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Community Design Summer Studio
A week long, on-site adventure of learning what it takes to create an intentional community. Participants should be prepared for immersion into five days of intensive study of history and concepts. They will create a community and neighborhood of their choosing on a real or fictitious piece of land.
The course provides a broad overview of planning, zoning, ecological, social and construction issues of community design, based on sixteen years of history and growth of an intentional neighborhood in Charlotte, Vermont.

The class is Offered through the University of Vermont Continuing Education program.

Download Summer CDAE 195/295 Course Syllabus

 
 
Archicad 10

Computer Aided Drafting & Design
with Archicad

This course provides an introduction to ArchiCAD 3D modeling software and its application in the design of buildings, objects, and structures. Students will learn the basics of 3D modeling and will create a virtual personal shelter. They will set up perspective views, floor plans, elevations, animated walkthroughs, lighting and sun studies of this project.

The class is Offered through the University of Vermont Continuing Education program. See UVM class listing.

Download Spring CDAE 101 Course Syllabus
Download Fall CDAE 101 Course Syllabus
Download CDAE 101 BirdHouse Project
Download CDAE 101 Final Skill Review Test House
Download CDAE 101 Project Requirements

 



Solar Strategies
This course provides an introduction to passive solar design principals, and includes design and sizing of solar hot water heating systems and photovoltaic electrical systems. Site evaluation, materials selection, and thermal mass sizing are also part of this study.

The class is Offered through the University of Vermont Continuing Education program. See UVM class listing.

Download Fall CDAE 170 Course Syllabus
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
Passive Spreadsheet
Class 7
Solar Hot Water Sizing
Class 8
PV load tables
PV load text
Class 9
Final Report requirements

   
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