Learn high performance Buildings (LHPB)

LHPB is funded through a $2-million-dollar grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC). SuPerB's Learn High Performance Buildings (LHPB) project, formally called Learn Green Buildings, will create a software platform to provide an immersive, interactive 3D environment of virtual spaces inside office buildings to enable users to learn about high-performance, energy-efficient building design, construction, and operations.

The LearnHPB platform will build upon the successful results from 5 years of development of the Learn HVAC eLearning tool (www.learnHVAC.org), and provide users with the ability to learn about the energy performance of each of 4 building energy systems: exterior envelope, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning), lighting, and daylighting. Learn HVAC and LearnHPB software can be used either individually or in group-learning situations, and is directed at students and instructors in 2-year and 4-year college programs. All software will be open source and available via web-based, public-domain delivery platforms, thus facilitating their widespread use and their potential extension and modification by others. All tools and resources developed are to be available at no cost to users.