Why this course?

Description

A self-paced online certificate program to execute daylight and thermal comfort analysis for early design stage in OpenStudio

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Check compliance for daylight requirements as per ECBC 2017
• Analyse comfort hours for naturally ventilated spaces as per ASHRAE Std 55-2017
• Model daylight & glare control and assess the impact on building load
• Discuss the trade-off between comfort and energy use
• Calculate Solar PV requirements for your project
• Work with spreadsheets to process simulation results
• Translate simulation outputs for design inputs
• Develop custom charts and graphs to communicate the result
• Get hands-on experience on OpenStudio/SketchUp modelling platform

Prerequisite: Basic working 2D modeling is essential. This course is offered for an intermediate learning level and hence basic working knowledge of OpenStudio is expected. Basic understanding of modelling & simulation in OpenStudio will be covered briefly as a refresher.

LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate

THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR:

• Professionals involved with the building design process
• Architects, Engineers, Energy modelers & Green Building Consultants
• Students of Architecture or related disciplines [final year]
• Faculty teaching Architecture or related disciplines

PROGRAM FORMAT:

• 30 hours of learning spread comfortably over 2 weeks
• Weekly assignments and quiz
• Self-paced videos covering key topics

 

PROGRAM TAKEAWAYS:

• Copy of all training materials
• Certificate on completing the course
• Network with peer group

Note: This course is compatible with the OpenStudio 2.8 version and SketchUp Make 2017