Conestoga College is a public college located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It offers more than 200 programs in various fields such as Engineering, Business, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Media and Design, and Community Services.

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The Environmental Building Sciences program is a one-year graduate certificate designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge to effectively manage indoor environmental conditions throughout the building life cycle encompassing the identification, testing and remediation of problems in the building environment. Students will study building sciences, sustainability and energy management for building design and control, environmental legislation, air and water quality, assessment for communication of risk, hazardous materials assessment and abatement, sampling and testing methodologies, and project management and technical report writing. The program is experiential in nature with the incorporation of exercises, case studies, and practical laboratories in building sciences. In the final term, students will participate in a major project to address a present-day building environmental issue. It was developed in consultation with representatives from the environmental industry. This program is available to be taken on a full-time or part-time basis. Courses will be scheduled in the afternoon and early evening to facilitate students who wish to take the program on a part-time basis while currently employed. Courses may also be scheduled to be delivered on Saturdays. Show less

Courses
Level 1
Course details
Conestoga 101
CON0101

Building Construction
CONS8091

Air and Water Quality
ENVR8111

Field Methods I
ENVR8121

Indoor Environmental Legislation
LAW8261

Project Management
MGMT8471

Scientific Principles
SCIE8001

Level 2
Course details
Building Systems
CONS8101

Energy and Sustainable Design
ENVR8131

Risk Assessment and Communication
ENVR8141

Field Methods II
ENVR8151

Project and Technical Report Writing
ENVR8161

Building Performance
ENVR8171

Program outcomes
Evaluate building specifications and drawings to facilitate the design, construction and maintenance of buildings that are environmentally sound and provide a healthy indoor atmosphere.
Apply regulations and control processes to address the major sources of chemical, biological, and physical hazards within building environments.
Make recommendations to address potential hazards to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements governing the indoor built environment encompassing environmental and industrial guidelines, government codes, and standards.
Manage risk by identifying and assessing sources of contamination in the building environment while ensuring timely, ongoing and appropriate communications to stakeholders.
Provide recommendations to the design team incorporating the principles of sustainability and green architecture into building design.
Apply the principles of building science to achieve occupant comfort, energy management and operational objectives during the life cycle of the building.
Apply sample collection and field measurement techniques using appropriate testing equipment to ensure compliance with industry and government standards and guidelines.
Analyze and interpret results from sample collection and field measurement data in order to support recommendations for environmental improvements.
Solve environmental building technical problems using the principles of mathematics and science.
Organize data and information to prepare and deliver technical reports and specifications according to applicable standards and guidelines.
Manage technical projects and teams using appropriate methods and tools to support achievement of project goals.
Design solutions to address environmental building science problems based upon stakeholder requirements and in compliance with environmental standards.

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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