Buildings consume about a third of the energy in the United States.
Energy Scheming' is a software application that enables the user to calculate the energy consumption of a building scheme early in the design process when changes are easy to make. While 'Energy Scheming' has unique characteristics and provides valuable information to its users, it needs the support of related course materials to be used effectively and easily. It needs to be evaluated in several different educational environments in order to convince faculty that their students will learn more and more easily using 'Energy Scheming'. Lastly, 'Energy Scheming' needs an active group of champions who can communicate its value to teachers and all architectural education providers. Progress on the dissemination of course materials included the recruitment of nine more participating universities across the country, the development of three Web sites for use by the growing network of universities, and presentation of abstracts, papers, and workshops at several national meetings.