{"id":773,"date":"2013-09-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/2013\/09\/03\/autodesk-ups-skill-sets-and-job-competitiveness-of-aec-students-with-sustainable-design-certificate\/"},"modified":"2013-09-03T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T09:00:00","slug":"autodesk-ups-skill-sets-and-job-competitiveness-of-aec-students-with-sustainable-design-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/autodesk-ups-skill-sets-and-job-competitiveness-of-aec-students-with-sustainable-design-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Ups Skill Sets and Job Competitiveness of AEC Students with Sustainable Design Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Free Building Performance Analysis Certificate Program Kicks Off<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Sustainability and climate change are one of the biggest concerns in the design profession today*. And beginning today, Autodesk is adding to its set of resources and curricula for sustainable design with the launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com\/bpac\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Autodesk\u00ae Building Performance Analysis (BPA) Certificate Program<\/span><\/a> for<strong> <\/strong>architecture and engineering students. This free online course teaches necessary building science fundamentals for designing high performance buildings through self-paced online tutorials, quizzes and Autodesk software exercises. Autodesk\u2019s BPA Certificate Program is complementary to LEED accreditation and gives students the skills they likely haven\u2019t learned and helps them gain a competitive edge in the job marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">\u201cWe are in the midst of an industry-wide transition to performance-based sustainable design and Autodesk\u2019s BPA Certificate Program has been created to make the shift,\u201c says Autodesk Sustainability Education Program Manager Adam Menter. \u201cThe BPA Certificate Program will be completed by thousands of students by the end of the year and the company will launch a similar program for professionals this fall.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">In conjunction, Autodesk launched a global design competition which challenges architecture and engineering students<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\"> <\/span>to design a high-performance building.&#160; Planned with urban revitalization leader Majora Carter, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aias.org\/website\/article.asp?id=2847\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Transformation 2030 competition<\/span><\/a> will allow participants to get real-world experience designing a community garden and culinary arts center to replace a shuttered South Bronx juvenile detention center. 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