About the Course
This is a unique course covering all major Sustainable building design aspects with orientation towards industry and standard practices. The energy efficient building designs, heat transfer mechanism, envelope optimization, energy simulation models, ECBC Code provisions are the key topics. In the context of advanced comfort systems for building occupancy, the learners are enlightened with concepts of thermal and visual comforts, acoustics design and indoor air quality. The course elevates the learners practical experience on Energy efficiency, Water efficiency and waste management for a sustainable building design and developments. Theconcepts on building life cycle assessment, green project management and Green rating and Certifications by IGBC/GRIHA are explained with industrial case studies and standard protocols. During the course, the instructional model is designed to ensure that the learner has opportunities to explore industry-based project statements and gain practical experience to field challenges.
Course Objective
  • To facilitate learners to understand sustainable building designs and its parameters such as energy and water efficiency, Comfort in buildings, and waste management.
  • To expose the learners to shading systems, thermal and visual comfort.
  • To impart fundamental knowledge on Life cycle assessment and Green ratings and certifications.
Key Topics
Learning Outcomes
  • Comprehend sustainable design, climatology, shading system and analyze heat transfer mechanism in buildings. investigations, project requirements
  • Assess the design considerations and parameters for thermal comfort, visual comfort, indoor air quality and acoustics in accordance with Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)
  • Calculate energy savings and CO2 mitigation using web tools such as ECONIWAS and Solar rooftop calculator.
  • Develop solutions for energy efficiency, water efficiency and waste management in buildings.
  • Adopt green project management methodology and evaluate building life cycle assessment.
  • Implement green practices during construction and operation phase of the buildings for achieving green rating.