Webinar
No. BD-202W
In Principles of Sustainable Design for Buildings, you'll learn ...
- Basic principles of sustainable design
- Opportunities and ways to optimize or enhance site potential, energy use, water protection and conservation, environmentally preferable products, indoor environmental quality, and operational maintenance and practices
- How to access valuable resources about sustainability options
- The framework and means for taking a leadership position in the implementation of sustainability principles at your company, firm, or agency
Overview
Sustainable design is no longer a boutique concept in the design and construction of buildings and related infrastructure. It is widely required by government agencies and currently in demand by responsible private owners. This discussion-based, live webinar explains sustainable design principles in a way that will allow you to apply them to your immediate projects and give you a competitive edge in your career, business, or agency enterprises.
Our discussion will focus on the following six areas of sustainable design: site planning, energy use, water protection and conservation, environmentally preferable products and materials, indoor environmental quality, and operational and maintenance practices. More specifically, you will learn how to optimize the potential of your project site and increase the energy efficiency of your building. We will discuss methods for protecting and conserving water, as well as important principles for selecting and using environmentally preferable products and materials on your projects. We will also look at ways to enhance indoor environmental quality and maximize operations and maintenance practices. Finally, you will learn how to access valuable resources about sustainability options that can be used on a daily basis in the design and construction of buildings and related infrastructure.
Engineers and professionals from many disciplines will benefit from this informative webinar, including architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers; federal, state, and local public works and infrastructure officials; and managers with private companies who are responsible for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings and related infrastructure.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Six areas of sustainability design for buildings
- Site potential
- Energy use
- Water protection and conservation
- Environmentally preferable products and materials
- Indoor environmental quality
- Operations and maintenance practices
- How to optimize site potential
- Minimize development of open space
- Control erosion through landscaping practices
- Use building design and landscaping techniques to reduce heat islands
- Minimize habitat disturbance
- Restore degraded sites
- Design for sustainable transportation
- Coordinate site sustainability with safety and security
- Locate additional resources for optimizing site potential (e.g., DOE, EPA, etc.)
- How to improve energy use
- Reduce cooling, heating, and lighting loads by using climate-responsive design and conservation practices
- Employ high-efficiency and renewable energy sources
- Specify efficient HVAC and lighting systems
- Optimize building performance and system control strategies
- Monitor project performance
- Locate additional resources (e.g., DOE guidelines, LEED® guidelines, etc.)
- How to protect and conserve water
- Reduce, control, and treat surface runoff
- Use water efficiently
- Protect water quality
- Recover non-sewage and greywater for on-site use
- Design waste treatment and recycling programs
- Locate additional resources (e.g., Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers)
- How to select and use environmentally preferable products and materials
- Renovate existing facilities, products, and equipment
- Evaluate environmental preferability using life cycle assessment (LCA) tools
- Maximize the recycled content of all new materials
- Specify materials harvested on a sustainable yield basis
- Encourage the use of recyclable assemblies and products
- Limit construction debris
- Eliminate the use of materials that pollute or are toxic during their manufacture, use, or reuse
- Give preference to locally produced materials with low embodied energy content
- Locate additional resources (e.g., DOD and GSA documents)
- How to enhance indoor environmental quality
- Appreciate aesthetic decisions
- Provide thermal comfort
- Supply adequate levels of ventilation and outside air
- Prevent airborne bacteria, mold, and other fungi
- Limit spread of pathogens
- Avoid use of materials containing high levels of pollutants
- Assure acoustic privacy and comfort
- Create a high-performance luminous environment
- Provide quality water
- Control disturbing odors
- Be aware of exposure to electric and magnetic fields (EMF)
- Locate additional resources (e.g., ASHRAE guidelines and standards)
- How to maximize operations and maintenance practices
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