ENVIRONMENTAL GREEN STUDIES

About this Course

Course Description

The course introduces approaches and design to fulfil the requirements in achieving a sustainability development of green building in this green world by learning to use the building performance assessment tools such as green building index. It provides the student understanding and study of the interrelationship between environmental issues, policies, laws, regulations and ecological building envelope design.

Course Learning Outcomes

1 ) Report verbally and written on the environmental green issues and challenges in achieving a sustainable built environment.
2 ) Display computer skills in measuring a building performance in a tropical climate condition to create a sustainable built environment
3 ) Discover the fundamental issues, policies, laws, regulations, and green building features in designing a sustainable built environment.

Course Details

STATUS : Open
DURATION : FLEXIBLE
EFFORT : 4
MODE : 100% Online
COURSE LEVEL : Intermediate
LANGUAGE : English
CLUSTER : Science & Technology ( ST )

 Syllabus

Environmental declarations and agreements
DOE strategies
Environmental quality act
Aims of an EIA
EIA procedures

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

BREEAM assessment criteria
LEED system
Green Building Index
Other

Building orientation
Building configuration
Floor depth
Floor to floor height
Location of cores
Building façade selection
Arrangement of spaces
Landscaping

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

Our Instructor

DR. AZAMUDDIN BIN HUSIN

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Sri Iskandar

NOR AZIZAH BINTI TALKIS

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Sri Iskandar

PROFESOR MADYA TS. DR. SITI AKHTAR BT MAHAYUDDIN

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Sri Iskandar

DR. ASMAT BINTI ISMAIL

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Sri Iskandar

DR. SHAZILA BINTI ABDULLAH

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Sri Iskandar

PROFESOR MADYA DR HAYROMAN BIN AHMAD

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Sri Iskandar

 Frequently Asked Questions

A1 : An interdisciplinary subject examining the interplay between the social, legal, management, and scientific aspects of environmental issues