ARCH520 CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
| Course Code: | 1200520 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the students are expected to:
- Know architectural design strategies regarding CC adaptation and mitigation.
- Articulate the impacts of climate change (CC) on the built environment and building performance
- Know concepts related to global warming, urban heat island, and the thermal response of buildings to the CC and UHI
- Learn how to select appropriate building technologies while designing for CC
- Learn how to incorporate renewable energy technologies for CC mitigation
- Use computational tools and methods of design, modeling, simulation and data analysis for climate change impact analysis and actions of mitigation and adaptation in the built environment
- Calculate, analyze and visualize projected building performance objectives related to energy use, environmental footprint, occupant comfort/health
- Learn how to calculate long-term projections of the building performance indicators
- Acquire a critical perspective on the relationship between design, technology and creativity
Course Content
Architectural design strategies for climate change, climate change impacts on the built environment, mitigation and adaptation, urban heat island, sustainable design solutions to new and existing buildings, long-term performance predictions under climate change impacts, specific focus on the use of advanced computational methods such as building energy simulations, parametric/algorithmic modeling, data-analytical and data-driven methods for evaluation and prediction, research by design.