Open Learning Faculty Member (Web): ARET 4111: Green Building Rating Systems

Green building rating systems attempt to measure how sustainable a building is using a variety of different requirements and metrics.

In this course, students will survey a number of ratings systems currently used by building professionals as a way to learn about the different strategies and technologies that are currently employed to make buildings more sustainable.

The history of the various systems will be studied so that the students can see the evolution of the green building movement.

Issues such as climate, building size, energy modelling, third party certification, and life cycle analysis will be discussed, so that current green building practice can be put into context.

The various rating systems will be compared and contrasted to see which are most applicable to a given project.

Open Learning Faculty Members are teaching staff in the Open Learning division of TRU, and the role of the Open Learning Faculty Member is to actively encourage, support and guide students toward success in their academic studies.

Open Learning Faculty Members must be skilled in teaching, fully knowledgeable of the subject matter and demonstrate a positive, open and caring attitude in all interaction with students.

of the Open Learning Faculty Member (Web) include but are not limited to:

• Administrative set up and record keeping
• Initiating and maintaining regular contact with the student as specified in the collective agreement
• Responding to all student queries by phone, e-mail or other method as appropriate within the time frame outlined in the collective agreement
• Marking all assignments, posting results and providing prompt feedback
• Marking exams and posting results

We anticipate 0-5 students in this course per year.

These numbers are only estimates and actual numbers for the course may be greater or less than the estimated numbers.

The successful candidate will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:

• Professional Engineer, Registered Architect, or a Building Technologist with at least five years experience with LEED AP or LEED Green Associate certification.