# 12-747   Sustainable Buildings

**Source**: https://cee.engineering.cmu.edu/education/course-descriptions/12-747.html
**Parent**: https://cee.engineering.cmu.edu/education/undergraduate/courses.html

This course will cover the basics of the design, retrofit and monitoring of buildings to achieve energy efficiency. We will introduce energy simulation tools, the fundamentals of the most important building systems (i.e., heating, cooling, ventilation, insulation, etc.) and the technologies that can be used to monitor their performance.

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**Prerequisite(s):**Graduate Standing, or approval of instructor