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Architectural Approaches to Decarbonization of Buildings

Prof. Iyer Vijayalaxmi Kasinath · School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada

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About

Buildings are a major contributor to the carbon emissions in the world by virtue of the energy consumption. In order to fulfill the commitment of India to reduce the emission intensity by 33 – 35% after COP26, it is important to go Carbon Neutral. The two types of energy that can be quantified across a building’s life cycle are its Embodied energy and Operational energy. The carbon emissions related to these constitutes the Embodied Carbon and Operational Carbon respectively. This NPTEL course discusses Embodied energy, operational energy, embodied carbon, operational carbon, carbon footprint, LCA and the scientific principles of achieving carbon neutral buildings.

Intended audience: U.G and P.G. students in the Domain of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Town Planning and Environmental Engineering

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Introduction to GHG and the role of buildings in its reduction YouTube
  2. Strategies to reduce GHG in Building Industry YouTube
  3. Policies, initiatives and future trends to reduce GHG in the Building Industry YouTube
  4. India's stand on Carbon Neutrality YouTube

Week 2

  1. India's approach to long term low Low Carbon Development- Part 1 YouTube
  2. India's approach to long term low Low Carbon Development- Part 2 YouTube
  3. Embodied energy and Embodied Carbon YouTube
  4. Basics of Embodied and Operational Carbon- Part 1 YouTube

Week 3

  1. Basics of Embodied and Operational Carbon- Part 2 YouTube
  2. Factors of Embodied energy calculation YouTube
  3. Operational Energy and Operational Carbon - Part 1 YouTube
  4. Operational Energy and Operational Carbon - Part 2 YouTube

Week 4

  1. Strategies to reduce Operational Energy YouTube
  2. Strategies to reduce Operational Energy and Case study YouTube
  3. Impact of reducing Operational Energy and Operational Carbon YouTube
  4. Passive Design Strategies in Carbon neutral Architecture YouTube

Week 5

  1. Orientation and Form for Passive cooling YouTube
  2. Appropriate Planning for Passive Architecture YouTube
  3. Appropriate fenestration for Passive Architecture YouTube
  4. Appropriate Planning and openings for Passive Architecture YouTube

Week 6

  1. Settlement planning principles for carbon neutrality YouTube
  2. Settlement planning principles for carbon neutrality- case studies YouTube
  3. Appropriate Openings for reduced Operational Energy - Part 1 YouTube
  4. Appropriate Openings for reduced Operational Energy - Part 2 YouTube

Week 7

  1. Methods of bringing in natural daylight YouTube
  2. Role of Landscape and water in Passive Design - Part 1 YouTube
  3. Role of Landscape and water in Passive Design - Part 2 YouTube
  4. Carbon neutrality through strategising building materials YouTube

Week 8

  1. Choice of building materials for carbon neutrality - Part 1 YouTube
  2. Choice of building materials for carbon neutrality - Part 2 YouTube
  3. Strategies to reduce Embodied Carbon through Design and Development YouTube
  4. Renewable building materials YouTube

Week 9

  1. Renewable building materials and technologies YouTube
  2. Renewable building materials based Case studies YouTube
  3. High embodied carbon building materials YouTube
  4. Comparison between conventional and alternate building materials YouTube

Week 10

  1. Environmental impacts of building materials and components YouTube
  2. Building Envelope types YouTube
  3. Dynamic Envelope - Case Studies Part 1 YouTube
  4. Dynamic Envelope - Case Studies Part 2 YouTube

Week 11

  1. Low Energy Envelope Part 1 YouTube
  2. Low Energy Envelope Part 2 YouTube
  3. Natural Daylighting Strategies YouTube
  4. Daylighting optimized skylights YouTube

Week 12

  1. Daylighting optimized fenestration YouTube
  2. Daylighting- Case studies 1 YouTube
  3. Daylighting- Case studies 2 YouTube
  4. Recap and Conclusion YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada
Department
Architecture
Teacher
Prof. Iyer Vijayalaxmi Kasinath
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Art, architecture and design
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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