This course focuses on the building envelope and how it can be designed smartly to improve comfort while reducing energy use. The course includes an overview of basic principles of light and wind, and their relationship to site and climate analysis. Relevant software, tools, and analytic methods will be introduced. Participants will obtain an overview of how building envelopes can be optimized for passive solar gains and daylighting, as well as natural ventilation. Additionally, advanced building envelope systems will be discussed, including double skin facades, envelope-integrated renewable energy systems, and green roofs and walls.

Topics to be discussed:

1. Background and main principles
2. Sunlight and daylight  
3. Wind and ventilation  
4. Dynamic and multipurpose envelopes  
5. Environmental impacts of materials and envelope design
6. The green envelope design process 

Agenda:

9:30 am - Coffee and registration

10:00 am - 6:00 pm - Training*

*Lunch and coffee breaks will be provided.

The prices for attending this course are:

RoGBC member -  95 euro

Non-member  -  165 Euro

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Trainer: Aurore Julien -  MSc, PhD,  MCIBSE, LEED AP, BREEAM AP, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Design, School of Architecture, University of East London

PhD Aurore Julien is a Senior Lecturer at the University of East London.  Trained as an engineer, she has expertise in environmental design, building physics, natural ventilation, daylight and renewable energy systems. Mrs. Julien has been working on a wide variety of projects, ranging from schools, hospitals, residential, and offices, both in the UK and internationally. She is a Chartered Engineer from the Institution of Building Services Engineers and attended the National Institute for Applied Sciences (INSA France) and University College London (UCL), earning a Masters in Environmental Design and Engineering, and is a LEED Accredited Professional and BREEAM assessor.
 
Her research studies relate to energy use behavior and energy security. Some projects include an innovative design of the natural ventilation system for the Eden Institute, the first residential CHP in the UK, based in the Altrincham development, the CHP for a new campus for Columbia University, New York, and consultancy for hospital and school PFI projects and several large scale residential developments in the UK.
 
Prior to her current activities, Mrs. Julien worked as an environmental designer at BDSP, a sustainability driven building consultancy. She then went on to head up sustainability of the engineering consultancy Ramboll Whitbybird (RWB) for four years. During her time with RWB, the company won the 'Sustainability Designer of the Year Awards' consecutively for two years (BM, 2006, and BSJ, 2007). She then lead Eco Systems for two years, a design unit of Llewelyn Davies Yeang focused on eco and sustainable design.