(Please note: SFIA is not in San Francisco at this time.)

SFIA NEW CLASS LOCATION

Grace North Church at 2138 Cedar St. at Walnut St. in Berkeley A block east of Shattuck and five blocks north of University -- walking distance from Berkeley Shattuck Bart station.

We trying out this facility this semester and considering buying the building as our long-term home.

TUITION
1-unit classes: $100 each, $150 after 9/11/09.
3-unit classes: $350 each, $200 noncredit.
5-unit studio class: $550 credit, $350, noncredit.

PRE-SEMESTER WORKSHOP
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

E-76  DESIGNER IN NATURE
1 unit. One full Saturday, September 19, 2009.
8:45 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
$100 for enrollment by September 11.  If any space after September 11, the late-enrollment tuition will be $150.
Instructor: Dave Deppen, Architect.

Dave Deppen has pioneered nature-friendly design techniques for over 30 years. He studies and works with professional naturalists.

In this special SFIA workshop, we will be in Marin County, immersing ourselves in the natural world.

DESIGNER IN NATURE
Includes:

•  Native awareness techniques
•  Advanced solar orientation
•  Ways of the animals, birds and plants
•  Community and ecology
•  Learning by experience

MONDAYS

E-75  ART AND TECHNOLOGY OF GREEN ROOFS AND LIVING WALLS
3 units.  6 weeks.  Mondays, 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
$350 credit; $200 noncredit.
Class starts Monday, September 21, 2009.
Instructor:  Fred Stitt, Architect, Director, SFIA.

Guest speakers will include Paul Kephart, the world's leading expert on green roofs and creator of the green roof at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco; Ingrid Severson of the Green Roofs Program for Bay Localize; and others to be announced.

Class topics:

•  The multiple advantages of green roofs and green walls, and
      why they're being adopted in all major cities across the
      U.S. and around the world.


•  The many varieties of design and construction of green
      roofs and green walls.


•  Case studies:  the best of the newest green roofs, small
      and large.


•  Green walls inside and out:  even more advantageous
      than green roofs.


•  Choosing plant species, growth media, latest information
      sources.


•  Retrofitting existing buildings -- huge new career
      opportunities.

E-51  CREATIVE GREEN BUILDINGS
3 units.  6 weeks.  Mondays, 8:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
$350 credit; $200 noncredit.
Class starts Monday, September 21, 2009.
Instructor:  Fred Stitt, Architect, Director, SFIA.

How to design and construct buildings that produce more energy than they use, provide their own water, eat pollution, grow food, clean the air, improve health, and eliminate waste.

Applying the latest in creative design and problem-solving methods to green building planning, design, and construction. Includes a complete summation of everything happening in green building, from earth building to solar energy, to buildings that do it all.

TUESDAYS

DE-200 ECODESIGN STUDIO
6 units.  8 weeks. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
$550 credit; $350 noncredit.
Class starts Tuesday, September 22, 2009.
Instructor: Dave Deppen, Architect.

Dave Deppen is our highest-rated faculty member.  He has worked with pioneering Eco Design luminaries, including Malcolm Wells and Sim Van der Ryn. He has an extensive background in ecological design projects.

“Resilience” will be the theme, since it is at the core of the next generation of ecological design, both in physical planning and the community (and in our hearts and minds).

We will explore this theme in realistic and creative design assignments. Designing for an actual inner Bay Area site, there will be options for you to pursue either a community master plan or a specific eco-building design.

Studio class includes:

•  Project Setup
•  EcoDesign process, from program through presentation.
•  Mixed-use and mixed-age development.
•  Human behavior factors.
•  Timeless natural energy techniques.
•  Water, crops and trees for delight and sustenance.

WEDNESDAYS

E-180  GREYWATER REUSE, RAINWATER CAPTURE,
AND ECOLOGICAL SANITATION
3 units.  6 weeks.  Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
$350 credit; $200 noncredit.
Class starts Wednesday, September 23, 2009.
Instructor:  Laura Allen of Greywater Guerrillas.

Drinkable water on our planet consists of less than a small percentage of 1% of all the water available. Water will have to be conserved and collected on a local scale and building by building in the years ahead, to avoid catastrophic consequences. Meanwhile, it's a practical economic benefit for buildings to go "off the pipeline," in terms of water supply, just as many are going "off the grid" to generate their own electricity.

This class will cover the basics of ecological sanitation: rainwater harvesting, greywater reuse, recycling greywater for landscaping, and waterless composting toilets. It will cover the new greywater-friendly code for the state of California; the most common types of low-tech systems; and high-end and commercial-scale options. Also covers crucial health and safety issues and the do's and don'ts you must know.

E-150  SOLAR ENERGY
3 units. 6 weeks.  Wednesdays, 8:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
$350 credit; $200 noncredit.
Class starts Wednesday, September 23, 2009.
Instructor to be announced.

Solar power gets cheaper and more efficient every year. As people switch to plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars, the economics get better and better.

This class covers all you need to know to understand solar technology, how to choose systems, the best methods of installation and operation, and how to combine solar energy with other alternatives, such as wind power.

THURSDAYS

E-22   GREEN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
3 units.  8 weeks.  Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
$350 credit; $200 noncredit.
Class starts Thursday, September 24, 2009.
Instructor: Dave Deppen, Architect.

Dave Deppen has long experience working with real-world green building projects.

The skillful management of a project is crucial to to the accomplishment of green objectives. This class will emphasize powerful (and little-known) techniques of project management, as well as specific approaches to help achieve positive environmental results.

Topics include :

•  Project Setup.
•  Contracts.
•  Programming and project priorities.
•  Budgeting and cost estimating.
•  Schedules.
•  Codes, certifications, green rating systems such as LEED.
•  Project team dynamics.

D-7  WORK IN PROGRESS LECTURE SERIES
3 units.  8 weeks.  Thursdays, 8:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
$350 credit; you and guests may attend for noncredit without charge.
Starts Thursday, September 24, 2009.

Leading Bay Area architects, designers, and builders will describe what they do and how they do it.  From the front lines:  instructive in showing real-world problems in making buildings happen, and inspiring in showing the extraordinary possibilities of nature-based architecture.

NEW WAYS TO ACCELERATE YOUR EDUCATION AND REDUCE EXPENSES AT SFIA

Tuition reduction rebate. Students with perfect attendance in a class and who complete all work assignments by the end of the class will receive a $50 rebate on class tuition (or tuition credit on future classes) at the end of the semester. This rebate applies only to full-credit students.

Noncredit option. You may enroll and attend some classes on a noncredit basis. Later you can turn in the assignment work, pay the remaining tuition, and convert your enrollment to full credit. (Note: Classes taken for credit cannot be changed to noncredit later.)

Credit for attending non-SFIA green building events.
You may earn additional credit for any green building workshop(s) or conference(s) that you attend at other institutions. Just show proof of attendance, and hand in a 10-page summary of the event and what you learned, to earn one unit of credit. Your transcript will show as Independent Study credit.

Copy the form below, fill in the required information, and email, fax, or mail it, or call the Information Office to enroll (see below).