Sustainable Design detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the B.Arch students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Bachelor of Architecture 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 6th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to B.Arch Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of sustainable design is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY Ecosystems, food chain and natural cycles on earth. Need for sustainable design in the context of anthropogenic activities. Climate change, ecological footprint, carbon footprint, loss of biodiversity, urban heat islands, energy crisis. Overview of sustainable development. Life cycle analysis. Cradle to cradle concept.
Unit II
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Unit III
SUSTAINABILITY IN BUILDING DESIGN Sustainable site selection and development. Simple passive design considerations involving site conditions, building orientation, plan form and building envelope for sun and wind. Passive heating of buildings- direct, indirect and isolated gain. Passive cooling of buildings – shading of buildings, insulation, induced ventilation (air vents, wind tower, etc.,), radiative cooling, evaporative cooling, earth coupling, dessicant cooling.
Unit IV
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Unit V
BUILDING RATING SYSTEMS Concept of Green Architecture/ Buildings. Rating systems – LEED, TERI, GRIHA and BREEAM.
Course Outcomes:
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Required Reading:
- Dominique Gauzin – Muller “Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism: Concepts, Technologies and Examples”, Birkhauser, 2002.
- Catherine Slessor, “Eco-Tech: Sustainable Architecture and High Technology”, Thames and Hudson, 1997.
- Ken Yeang, “Eco-design : A Manual for Ecological Design”, Wiley Academy, 2006.
- “Manual on Solar Passive Architecture”, IIT Mumbai and Mines, New Delhi, 1999.
- Arvind Krishnan et al, “Climate Responsive Architecture A Design Handbook for Energy Efficient Buildings”, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2001.
- Majumdar M, “Energy-efficient Building in India”, TERI Press, 2009.
- Givoni .B, “Passive and Low Energy Cooling of Buildings”, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1994.
Reference Books:
- Arian Mostaedi , “Sustainable Architecture : Low Tech Houses”, CarlesBroto, 2002.
- Sandra F. Mendler and William Odell, “HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design”, John Wiley and sons, 2005.
- Richard Hyder, “Environmental Brief: Pathways for Green Design”, Taylor and Francis, 2007.
- Brenda Vale and Robert Vale, “Green Architecture: Design for a sustainable future”, Thames and Hudson 1996.
- Sophia and Stefan Behling, “Solpower The Evolution of Solar Architecture”, Prestel, New York, 2000.
- Dean Hawkes, “Energy Efficient Buildings: Architecture, Engineering and Environment”, W.W. Norton and Company, 2002.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture 6th Sem, visit B.Arch 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
For all Bachelor of Architecture results, visit Anna University B.Arch all semester results direct link.