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Sustainable Architecture
Prof. Avlokita Agrawal · IIT Roorkee
About
The pace at which resource consumption is increasing in every field, it has become imperative to consider sustainability in all aspects. Buildings are a major consumer of resources through their life time. This has been realized by the nations world over and hence stricter norms and laws for construction are being laid. Buildings are supposed to be more and more efficient and optimal in consuming resources. Such buildings are called sustainable buildings and all buildings will be required to be sustainable.Hence this course becomes important in understanding- 1. The basic parameters of sustainable buildings. 2. Design, Practices and technology which would lead to creation of such buildings. 3. Science behind performance of efficient buildings.
Intended audience: Architecture and Planning
Prerequisites: Climatology, Building materials
Lectures
Week 1
- Introduction to Sustainability
- Buildings, Needs and 'Sustainability'
- Sustainability and Sustainable Development
- Historic Origins of Sustainability
- Pioneers of Sustainable Development
Week 2
- Environmental Impacts of Development: Impacts on Water
- Environmental Impacts of Development: Impacts on Land and Air
- Social and Economic Impacts of Development
- Agenda 21 and UN Goals
- Established needs for Sustainability in Building Sector
Week 3
- Definition and Characteristics of Sustainability
- Flavors of Sustainable Architecture
- Indicators and Terminologies in Sustainable Architecture
- Process of Designing Green Buildings
- Green Building Ratings and Components
Week 4
- Fundamentals of Thermal Comfort
- Climatic Considerations, Physiological Objectives of Design
- Fundamentals of Climate Responsive Buildings - I
- Fundamentals of Climate Responsive Buildings - II
- Visual and Acoustic Comfort
Week 5
- Sustainable Sites - I
- Sustainable Sites - II
- Sustainable Sites - III
- Sustainable Sites - IV
- Sustainable Sites - V
Week 6
- Water Conservation - I
- Water Conservation - II
- Water Conservation - III
- Water Conservation - IV
- Water Conservation - V
Week 7
- Materials and Resources - I
- Materials and Resources - II
- Materials and Resources - III
- Materials and Resources - IV
- Materials and Resources - V
Week 8
- Energy Efficiency - I
- Energy Efficiency - II
- Energy Efficiency - III
- Energy Efficiency IV
- Energy Efficiency - V
Week 9
- Indoor Environmental Quality - I
- Indoor Environmental Quality - II
- Indoor Environmental Quality - III
- Indoor Environmental Quality - IV
- Indoor Environmental Quality - V
Week 10
- Vernacular Architecture - I
- Vernacular Architecture - II
- Codes and Standards
- Introduction to Whole Building Simulation - I
- Introduction to Whole Building Simulation - II
Week 11
- Whole Building Performance - I
- Whole Building Performance - II
- Whole Building Performance - III
- Whole Building Performance - IV
- Whole Building Performance - V
Week 12
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Roorkee
- Department
- Architecture
- Teacher
- Prof. Avlokita Agrawal
- 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
- Attribution
- NPTEL states: "Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike / CC BY - NC - SA", beside a BY-NC-SA badge.
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