ENVIRONMENTAL GREEN STUDIES

About this Course

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

Course Syllabus

+ Course Syllabus

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

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

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

4) 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

5) 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

Frequently Asked Questions

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