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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to Sustainable Design:
A discussion of ecological design principles and broad scale urban approaches to sustainable developments.
A selection of case studies will be used to discuss various approaches to incorporating sustainable design objectives into architectural design. Discussion will include material selection, embodied energy, recycling initiatives, quality and durability as attitudes, implications of life cycle costing. |
None |
2) |
Verifying and Marketing Green Buildings:
Selling environmental design requires quantification and data. We will look at some of the Green Building
tools and evaluation methods; including Green Building Advisor software, Athena Environmental Impact Estimator, ENVest, LEED, and Green Globe Standards. |
Peruse the website of the U.S. Green Building Council (authors of LEED): http://www.usgbc.org/
Peruse the website of the British Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (authors of BREEAM): http://www.breeam.org/ |
3) |
Lighting in Buildings:
Detailed look at the use of light in buildings from the point of view of issues of source, quantity, quality, human response, glare, room use, control, strategies, applications. The importance of natural lighting, both from an energy conservation point of view, as well as the aesthetic impact of natural light on interior architecture and the function of space. |
Read Sinopoli: pp. 47-56 |
4) |
Passive solar design |
None |
5) |
At the heart of it all: Energy from the sun |
Readings: Droege pp. 307-312 (100% Renewable: One Man’s Journey for a Solar World); Simon pp. 87-102 (Solar Energy) |
6) |
Wind energy |
Reading: Simon pp. 103-122 (Wind Energy)
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7) |
Midterm exam |
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8) |
Conserving water, gray water recycling, rainwater harvesting |
Read: Moxon: Chapter 3 (pp. 78-83) |
9) |
Sustainable materials, embodied energy |
Read: Moxon: Chapter 3 (pp. 84-106) |
10) |
Cradle 2 cradle design and sustainable material certification schemes |
Read: McDonough and Braungart: Introduction (pp. 3-16) |
11) |
Social sustainability |
Read: Simon Guy, & Steven A. Moore, pp. 47-58 |
12) |
The future of sustainable design |
None |
13) |
Student presentations |
Presentations related to the final assignment |
14) |
Student presentations |
Presentations related to the final assignment |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
To correctly identify the problems and to be able to ask the correct questions |
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2) |
To have the ability for problem solving and to utilize analytical approach in dealing with the problems |
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3) |
To be able to identify business processes and use them to increase the productivity in logistics system. |
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4) |
To be fully prepared for a graduate study |
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5) |
Awareness of the new advancements in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and to be able to use them in logistics management effectively.
internet and the electronic world |
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6) |
To understand the components of logistics as well as the importance of the coordination among these components.
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7) |
To know the necessary ingredients for improving the productivity in business life |
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8) |
To think innovatively and creatively in complex situations |
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9) |
To act and think both regionally and internationally |
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10) |
To understand the demands and particular questions of globalization |
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11) |
Aware of the two way interaction between globalization and logistics; as well as to use this interaction for increasing the productivity. |
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12) |
To be able to use at least one foreign language both for communication and academic purposes |
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13) |
To acquire leadership qualities but also to know how to be a team member |
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14) |
To understand the importance of business ethics and to apply business ethics as a principal guide in both business and academic environment |
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