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0957.00The Sustainable Building Construction program equips students with essential skills for pursuing a career in the fields of green building design, planning, construction and maintenance. Program curriculum will cover a contemporary range of building design strategies, sustainable development, and technologies, with an emphasis on those that reduce environmental impacts and make our buildings and communities healthier, equitable, and more livable.
A Certificate of Achievement is awarded upon completion of all required courses with a grade of C or better.
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Program Outcomes
- Describe contemporary and emerging high-performance building codes and standards.
- Recall common terminology used in energy efficiency, energy production, and renewable energy systems.
- Analyze and select sustainable materials appropriate for a specific project.
- Identify appropriate and efficient heating, cooling, and air quality control systems for a building, including heat recovery ventilation, passive, and insulation systems.
- Apply the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) rating system to a building project to assess sustainability, and properly document the assessment and prepare for the LEED Green Associate Examination.
Requirements for the Certificate of Achievement
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| BLDG 212 | PRINT READING FOR CONSTRUCTION | 3 |
| BLDG 213 | BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES AND STANDARDS | 3 |
| BLDG 214 | MATERIALS & PROCESSES OF CONSTRUCTION: SUB GRADE TO ROOF FRAMING | 3 |
| BLDG 222 | SUSTAINABLE PLANNING AND ZONING PRINCIPLES | 3 |
| BLDG 225 | GREEN BUILDING AND ENERGY EFFICIENCIES | 3 |
| DT 110 | SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES | 3 |
| Total Units | 18 | |
General Education Requirements for the Associate in Science Degree
- General Information
- PCC Local Gen Ed
- Students who have previously been awarded a bachelor‛s degree or higher from a U.S. institutionally accredited institution shall be deemed to have fulfilled the general education and elective course requirements for the Associate in Science degree.
- Cal-GETC
- Students with rights to the former general education patterns can complete IGETC or CSU GE in lieu of Cal-GETC. Students should consult with an Academic Counselor to determine which general education pattern to complete and may refer to an appropriate archived College Catalog or www.assist.org for more information.