Building Science 101

A basic course in Building Science, designed to give a solid foundation in understanding how Efficiency, Durability, Safety and comfort can all be designed into any residence.

This course is geared for everyone, with insights that existing building science professionals will find useful.

Lastly, you will learn why there has been a push towards efficiency and understand why comfort, durability and safety are entwined with efficiency.

While this course is free, you are required to enroll.

Course Information

Estimated Time: Estimated length of course is dependent on the knowledge for the student. For those with a building science background 2 hours may be all that is needed. If your new to this science, you may choose to use the lessons as a jumping point for your own research before moving further or not.

Course Instructor

Glenn Hooper Author

Glenn Hooper is the owner and Founder of Residential Energy Conservation and Energy-Experts.net

 

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BS 101 Primer

Building Science Primer
Lesson 1 of 1 within section BS 101 Primer.

Conditions

Conditions
Lesson 1 of 1 within section Conditions.

Building Science

Building Science
Lesson 1 of 1 within section Building Science.

Airflow

Air Flow
Lesson 1 of 1 within section Airflow.

Pressure

Pressure
Lesson 1 of 1 within section Pressure.

Heat

Energy and Heat
Lesson 1 of 1 within section Heat.

R-Value

R-value
Lesson 1 of 1 within section R-Value.

Loss

Measuring BTU Loss
Lesson 1 of 1 within section Loss.

Thermal bypass

Thermal Bypass
Lesson 1 of 3 within section Thermal bypass.
Thermal Bypass -2
Lesson 2 of 3 within section Thermal bypass.
Thermal Bypass -3
Lesson 3 of 3 within section Thermal bypass.

Code

2016 NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code
Lesson 1 of 1 within section Code.

New to most

Additional savings opportunities.
Lesson 1 of 1 within section New to most.

Cost of effeciency

The Cost of Efficiency
Lesson 1 of 1 within section Cost of effeciency.
Has Quiz

Bonus… Ventilaton

This section does not have any lessons.