Through a case-study approach, builders, designers, project managers, and energy advisors will learn best practices needed to ensure good design, installation, and verification of HVAC systems in residential projects.
From the BCIT High Performance Building Lab, learn from industry experts through live construction demonstrations on the assembly details, material selection and compatibility, construction approaches, sequencing, and coordination, for airtight zero energy/emissions or Passive House building enclosures.
Key topics include the airtightness, high R-value enclosure details, thermal bridging, assembly interfaces, windows, mechanical and electrical penetration, and embodied carbon of materials.
From the BCIT High Performance Building Lab, learn from industry experts through live construction demonstrations on the assembly details, material selection and compatibility, construction approaches, sequencing, and coordination, for airtight zero energy/emissions or Passive House building enclosures.
XZEB 1001 - Fundamentals of Zero Energy/Emissions and Passive House Buildings
Through a case-study approach, develop your understanding of BC Energy Step Code, Net Zero, Zero Carbon and Passive House standards, operational and embodied carbon, energy efficiency performance metrics, building science, integrated design, low-TEDI and airtight enclosures, and costing.
In this course, students will dive into the world of renewable energy sources and systems for heat and electricity and carbon capture. Students will learn how to evaluate technologies based on cost factors, technology readiness, site specific conditions and other risk factors.
In this course, students will take a hands-on approach to develop a Community Energy and Emissions Plan. Students will learn to navigate the planning process, identify funding sources, and learn to manage project consultants.
In this course, students will gain a fundamental understanding of energy and emissions including where energy comes from, how it is used or captured, and the impacts it has on people and the planet. Students will learn about climate change mitigation and adaptation, resilience, economic and health benefits, and much more.
This is a fundamentals course that helps learners develop their knowledge base about several types of deep retrofits. International retrofit standards will be introduced, along with elements of behavioural economics related to homeowners’ decisions during the retrofit journey. Students will develop an understanding of the options available to assess an existing building for its deep retrofit potential.
100% online, Thursdays 6-8PM for 6 weeks, $272.94
Prerequisites: None
With an industry expert, you will practice completing whole-building Life Cycle Assessment using Athena Impact Estimator for Buildings software.
100% online, Wednesdays 12-2PM for 7 weeks, $531.58
Prerequisites: XZEB 1160
*Required course for Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment Professional Microcredential
