Advanced Building Systems

Description: This self-directed course focuses on introducing new students to the supports, services, and opportunities available at Conestoga College. By the end of this course, students will understand the academic expectations of the Conestoga learning environment, as well as the supports available to ensure their academic success. Students will also be able to identify on-campus services that support their health and wellness, and explore ways to get actively involved in the Conestoga community through co-curricular learning opportunities.

• Hours: 1
• Credits: 0
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

Description:

This course will present the composition and assembly of the building envelope and its effect on energy performance. The building envelope includes windows, doors, structural requirements, infiltration, and maintenance requirements. There will be an emphasis on how the building envelope can also be used as an opportunity to enhance building performance while maintaining a desired modern appearance. Students will also learn the code requirements including compliance with fire ratings, noise and vibration, sound transmission rating, limiting moisture transfer and structural stability.

Industry-used practices and details will be presented and discussed including thermal bridging, cavity drainage, expansion joints, joints, restoration and other common methods that have been used and improved.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

Description:

In this course, the students will utilize Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) in developing a multidisciplinary design project and construction drawings. The students will be introduced to building industry’s standard project design phasing, and the requirements for design and construction drawings in each phase. The phases are: Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction Documents.

The course assignments and projects will simulate the continuous design process of an industry typical project, each completed assignment and project will represent a step towards completing the final project for this course. The course will allow students to develop CAD and BIM skills including the applied practices of building systems analysis layouts, elevations, grading, details, and sections.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

Description:

Advanced technology is being applied to building systems enabling automation of the sequence of control and operation. The students in this course will be able to apply the theory of sustainability using readily available software and hardware. The case study will include residential, commercial and institutional buildings. The students will learn how to turn a building into a smart building using economical direct digital controls. The building automation and energy management is essential to optimize the use of energy and reduce operating cost as well as streamline maintenance by using the ability to continuously monitor the systems.

The building management system course will also reflect the effectiveness of keeping operators and building owners informed, engaged, and connected with their customized automation. The integration between energy management and other systems in the building will also be discussed similar to interlocking with the energy management system with security system and alarm management. Students will also be informed about the communication protocols used in the industry and how it is crucial to align the energy management system implantation strategy with vision of future expansion and integration

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

Description:

This course will explain methods being developed and used in the industry to cut costs of energy, fuel, and waste. The course will also look at greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the efforts in the industry to emit less pollutants. Students will learn to balance the reduction of GHG emissions and energy costs. Students will also learn how companies and institutions quantify GHG emissions using the GHG protocols and how to forecast the costs/benefits of GHG emission reduction strategies. In addition, the course will look at how to create an emission reduction plan and track it. The course will introduce students to programs available by various levels of the Canadian government which are aimed at standards compliance, as well as programs that offer grants and incentives for energy and/or GHG emission reduction. Students will also learn how to use software to simulate the energy and GHG savings from common energy efficiency measures and apply this software to sample case projects. Finally, the course will provide students with strategies for keeping abreast of industry and regulatory changes and how to engage businesses to implement energy management and sustainable business strategies.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

Description:

This course explores how energy is used within a building and the potential for building energy reduction. The energy and utilities used within a building can reach up to 40% of operating costs and this course will identify various methods and programs available to deal with energy reduction and utility management. Students will focus on the electrical, water and fossil fuel use in buildings. Utility bill analysis techniques will be used to identify patterns and energy reduction opportunities using real world datasets. The course will include a review of the most recent government programs that are available to support energy reduction projects.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

Description:

This course offers a review of heat transfer principles and a practical approach how the theory of heat transfer is applied to building envelop, mechanical equipment, electrical devices, system, and other component in the building industry. Examples will include how to perform load design calculation, effect of heat on performance. The objective of this course is to explore the practical implications of the heat transfer laws for building system and building envelop behavior; and to enhance by examples how to develop problem solving skills using heat transfer in real-world systems and applications.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.