Building Green | Florida

Description

Instructor:  Mike Wood

This seven-hour course will bring attention to methods of green building that allow homes to have less impact on the environment while providing a great economic benefit to the homeowner. Students will learn the importance of incorporating energy-efficiency into their building projects.

This Course Covers:

• Heat Transfer
• Energy Codes
• Construction Waste Management
• Selling Green Building
• History of Energy Efficiency
• Electricity, Natural gas, propane, geothermal, wind, solar, biomass, heating oil
• Weatherization Assistance Program
• Foundations
• Advanced Framing Techniques (thermal bridging, insulated headers and studs, SIP’s)
• Wall and Roof Sheathing
• Air and Vapor Barriers, leakeage, house wrap, Zip system
• Doors, Windows, and Skylights
• Insulation types and R-value
• The Building Envelope and Diagnostic testing
• Problem Areas and penetrations
• Heating and Cooling Systems and types
• Lighting and Appliances
• Passive Houses and their standards and Zero houses
• Space Heating and Cooling and Thermal comfort
• Regenerative vs Sustainable
• Capturing Rainwater
• Thermal Efficient Construction
• Green Building Certifications, Energy Star ratings, HES ratings, HERS Index, Zero Energy, LEED and PHIUS+
• Case Studies

If you have any questions
Please call us at 1-800-727-7104 | Monday-Friday | 8am-8pm
Or send an email to info@onlinecti.com. Email responses will be returned promptly within one business day.

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