The Boston Architectural College (BAC) announces its online sustainable design courses for the Spring 2010 Semester. The courses are part of the BAC's Sustainable Design Program, which now offers four possible graduate certificates in sustainable design (see www.the-bac.edu/green). The courses have been developed in partnership with BuildingGreen, and are part of the most comprehensive sustainable design curriculum in the country, with thirty possible half-semester courses.

Registration for the Spring Semester is now open.

Spring 2010 First Session: January 25 - March 20, 2010

·         Sustainable Design as a Way of Thinking

·         Learning from Sustainable Design through History (Prerequisites)  

·         The Economics of Green Building

·         Global Perspectives on Sustainable Design NEW

·         Green Residential Remodeling and Renovation

·         Green Roofs/Green Walls NEW

·         Residential Energy Modeling NEW

·         Getting the Green Building You Want: Construction Management NEW

·         Greening the City NEW 

·         Sustainable Neighborhoods NEW

·         Site Design, Landscaping and Site-Water Issues

·         Green Practice: Energy and Air Quality Principles

·         Materials, Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality 

·         Building Envelope (Prerequisites)

·         Environmental Systems (Prerequisites)

·         Marketing Sustainability

·         Sustainable Design in Practice (Prerequisites)

·         Sustainable Design and Building Information Modeling

              Spring 2010 Second Session: March 30 - May 22, 2010 

·         Sustainable Design as a Way of Thinking

·         Legal Issues in Sustainable Design - From the Building to the City Scale NEW

·         The Urgent and Hopeful Future of Sustainable Design

·         Sustainable Design of Healthcare Facilities

·         Solar Energy: Design with the Sun

·         The Zero Energy Home: What, How and If 

·         Green Residential Remodeling and Renovation

·         Life Cycle Assessment of Building Materials NEW

·         Greening Existing Buildings

·         Greening the City

·         Sustainable Neighborhoods

·         Energy Modeling in Building Design (Commercial) NEW

·         Green Practice: Energy and Air Quality Principles

·         Materials, Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality

·         Lighting the Built Environment: Daylighting and State-of-the-Art Electric Lighting

·         Environmental Systems (Prerequisites)

·         Sustainable Transportation 

·         High Performance Design and the LEED Rating System (Prerequisites)

Instructors are building industry experts. All courses are online, instructor-led, interactive, asynchronous and limited to 15 students each. The eight-week courses are offered at the graduate level and earn 1.5 credits.   Many courses earn 24 AIA HSW/SD Learning Units and 17.5 GBCI CELU's. See course descriptions on the website for courses offering learning units.  

Learn more (and register) at www.the-bac.edu/green , or call +1.617.585.0101.