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Smart Buildings Module 1 – Fundamentals of Building Systems

By SBSE

Fundamentals of Building Mechanical and Energy Systems, and Building Systems Integration
This module serves as developing the foundation of the broader course on Smart Building Technologies.

This module covers the topics:

    • Building heat transfer
    • Psychometrics
    • Thermal comfort
    • Indoor air quality (IAQ) and ventilation
    • Fenestration and lighting systems
    • Heating and cooling equipment
    • Heating and cooling loads
    • Building energy analysis
    • Utility bill
    • Occupant behavior

    Smart Buildings Module 5 - Applications

    By SBSE

    Applications of Engineering Tools and Standards
    In this module, an overview is provided for building commissioning processes and other building operation management practices.

    This module covers the topics:

    • Overview of Building Commissioning
    • Overview of Ongoing Commissioning
    • Overview of Automated System Optimization (ASO)
    • Overview of Building Operational Codes, Standards and Guidelines

    Smart Buildings Module 6 - Case Studies

    By SBSE

    In this module, several case studies are presented for smart building technology applications in the real world.

    This module covers the topics:

    • Overview of Smart Building Case Studies
    • A High-Level Smart Building Example
    • Smart, Single Building Case Studies 
    • Residential Smart Building Case Study
    • Smart Campus Case Studies
    • Smart Cities Case Studies
    • Other Global Smart City Case Studies

    CLIMATE SCOUT

    By Pablo La Roche

    CLIMATE SCOUT helps its users design buildings that uniquely respond to a site by providing climate-specific design advice at the building scale. It pairs the Köppen-Geiger climate classification and building design strategies from Architecture 2030’s Palette.

    How to use CLIMATE SCOUT

    CBE Climate Tool

    By Giovanni Betti

    The CBE Clima Tool is a web-based application built to support climate analysis specifically designed to support the need of architects and engineers interested in climate-adapted design.

    The CBE Clima Tool allows users to analyze the climate data of more than 27,500 locations worldwide from both Energy Plus and Climate.One.Building.org. You can, however, also choose to upload your own EPW weather file. Our tool can be used to analyze and visualize data contained in EnergyPlus Weather (EPW) files. It furthermore calculates a number of climate-related values (i.e.

    Climate Consultant

    By Murray Milne

    Climate Consultant is a simple to use, graphic-based computer program that helps architects, builders, contractor, homeowners, and students understand their local climate.

    Climate Consultant uses annual 8760 hour EPW format climate data that is made available at no cost by the Department of Energy for thousands of weather stations around the world. Climate Consultant translates this raw climate data into dozens of meaningful graphic displays.

    Carbon-Neutral Design Project

    By SBSE

    The Carbon Neutral Design Project is a joint effort between members of SBSE, the AIA, and a private donor to provide practitioners, faculty, and students with the means to meet the 2030 Challenge.

    The Carbon Neutral Design Project is a joint research effort between members of the Society of Building Science Educators (www.sbse.org), the American Institute of Architects (www.aia.org), and a private donor, the purpose of which is to provide practitioners, faculty, and students with the means to meet the 2030 Challenge  (www.architecture2030.org), that is, to be able to design and construct buildings to a state of carbon neutrality by the year 2030.

    HEED: Home Energy Efficient Design

    By Murray Milne

    HEED is a user-friendly energy design tool shows how much money you can save by making changes to your home.

    This new easy-to-use Design Tool starts by automatically creating a reference house that meets California’s Energy Code. Then it creates a second home that is about 30% more Energy Efficient. You can design and compare up to nine different homes.

    SBEED: Small Building Energy Efficient Design

    By Murray Milne

    SBEED is a user-friendly energy design tool shows how much money you can save by making changes for a small (commercial) building .

    This new easy-to-use Design Tool starts by automatically creating a reference small non-residential building that meets California’s Energy Code. Then it automatically creates a second building that is usually about 20% more Energy Efficient. You can then copy either one and revise its design and compare it with prior versions of up to nine different designs.

    OPAQUE 3

    By Murray Milne

    A U-value, Time Lag, and Decrement Factor calculator opaque wall or roof surfaces.

    OPAQUE calculates the U-value, Time Lag, and Decrement Factor for wall or roof opaque surfaces composed of a single or multiple layers. These can be used to calculate the Heat Gain or Loss through the surface. Composite surfaces are constructed by the user from a library of materials and displayed in two or three dimensions.

    Solar Decathlon - Building Science Education Series

    By SBSE

    The Solar Decathlon Building Science Education series is designed to educate students and working professionals on building science principles that are paramount to the successful design of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings.

    Instructional content is presented in modules, covering specific topics. Altogether, this series aims to educate viewers on:

    FEMA Building Science Resource Library

    By Georg Reichard

    The Building Science Resource Library contains all of FEMA’s hazard-specific guidance that focuses on creating disaster-resistance communities. You can search for a document by its title, or filter the collection to browse by Disaster Type and Audience.

    SOLAR-2

    By SBSE

    Solar-2 plots sunlight penetrating through a window with any combination of rectangular fins and overhangs.

    SOLAR-2 also plots hour-by-hour 3-D suns-eye view movie of the building wall. Prints annual tables of percent of window in full sun, radiation on glass, etc. NOTE: Many of its functions have also been added to HEED, SBEED, and Climate Consultant.

    Virtual Green Building Tours for Safe Inspiration

    By SBSE

    Building tours: they’ve been a vital educational component of green building from day one. But now COVID-19 has made them unsafe. Thanks to the Sustainability Leader Peer Networks we help convene, BuildingGreen has compiled a list of online tours and other videos that you can view from the safety of home.

    Regeneration-Based Checklist for Design and Construction

    By SBSE

    The SBSE version of the Malcolm Wells Wilderness-Based Checklist for Design and Construction is available in multiple languages. Environmentally sensitive construction is a global issue, perhaps an existential issue.

    A Regeneration-Based Checklist for Design and Construction

    If you would like to volunteer to translate the checklist into another language, download the original Excel version. Please send the translated version to Bruce Haglund for posting. Please have at least one other person check your translation to ensure accuracy.

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