This course seeks to demonstrate how the cooling of buildings in the Caribbean can be enhanced by improving energy-efficiency in the building sector, integrating the most energy efficient-technologies to address cooling load in buildings, and how this sustainable cooling eco-system can influence corporate consumer behaviour. More specifically, the course will introduce concepts of building physics, psychrometry, comfort cooling techniques and technologies, adaptive thermal comfort, and sustainable cooling technologies. Moreover, this course will enable delegates to apply these concepts in the building design process.
The course explores the complex technical insights of sustainable building concepts through sensitizing delegates using debates, exercises and activities so that they are motivated to build buildings that are ‘thoughtfully’ cool in the near future.
The course will help delegates to develop technical skills in order to make sound decisions while designing a climate- responsive and energy-efficient building.