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Zero Energy Homes

X402.2 (1 semester unit in Architecture)

Designers, developers, energy consultants, homeowners, and building officials learn about high-performance residential energy design and construction approaches to minimize the operational energy use of buildings in the residential sector. The course covers specific analytical approaches to quantify residential building energy savings through efficiency, conservation, and generation. Students learn how to decipher state and national building energy codes, and analyze energy efficiency, conservation, and site-generation measures to make their own projects zero-energy homes.

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Thurs. Oct. 22, San Francisco

HEATHER LARSON, M.S., is an expert in residential energy design and building codes. She manages energy efficiency programs and code enhancement projects for the California Investor Owned Utilities, lectures about energy efficiency and solar design, and is a consultant to developers and policy makers on energy codes and standards development and implementation.

• 8 meetings
• Oct. 22 to Dec. 17: Thurs., 6:30-9:30 pm (no meeting Nov. 26)
• San Francisco: Room 209, Art and Design Center, 95 Third St.
• $550 (EDP 021147)

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