Environmental Design for High Performance Athletics

Master the architectural frameworks, mechanical thermodynamics, and sustainable procurement strategies required to build and retrofit next-generation zero-emission arenas. Offered in collaboration with the University of Toronto Mississauga.

Enrollment Cost100% Free / Open Access

Course Syllabus

Mastering the Four Pillars of Carbon-Negative Venues

Analyze wind-ventilation principles, geothermal loop design, and high-volume thermal battery structures tailored for athletic performance.

Examine structural loads, fire-safety validation, and carbon sequestration metrics of mass-timber columns and wide-span canopies.

Design sustainable rainwater catchment networks, graywater repurposing systems, and on-site sport complex microgrids.

Implement community micro-climate metrics, carbon offset ledgers, and institutional procurement standards.

Environmental Design for High Performance Athletics

Mastering the Four Pillars of Carbon-Negative Venues

MODULE 1Passive Cooling & Structural Thermodynamics

MODULE 2Mass-Timber Structural Engineering at Scale

MODULE 3Circular Utility Strategies & Water Ecosystems

MODULE 4LEED & BREEAM Stadium Certification Standards