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ARE Building Systems Prep Course - The Amber Seminar
The American Institute of Architects is pleased to host the ARE Building Systems Prep Course - The Amber Seminar
Join us for a three-day class to prepare those intending to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) Building Systems section. The seminar is comprehensive, and it is expected that participants will be ready to take the exam itself within one week of the course, even if you have not studied prior. The course REPLACES studying (rather than initiates it). In addition to base content, the program includes a group session dedicated to practicing the vignette, individual practice vignette grading, and the instructor's study guide, ARE Building Systems Study Guide and Practice Exam: The Amber Book. If you don't pass the exam, your tuition is refunded!
For more information, go to www.arebuildingsystems.com and click on the "Seminars" link.
For past participant reviews, go to one of the ARE forums and search for the name "Ermann" or "Amber" or visit www.arebuildingsystems.com and scroll down.
Agenda
Day 1: Thermal comfort, psychrometrics, heat transfer, thermal resistance*, infiltration and ventilation, climate, solar geometry, passive heating, active heating, passive cooling, air conditioning*, air distribution*, HVAC concepts*, overall strategies for studying, practice exam.
Day 2: plumbing*, power*, electric lighting*, air quality, daylighting, electric lighting*, practice exam.
Day 3: Vignette group practice*, LEED, room acoustics, noise control, practice exam.
* =in-depth coverage of a topic
Dates: July 18-20, 2014; Friday 8 to 5, Saturday 8 to 5, and Sunday 8 to 2
Location: 1317 Perloff Hall, Room 1209B (Use "Portola Plaza" as street address for GPS), UCLA's Westwood Campus, Los Angeles
Tuition: $675 ($625 for UCLA Alumni, AIA members, and members of groups of four or more registering together). This includes lunch all three days.
There is a 100% refund if you take the exam within three weeks of the seminar and don't pass.
Instructor Bio
Michael Ermann is a tenured associate professor at Virginia Tech's School of Architecture + Design, where he teaches design studio, environmental building systems, and architectural acoustics. He's taught the building systems course sequence covering energy, passive thermal, mechanical systems, lighting, acoustics, thermal comfort, air quality, electricity, and plumbing for 22 of the last 25 semesters. Professor Ermann has authored or co-authored eight journal papers in the field of acoustics, and presented more than 20 papers on building systems. He currently is authoring the textbook Architectural Acoustics Illustrated, is the former Undergraduate Architecture Program Co-chairman, and has earned design, teaching, research, and outreach awards for his work.
Prior to joining the VT faculty Professor Ermann was an acoustical consultant in New York City and Florida. He received a bachelor of science in mathematics from Tulane University and a master of architecture degree from the University of Florida. He has completed the (current) 4.0 version of the Building Systems ARE and enjoys hosting ARE Building Systems prep courses for those in practice.
ARE Building Systems Exam Prep Seminar Reviews
Your class was for me certainly the key to passing. I think your explanations of the refrigeration cycle, heat loss and gain, and electrical matters generally (lamp types specifically) were breakthroughs for me in a mass of material that - of all the sections - was least familiar. I also appreciated your insistent emphasis on energy efficiency and new technologies/approached across all of the disciplines. I taught (history of architecture) for some years and have a special appreciation for what it takes you are an exceptional teacher. -Derek Moore
I just received the good news and am very giddy. PASS! Thanks so much for you informative class and one- of-a kind teaching style. I'll recommend your class to anyone who will listen. -Shannon Brown
Many thanks for your insightful, engaging, confidence-building, and not to mention, informative, seminar. Using real-world examples for context and the role-playing we did to understand the counter-intuitive concepts of HVAC and electrical was key. Things finally "clicked." I wish I could go back to school and take one of your courses for a semester! -Jennifer Gurney
I have passed and it was my final exam!!! It took me 4 years, while working full time and had two children in the meantime. So, the feeling is great as you can imagine! I found your course to extremely helpful and pretty much fundamental to my passing. I enjoyed it very much and felt confident when I went in. -Clementina Ruggieri
Your seminar ROCKS! It's amazing how you can explain everything in such simple way. I highly recommended it to all my friends and colleagues that are going through the same process. . . . [later]. . . ]m Just got my pass letter yesterday. I am glad that I took your seminar, which really was the best thing I did to prepare for this exam.Fang Kuei-Chen
I took the exam yesterday, and I think it went well. Thank you for the wonderful sessions this past weekend- your explanations were extremely helpful and I felt that the class as a whole was fantastic and exactly what I needed. Again, your class was priceless for me. I wish I lived closer to VT so I could sign up for some of your classes, as I find the material extremely interesting, and the way you teach it makes me want to learn more (I am even conducting an experiment with a container of water sitting on top of our refrigerator...measuring how much water evaporates each day-I'm having a blast!) -Ismini Naos
I did PASS!! This was my 4th time taking BS What a relief as it was my last exam. I am now licensed in New York! In my opinion, your seminar was excellent in that it focused on drilling the main concepts behind BS and not the misc. details of the very broad subject matter. I only wish I was fortunate enough to have studied BS from your perspective as a student. Many thanks again for your seminar! I left feeling empowered to do better work, and push the boundaries that so much of the Industry seems "stuck" in. Andrea Zaff
I have to tell you, your course was instrumental in passing, and not just for BS. I am not a good test taker, never have been, and your course helped me get past the "impending" test and focus the material we were covering. Once I stopped trying to pass a test and start trying to be a competent architect I started retaining the information. I am grateful . . .and the 2 other guys in our office who are not licensed yet will be hounded by me until they take your course. -Ben Jones
Website and Videos
You can learn more at the website, www.arebuildingsystems.com You can also view the videos he's posted to explain air conditioning to those studying for the exam. They come in three parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wZb6HgIDE0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1nYipLAv0U&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyNeh7wPQQk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
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LocationUCLA's Westwood Campus, Los Angeles (View)
1317 Perloff Hall, Room 1209B
Los Angeles, CA 90095
United States
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Attendees
Mark O.
Los Angeles, CA United States
Jul 16, 2014 2:41 PM |
Wing Hon N.
Monterey Park, CA United States
Jul 15, 2014 5:54 PM |
Deyanira O.
newport beach, CA United States
Jul 15, 2014 1:39 PM |
Jorge P.
Being Design Studio, Inc.
Canyon Lake, CA United States
Jul 14, 2014 9:06 AM |
Michelle S.
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
Hacienda Heights, CA United States
Jun 22, 2014 9:53 PM |
Timothy C.
Cuningham Group
Encinitas, CA United States
Jun 02, 2014 2:02 PM |
Christine C.
Monterey Park, CA United States
May 17, 2014 3:11 AM |
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