Program at a glance
Credential
Advanced Certificate
Area of Study
Technologies & Engineering
Trades & Apprenticeship
Study options
Online
Blended delivery
Work experience
None
Open to International
No
Length
Varies
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Camosun's Advanced Skills for Clean Energy and Efficient Buildings provide the skills for the high-performance building sector by providing short, relevant micro-credentials in clean energy, efficient building design and high-performance building construction.
These micro-credentials prepare you to implement CleanBC’s forward-thinking housing initiatives including net-zero energy home construction.
ProSIT Program
This micro-credential program is offered through Camosun's Professional Studies and Industry Training (ProSIT) department.
What you'll learn
Find a list of clean energy courses currently offered through ProSIT, Professional Studies and Industry Training.
Opportunities
As a graduate, these micro-credentials will provide the skills and knowledge to enable you to create residential buildings that meet the building standards of the future. These micro-credentials will allow you to implement CleanBC and the BC Energy Step Code's 2032 goals – in 2021.
Delivery
These Clean Energy and Efficient Buildings micro-credentials are offered primarily by distance on weekday evenings, allowing you to continue to work while upgrading your skills. Hands-on experience opportunities will be available with specific micro-credentials.
Curriculum & courses
Micro-credentials
Clean Energy: includes four micro-credentials developed with the help of Solar Photovoltaic specialists and may be taken individually or grouped towards a specialization.
- Photo Voltaic Design Specialization:
- Micro-credential in Introduction to Clean Energy (18 hours over three weeks)
- Micro-credential in Photovoltaics (30 hours over six weeks)
- Micro-credential in Designing Photovoltaic Systems (24 hours over four weeks)
- Photo Voltaic Installer Specialization:
- Micro-credential in Introduction to Clean Energy (18 hours over three weeks)
- Micro-credential in Photovoltaics (30 hours over six weeks)
- Micro-credential in Voltaic Array Installation (24 hours over four weeks)
Efficient Buildings: includes six micro-credentials developed with experts familiar with national building codes, the provincial BC Energy Step Code and Passive House building standards, and may be taken individually or grouped towards a specialization.
- Passive House Designer Specialization:
- Micro-credential in Passive House Design and Construction (30 hours over six weeks)
- Micro-credential in Understanding and Working with Passive House Planning Package (24 hours over four weeks)
- Micro-credential in Passive House Design / Consultancy – examination preparation (12 hours over two weeks)
- Passive House Tradesperson Specialization:
- Micro-credential in Introduction to Passive House High Performance Buildings (nine hours over two weeks)
- Micro-credential in Passive House Tradesperson - theory / practicum (12 + eight hours over four weeks)
- Micro-credential in Passive House Tradesperson - examination preparation (four hours over one week)
Specializations can be completed concurrently.
Participants who complete the micro-credentials in any three of these four specializations will receive a Clean Energy and Efficient Buildings certificate from Camosun College.
Find a list of clean energy courses currently offered through ProSIT, Professional Studies and Industry Training.
Contact us
If you have admissions questions contact us today!
If you have questions about what you can expect to learn in your technology classes contact lyle@camosun.ca.
Faculty/staff profile
Ross Lyle
Chair, Instructor, Mechanical Engineering Dept.
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Contact information
Clean Energy and Efficient Buildings
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