Sustainable Building Design

This introductory module covers fundamental concepts of energy consumption in buildings, focusing on benchmarking techniques and understanding basic energy use patterns in built environments.

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This module explores climate factors affecting building design, including solar radiation, wind patterns, temperature, and relative humidity. Students learn about direct shading and its impact on building performance.

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This module focuses on thermal comfort principles and how to design buildings that respond to climatic conditions. Students learn to assess and create comfortable indoor environments.

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This module covers principles of active solar design, light and human vision relationships, and photovoltaic studies. Students learn how to integrate solar energy systems into building design.

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This module explores daylight simulation techniques, availability metrics, and material surface properties in relation to daylighting design. Students learn to analyze and optimize daylight performance.

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This module covers visual comfort, electric lighting systems, and occupant behavior analysis. Students learn about glare assessment and electric lighting design strategies.

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This module examines thermal mass principles, heat flow mechanics, and various insulation materials and window technologies. Students learn about building envelope design and thermal performance.

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This module focuses on shading strategies, integrated façade design, and ventilation principles. Students learn to assess and optimize building thermal performance through natural ventilation.

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This module covers internal gains analysis and load calculations in buildings. Students learn to simulate and evaluate thermal performance using computational tools.

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This module explores HVAC systems for both small and large buildings, covering design principles and system selection criteria.

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This extended module focuses on applying learned concepts in a comprehensive final project, where students design a sustainable building incorporating various environmental strategies.

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This module focuses on the evaluation and feedback process for the sustainable building design projects. Students will engage in peer review of final design projects, learning to critically assess design solutions based on sustainability criteria, technical accuracy, and innovation. Through this collaborative evaluation process, students will gain insights into diverse approaches to sustainable design challenges while developing their analytical and constructive feedback skills.

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