies for existing buildings
• Upgrading HVAC systems
• Project and process management

Duration

One full day (6.5 hours)

Course Presenters

Stephen Kemp, M.A.Sc., P.Eng.
Joanne McCallum, FRAIC, B.A., M.E. Des. Arch., OAA
John Straube, Ph.D.
Greg Sather, MRAIC, B.Arch., OAA
Chris Schumacher, B.Arch., B.A.Sc.
Pierre-Michel Busque, P. Eng.
Pierre Hosatte, M.Ing.
Lyse M Tremblay, architecte, MRAIC, B Arch, MBA, OAQ

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