Our one-year Environmental Building Sciences graduate certificate program provides you with the skills and knowledge to effectively manage indoor environmental conditions throughout the building life cycle, encompassing the identification, testing, and remediation of problems in the building environment. You will study building sciences, sustainability, and energy management for building design and control, environmental legislation, air and water quality, assessment for communication of risk, hazardous materials assessment and abatement, sampling and testing methodologies, project management, CAD/BIM, and technical report writing. Conestoga's Environmental Building Sciences program is experiential, incorporating exercises, case studies, and practical laboratories in building sciences. In the final term, you will participate in a major project to address a present-day environmental building issue, which will be developed in consultation with representatives from the environmental industry.
Which department am I in?
School of Engineering and Technology
Study options
Full Time
(1 Year)
Tuition fees
CAD$16,319.00 (US$ 11,730)
per year
Administrative fee - $200.00
Start date
January 2027
Venue
Cambridge - Fountain Street Campus
850 Fountain Street South,
Cambridge,
Ontario,
N3H 0A8, Central Canada, Canada
Entry requirements
For international students
A degree in science, engineering, a health-related field, or another related field from an accredited college or university OR
A three-year advanced diploma from an accredited college in architecture, mechanical, civil, environmental, or electrical engineering technology
Applicants will be ranked based on an assessment of academic performance (grades), length and discipline of degree/diploma. Preference may be given to applicants who have successfully completed a biology, physics or chemistry course at the post-secondary level.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.