Level: Introductory
Format: Multimedia
CE Info: 1.00 HSW LU
GBCI CE Info: 1.00 LU (General)
Contact Info: Customer Service (customerservice@ncarb.org)
Description:
This fifth course in the building envelope series marks a pivotal transition by repositioning daylight as a primary design driver in building envelope performance. Where our previous course in this series addressed airflow, this one examines how the envelope admits, modulates, and deploys daylight and how electric lighting compensates where daylight cannot perform.
Participants will explore a performance-based design workflow for effective daylighting, enabling the envelope to orchestrate natural illumination supplemented by electric light. The course introduces both analog and computational tools to visualize and predict light performance and optimize designs.
Through a combination of foundational principles, critical perspectives, and applied examples, architects will learn how daylighting and electric lighting shape the performance and experience of the building and become integral design priorities rather than afterthoughts. Participants will develop strategies for using daylight to inform envelope design and translating conceptual intentions into measurable performance.
Whether your goal is to maximize daylight, balance comfort and efficiency, or take a performance-based approach to lighting integration, this course provides the framework and tools to make informed, responsive design decisions.
Each course in this series stands alone and may be taken individually, but together they build a comprehensive understanding of building envelope design.
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1.0-1.5 LU
Sustainability
GBCI-General
Multimedia
Introductory
Project Planning and Design
LU-HSW