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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) |
Students will have knowledge of fundemantals of mathemetaics and phsics |
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2) |
Students will have konowledge of relevant software and hardware requirements in the office environment |
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3) |
Having the ability to define and explain the fundemental concepts, principles and essentilas of software and having the ability to develop software. |
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4) |
Having the ability to use tools, machines and having the ability to recognize and diagnose problems in the related computer fields. |
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5) |
Having the ability to communicate efficiently in verbal and written Turkish, to know at least one foreign language in order to communicate with the colleagues and customers. |
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6) |
Having the ability to setup,diagnose and maintanance of databases |
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7) |
Having the ability to design graphical animations for desktop applications and internet programming. |
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8) |
Having the ability to develop and control internet projects |
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9) |
Having the ability to develop group projects, team work, software and hardware projects |
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10) |
Having the ability to set up,diagnose operating systems and network systems |
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