What you’ll learn:
Easy-to-understand information about the design and application of passive solar systems
The main patterns that influence the effectiveness of solar heating
Technical information about passive solar design through simple illustrations
What passive solar design is and how it relates to sustainability
What role the greenhouse effect plays in passive solar design
How energy is transfered and stored in a passive solar systems
The physical properties you’re looking for in the materials that make up your passive solar design
The existent strategies to capture solar radiation and how to implement them
How to read solar maps and how this will be useful while creating your design
Optimal building shape and interior space distribution for successful passive solar design
Requirements:
No previous knowledge or experience is needed as everything you need to know is thoroughly explained in the course
Description:
Are you looking to level up your architectural design? Would you like to optimize your building’s performance and discover how to create spaces that feel more comfortable and warm?
Whether you’re a professional or a design enthusiast, this course is ideal for anyone who’s into sustainable architectural design and wants to profoundly understand how to exploit solar design.
Solar radiation is the biggest renewable energy source on Earth and passive solar design shows us how to take full advantage of it without complicated installations, no hardware and barely no additional cost at all.
During this course:
The different approaches to passive solar design and the indispensable elements needed to build one.
How heat is transferred and stored in passive solar systems.
The thermodynamics basics behind passive solar design, such as how we benefit from the greenhouse effect.
We’ll go through the different passive solar systems and how to adequately implement each one of them.
Orientation, shape and space distribution tips to boost solar performance.
We’ll go over some case studies that evidence the energetic and thermal impact successful solar design can have.
