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Designing Low Energy Buildings - July 30 - Westford, MA
Item #: BSS-09-005

Price: $395.00

Start Date: 07/30/2009
End Date: 07/30/2009
StartDate: 7/30/2009


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COURSE INFORMATION 

In this one-day seminar, John Straube will examine challenging techniques for heating, cooling and ventilation low energy buildings, including: natural ventilation, radiant heating and cooling, and passive design approaches for commercial and advanced residential building enclosures.

Low-energy use buildings are back in fashion given the rise of energy prices and the concern about global climate change and the environment in particular. This seminar will investigate some specific—and so-called "advanced"—topics in heating, cooling, and ventilating low-energy buildings.

To start, we will approach these topics with an understanding of the underlying physical principles. We will investigate what range of temperature, humidity, radiation, and airspeed conditions are needed to provide human comfort. The inadequacy of the "72F thermostat setting" will be explored along with explanations of "Why Italian cathedrals feel comfortable in 95 degree sunny weather with no air conditioning," and "How the Empire State Building was used in steamy New York City without air conditioning."

We will follow this discussion with an overview of the basic approaches to providing ventilation, cooling and heating. A heating, cooling, and ventilation load analysis of an example office building will be presented in detail to describe the science and explain the origin of a range of rules of thumb for mechanical systems. The impact of highly insulated enclosures, exterior shading, heat recovery, and other technologies will be progressively explored to demonstrate the potential paradigm-bursting impact on normal thinking about HVAC systems. We will discuss the relative importance of glazing, occupancy, ventilation, climate, and enclosure airtightness and insulation.

Next, the physics behind radiant cooling, radiant heating, and chilled beams will be described and discussed. The use of these technologies in leading edge ultra low energy buildings will be presented along with their potential, their limitations, and several important warnings.

Everyone seems to want to do naturally ventilated buildings. Why they want to do this is not always so clear. The reasons why will be explored, and the science behind them. Finally, the interaction of the exterior climate zone, interior activities, and human comfort requirements will be discussed.

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REGISTRATION
The registration fee for the one-day “Designing Low Energy Buildings: Tools, Techniques and Technologies” seminar is $395 USD.
(fee includes lunch but does not include travel or accommodation)

Questions about registration should be sent to info@buildingscienceseminars.com.
Cancellation Policy: to cancel your registration, send written notice to Building Science Corporation via fax (1-978-589-5103) prior to the date of the seminar you registered for. Your registration fee will be refunded, less a $75 handling charge.

LOCATION
Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center
219 Littleton Road
Westford, MA 01886
978-692-8200
Free parking is available at the hotel.