‘Fairconditioning’ Workshop

The Premise

It is estimated that by 2031, if left unchecked, India’s carbon footprint contribution from window and split air conditioners alone will amount to 187.5 million tonnes of CO2e or the equivalent of 750 million lesser trees.

The Program

The Fairconditioning Programme an Indo-Swiss non-profit program for eco-building design and efficient cooling techniques. It is a unique intervention that aims to address climate change and energy security through capacity building, tool development, technology sharing and policy change in the sustainable cooling and building design industry.

Upcoming workshop in Delhi

The workshop themed ‘Thoughtful Cooling’ is conducted as part of the Building Energy Modelling Advisory Project (BEMAP) of the Fairconditioning Programme. The overall objective of the workshop is to increase understanding of sustainable active cooling technologies and to help architects integrate energy analysis techniques and strategies into their design process.

Training Content

• Day 1 includes, theory sessions on building physics, psychrometry and climate analysis, solar geometry, passive design.
• Understand working principles of sustainable cooling technologies such as radiant cooling, indirect-evaporative cooling, solar air-conditioning, and natural refrigerant air-conditioning.
• Day 2 and day 3 include, training sessions on building energy modeling on Design Builder software. The training will cover modeling of strategies to reduce cooling loads, HVAC systems and simulations of multiple design iterations.

Learn techniques to quantify the environmental benefits of passive design strategies. A free 60 day license for Design Builder will be provided to the participants and they can avail the discounted annual license post that.

The workshop will include audio-visual presentations, rigorous computer modelling lab sessions, quizzes. Vivek Gilani from cBalance Solutions Hub will be our trainer for the modules on sustainable cooling systems and Apeksha Gupta from Eco-First services will be our trainer for Design Builder software. You can view the workshop agenda here: Fairconditioning Workshop Agenda

Workshop Fees:

The workshop has a fully refundable registration fee of Rs. 2500. The fee is refunded on completion of a short on-line course named MOOC (open book format,multiple choice answers) prior the workshop. Details will be provided on registration.

Laptop Requirements:

All participants are required to bring their own laptops. An additional fee of Rs.2500 will be charged to participants that do not bring their own laptops. Please note that the software may not be compatible with MAC systems.

To confirm attendance:

1. We request you to register for the workshop at –  Fairconditioning Workshop Registration
2. Complete payment of the fully refundable registration fee of Rs. 2500 at- Fairconditioning Workshop Payment

The registration fee is refunded on completion of the short on-line course prior the workshop. Details will be sent to you on confirming attendance (open-book format with multiple-choice answers).

Website: http://www.fairconditioning.org/register/