Guest Instructor at U of M School of Architecture

Date Occurred: 14 0227   I developed and presented new course proposals to the Head of the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota. The course outlines focused on energy conservation in opaque wall systems to complement the translucent classes already taught. The course titles were "Balancing Building Envelope Selection and Onsite Solar Energy Generation", "How Building Detailing can Make or Break Energy Sustainable Construction", "Photovoltaic Design considerations in ArchitectureE" and "Earth Systems as Seasonal Building Envelopes". The course concepts link building envelope system selection with the resultant impact on overall building energy requirements. Teaching architectural interns how to put buildings together for over 3 decades, Certified Passive House Consultant training and photovoltaic design and installation credentials, with a Bachelor of Architecture (5 Year) and Bachelor of Environmental Design (4 year) degrees have provided me with a wealth of building design and construction knowledge to share. 

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