BSC Seminars

Institutional Commercial and Industrial (ICI) buildings consume about 1/5 of all energy. The codes and standards that apply to ICI are not very demanding and the energy costs and emissions required to operate these buildings is rising. Customers, municipalities, and codes have taken notice and are ratcheting up the energy efficiency requirements. The good news is that energy consumption of many offices, schools, libraries, etc can be slashed by 50% with little to no change in capital cost. This performance can be achieved by selecting the proper building enclosure (especially details that solve thermal bridging and air leakage), and dealing with lighting controls and daylighting properly. The resulting low load building can now be inexpensively, simply (no Building Automation System!), and efficiently be conditioned. The course will begin with setting performance metrics and targets, and then proceed through examples of enclosures (walls, roofs, windows, slabs), heating, cooling and ventilation systems, with the aid of numerous cold climate success stories (and a few failures).

Space is limited!