A.R.E. Building Systems Study Guide and Practice Exam (The Amber Book) - Softcover

Ermann, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1466266325 ISBN 13: 9781466266322

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

This exam and study guide tests—and fosters—ownership of concepts in building systems, with an emphasis on the content stressed in the Architect Registration Examination (A.R.E.) Building Systems component. It is designed as a study tool, learning exercise, and confidence-builder. Questions are not reading comprehension devices that follow lessons, but rather opportunities to introduce a topic. Your time is valuable so this study guide does not treat all content that might appear on the exam equally. Rather it weights content by (1) its importance in the A.R.E. exam, and (2) its usefulness to the career of an architect. It further weights the content based on its “yield.” In other words, memorizing the entire plumbing code will certainly help you on the A.R.E. exam, but it is certainly not the most efficient means of studying for it.

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About the Author

Michael Ermann is a tenured associate professor of architecture at Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture + Design, where he teaches design studio, environmental building systems, and architectural acoustics. He has taught the building systems course sequence covering energy, passive thermal, mechanical systems, lighting, acoustics, thermal comfort, air quality, electricity, and plumbing for each of the last 20 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 coauthoring the third edition of Architectural Acoustics, which has been for decades the most widely used textbook in the field. He’s the former Undergraduate Program Co-chairman and has won design, teaching, research, and outreach awards for his work. Prior to joining the VT faculty Professor Ermann was an acoustical consultant at Artec in New York City and Siebein Associates in Gainesville, Florida. He received a bachelor of science in mathematics from Tulane University and a master of architecture degree from the University of Florida. He enjoys hosting exam prep seminars for professionals looking to take the ARE Building Systems exam.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1466266325
• ISBN 13: 9781466266322
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134