The High Performance Buildings Graduate Certificate incorporates knowledge from a wide range of disciplines that share a common base within the College of Architecture and Design and other University of Tennessee Colleges and Institutes. The methodology is based on an integrated design process in which design, research and technology are reinforced with disciplines such as building design, product development, materials science, building physics, climatic design, structural design, computation and modeling, and production techniques. In addition, individual methods from these and other perspectives are also encouraged. The High Performance Buildings Graduate Certificate may address issues of the innovative and sustainable design of buildings, building components and (sub) systems of buildings, and on how these relate to each other and to architecture as an integrated complex system.
The High Performance Buildings Graduate Certificate offers opportunities for topical study such as, but not limited to:
- Advanced Building Design
- Facade Design and High Performance Building Envelopes
- Innovative uses of Traditional materials, both massive and lightweight
- Building Performance Design, Development, and Evaluation (energy, structural, mechanic, construction, etc.)
- Digital Modeling and Digital Manufacturing Smart Structures and Lightweight Structures
- New Materials and Environmental Performance Criteria
- Design with Climate: Daylight, Solar, Water Harvesting, Passive Cooling
Potential resources:
- Governor’s Chair for Urbanism + Energy Institute for Smart Structures (ISS) Design | Build | Evaluate Initiative
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Requirements:
All courses must meet the approval of Chair of Graduate Architecture Program in order to be counted towards the High Performance Buildings Graduate Certificate. In addition, faculty will be required to approve the use of their course towards the concentration based on fitness of content. Documentation will be kept by the School of Architecture, but it is the student’s responsibility to solicit approval through the advising process.
Six credit hours from one of the following:
ARCH 586 (6)
ARCH 588 (6)
ARCH 590 (6)
ARCH 598 (6)
ARCH 599 (6)
Plus six elective credit hours from one of these courses or similar courses per advising process:
ARCH 525 (1-3)
ARCH 550 (1-3)
ARCH 552 (1-3)
ARCH 554 (1-3)
ARCH 555 (1-3)
Of the six elective credit hours, up to three credit hours may be from:
ARCH 526 (3)
ARCH 593 (1-9)
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