CESA 7100 - Energy Modeling for Building Professionals

This course introduces the principles, procedures, and benefits of energy modeling to enable building professionals to usefully and efficiently incorporate energy modeling into the design process. This will include a review of building orientation, envelope design, space configurations, and massing, opportunities to minimize the need for mechanical equipment (e.g., passive design and net-zero solutions), complemented by a field trip to a building site. The lab portion of the course will comprise a “hands-on” introduction and comparison of a selection of leading modeling tools, their use, and how to improve accuracy in gauging the relationship between predictive modeling and building performance outcomes post-occupancy.