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Sustainable Building Design Course

ORE's Sustainable Building Design Course teaches participants about resource-efficient, specifically targeting cold climate construction techniques and best practices. This course gives students proficiency in the basic principles of sustainable building design and philosophy and their application in the design and construction fields. 

syllabus

Assignment 1 - 2030 worksheet

Final Project

Lectures

9/7

Building Science, Energy Audit

9/14

Cold Climate Construction I

9/21

Cold Climate Construction II

9/28

On-Site Water Efficiency

10/8

Hands-On Field Day: Natural Building

10/12

Designing Walls and Roofs

10/19

Solar Thermal Systems

10/26

Solar Home Design Principles

11/2

Photovoltaics

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