Environmental Policies, Laws and Regulations
Environmental declarations and agreements
DOE strategies
Environmental quality act
Aims of an EIA
EIA procedures

Greenhouse Effects and Urban Heat Island
Effects of greenhouse effects and ozone depletion.
Control of O3 depletion and green house effects.
Urban heat island

Building Performance Assessment Tools
BREEAM assessment criteria
LEED system
Green Building Index
Other

Passive Design Strategy (ventilation, daylight, thermal, moisture)
Building orientation
Building configuration
Floor depth
Floor to floor height
Location of cores
Building façade selection
Arrangement of spaces
Landscaping

The Building Envelope - thermal measurement
5. The Building Envelope - thermal measurement
Concept of OTTV and RTTV
Fenestration at a given orientation
Shading coefficient
K-value and U-value
Calculation of OTTV based on MS1525

Q1 : What is environmental studies?
A1 : An interdisciplinary subject examining the interplay between the social, legal, management, and scientific aspects of environmental issues