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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 have knowledge about logistics operations and the basic legislation |
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2) |
To have knowledge about the politics, corporations and the developments in logistics. |
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3) |
To have knowledge about the economical life and the basic features of the enterprises that take place in logistics sector. |
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4) |
To have knowledge about the documents that are used in logistics and how to prepare them. |
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5) |
To have knowledge about the new marketing and sales techniques and the principles of opening to new markets. |
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6) |
To have knowledge and consciousness about the job security, worker health and environment protection in logistics sector. |
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7) |
To have knowledge and consciousness about the basic legal attainments, social responsibility, ethics and social security rights in logistics. |
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8) |
To be involved in communication network in logistics sector and follow the developments. |
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9) |
To have the ability to comment and evaluate the classical and current theories by taking into account the developments in logistics and supply chain areas. |
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10) |
To have the basic knowledge about foreign trade and customs legislation. |
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11) |
To have knowledge about relationship between foreign trade and logistics management. |
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12) |
To have basic knowledge in at least one foreign language. |
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13) |
He/she can use information and communication tecnologies that necessary for their area, follows technological change and applies new technologies to business system. |
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