ENRGY 120 - Energy Efficiency: Design, Construction, and Retrofit

1. Describe and identify the building thermal envelope, vapor barrier, and bulk water barriers, and how they interact in the whole building approach to improve energy efficiency and maintain environmental standards. [COMMUNICATE]
2. Describe and track how a building’s conditioned space interacts with both air movement and water vapor movement. [REASON]
3. Analyze a building’s water resource use, domestic water heating system, and identify ways to improve their resource efficiencies. [REASON]
4. Analyze a building’s energy use with respect to appliances, lighting and electronics, and provide measures to increase their efficiencies. [REASON]
5. Identify and rate according to their ‘R” value, cost, embedded energy, and toxicity, various building components and how they: control the building envelope’s energy performance and how they may be altered for increased energy efficiencies. [ACT]
6. Rate combustion appliances for their energy use and how they may interact with indoor air quality. [REASON]
7. Describe and evaluate various factors that may affect indoor air quality. [REASON]
8. Explore critically and creatively how various codes, green building standards, and the construction and building operations industries can work together to improve building efficiencies. [EXPLORE]