SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
- Course
- CVLE637 - SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
- Department
- Civil Engineering - English - PhD
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
This course develops the scientific and engineering skills necessary to design energy-efficient and sustainable buildings as well as built environments. The course aims to integrate laterally a wide range of advanced environmental building design aspects that includes building physics, enhanced natural ventilation, sustainable building materials, rational water usage, global energy demands and renewable/alternative energy technologies, bioclimatic building design, perception of human comfort, and environmental management and strategies. The course also demonstrates examples of both sustainable and unsustainable aspects of current building design practice, and how international policy frameworks can act as both drivers and barriers to sustainable solutions. The course involves individual case studies of international environmental design projects. Current sustainability certification schemes are presented and discussed critically.
SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Sustainability: Overview of Sustainability, |
| Week 2 | Global climate change, human activities and their effects, |
| Week 3 | Concepts of sustainable development urban development; Sustainable site planning |
| Week 4 | Principles of site analysis, Improving sustainability of a site |
| Week 5 | Sustainable Energy resources |
| Week 6 | The environmental benefits of energy efficiency |
| Week 7 | Introduction to sustainable buildings standards: green buildings vs sustainable buildings. |
| Week 8 | Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) |
| Week 9 | MIDTERM WEEK |
| Week 10 | Building envelope effect and energy efficiency measures, renewable energy integration, |
| Week 11 | Sustainable building design criteria |
| Week 12 | Sustainable construction component and materials |
| Week 13 | Energy consumption and CO2 production in Construction sector |
| Week 14 | Energy use and GHG emissions,-Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for measuring Sustainability |
| Week 15 | FINAL |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Barton, H., Grant, M., Guise, R. , Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability, Routledge; 2 edition, 2010.
- 02 Alison Cotgrave; Mike Riley Total Sustainability in the Built Environment, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- 03 Lynch, Kevin; Hack, Gary (1962). Site Planning. MIT Press. (2nd ed. 1971; 3rd ed. 1984)
- 04 Kazimee Bashir, Sustainable Urban Forms : Theory, Design and Application, First edition, Cognella Academic Publishing, 2018
Learning Outcomes
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Program Outcomes
- 1. Critically evaluates current and advanced knowledge in civil engineering and makes original contributions that expand the boundaries of the field.
- 2. Identifies complex engineering problems, develops new methods or models, and scientifically validates them.
- 3. Analyzes existing theories, methods, and applications in depth and applies them to new areas of research.
- 4. Designs, conducts, and interprets independent scientific research within disciplinary or interdisciplinary contexts.
- 5. Plans, executes, and completes original research in accordance with principles of scientific ethics and integrity.
- 6. Designs and develops innovative systems, processes, or methodologies in the field of civil engineering.
- 7. Evaluates scientific, technological, social, and environmental developments in the field and proposes sustainable engineering solutions.
- 8. Effectively uses and develops advanced computational, modeling, and simulation techniques in civil engineering applications.
- 9. Critically reviews national and international scientific literature in the field and produces original scholarly publications.
- 10. Communicates scientific research and its results effectively through written, oral, and visual means in national and international contexts.
- 11. Demonstrates leadership in interdisciplinary research environments, initiates new collaborations, and manages research teams.
- 12. Utilizes knowledge and expertise for the benefit of society, evaluates the ethical, social, and environmental impacts of engineering practices, and makes responsible decisions.
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