2012 Training Courses
One-Week Intensive Courses
Whitehorse, Yukon
Date: January 17-21, 2012
Format: One Week Intensive Tuesday-Saturday 8am - 5pm
This course is a challenging and intensive full week of instruction and is aimed at Canadian building professionals who have a passion to learn the art of Passive House design, the world’s leading standard in low‐energy, sustainable construction.
This course has received a grant from the Yukon Government! The first 20 people to register for this course will be able to receive a $500 scholarship to put towards the course fee.
In order to receive the scholarship, you must:
- Register for the course and put your position and company you work for in the "Notes" section on the paypal order.
- Complete the course
- Are in the engineering, construction, design, building, energy efficiency and related sectors including inspectors.
- Subsidies are not available to Yukon Government employees attending the Course in the capacity of that employment.
We will review all entries and if you are awarded a scholarship you will be contacted.
Victoria, Vancouver Island
Date: April 02 - 08, 2012
Format: One Week Intensive Monday-Friday 8am - 5pm
Location: UVic
This course is a challenging and intensive full week of instruction and is aimed at Canadian building professionals who have a passion to learn the art of Passive House design, the world’s leading standard in low-energy, sustainable construction. You will gain the knowledge and tools you need to design and build compliant Passive Houses in Canada. The world’s leading standard in low-energy, sustainable construction, Passive House building techniques result in an 80-90% reduction in annual heating and cooling energy without the need for expensive renewable energy systems. Training material is geared to practical applications within Canadian building traditions, and respecting our residential building codes.
This course will be approved by AIBC for 36 Core LUs.
Evenings/Weekend Courses
Vancouver January 31 - March 20, 2012
Format: 8 Tuesday evenings 6:30-9:30pm, 2 Saturdays February 11 and March 10 from 9am-5pm
This new course will give participants the opportunity to get trained in Passive House design while still working and not having to take vacation time to attend. In this 36-hour course you gain the knowledge and tools you need to design and build compliant Passive Houses in Canada. The world’s leading standard in low‐energy, sustainable construction, Passive House building techniques result in an 80-90% reduction in annual heating and cooling energy without the need for expensive renewable energy systems. Training material is geared to practical applications within Canadian building traditions, and respecting our residential building codes.
- This course can be taken alone or as part of the UBC Award of Achievement in Sustainability Management.
To register, go to the UBC Continuing Studies website and select Passive House Design and Construction down below.
