SEES585 SPECIAL TOPICS: SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENT
| Course Code: | 3900585 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Sustainable Environment and Energy Systems |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Masters |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr CEREN İNCE |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course will provide students with a solid understanding of the core areas of green building implications and its association with ethics and environment. The focus will be given to environmental and ecological aspects and the basics of sustainable development towards green building implications that is planned to discuss from technical, environmental, and economical point of view at multidisciplinary level.
Course Content
Sustainable Development and Sustainable Construction, Green Building Processes and Obstacles, Green Building Movement, Ecological Design, Green Building Assessment, Green Building Globes Assessment System, Sustainable Sites and Landscapes, Low-Energy Building Strategies, Closing Materials Loops, Built Environment Carbon Footprint.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will:
- gain an understanding of essence of sustainable development and sustainable construction.
- comprehend approaches of green building implications and its association with ethics and environment
- study and understand basic principles of ecological design
- learn the skills to perform green building assessment
- study and understand sustainable sites and landscapes
- learn the skills to implement low-energy building strategies
- study and understand closing materials loops
learn the skills to evaluate the built environment carbon footprint