Sustainable Architecture Courses and Certifications

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Resource and Waste Management in Buildings

21 ratings at Coursera

Learn to design energy- and water-efficient buildings: building energy simulation, ECBC features, rainwater harvesting, waste segregation, and construction and demolition waste under a circular economy approach.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)

Net-Zero Building Fundamentals

19 ratings at Coursera

Apply building science to net-zero design: envelope heat transfer, passive cooling, HVAC load calculation and right-sizing, water cycles, embodied carbon, and lifecycle cost estimation.

• Coursera
• 13 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

How to plan green and resilient housing?

Plan green and resilient housing: apply design roadmaps and adaptive technologies, evaluate green building certifications, and compare financing products and incentives used across Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Sustainable Building Design

Explore scientific principles and technologies for comfortable indoor environments that reduce building energy use and climate impacts.

• MITx Online
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Seeing the light

1 rating at OpenLearn

This free course, Seeing the light, will teach you about how the Sun affects your home, both in terms of light and warmth and the energy it generates. You will learn about how it can affect your ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable

13 ratings at edX

Learn how to get to a net zero energy use of an existing building.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Spring I/O

Hexagonal Architecture in Practice - Live Coding That Will Make Your Applications More Sustainable

Dive into hands-on Hexagonal Architecture through live coding to create adaptable, sustainable applications that effectively manage complexity and technical debt.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Sustainable building design for tropical climates: principles and guidelines for EAC

1 rating

Design climate responsive buildings for tropical and East African climates: apply building physics principles and integrated design to cut energy demand and achieve thermal and visual comfort.

• Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Energy Demand in Buildings

15 ratings at edX

Discover how building design and occupancy determines the energy demand in buildings and learn how to (re)design low energy buildings.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global Housing Design

13 ratings at edX

Learn about the key design strategies required to develop adequate housing and inclusive dwelling environments for sustainable urban development.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Green Building and LEED for Homes

4 ratings

A seminar on green building and the LEED program for homes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Circularity Principles for Façade Engineering

Discover how to integrate circularity into façade design. Gain insights into various circularity concepts and their practical applications in the façade design process, along with methods for assessin

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Housing Design

Learn about practical and innovative design approaches to reduce energy use, enhance resource efficiency, ensure affordability, and foster sociocultural integration in the housing sector.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Performance-based façade design

Assess façade performance in terms of structural, energy, thermal, acoustic, comfort and daylight criteria for buildings that are both user-centered and energy efficient.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Façade Forward: Exploring Trends and Technologies

Discover innovation and promising trends in façade design, including new materials, energy efficiency, weather resistance, thermal control and retrofitting. Turn your ideas into market-ready technolog

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)