Green Buildings detailed syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Env 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 Environmental Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Env 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to Env Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of green buildings is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO GREEN BUILDINGS Definition of green buildings and sustainable development, typical features of green buildings, benefits of green buildings towards sustainable development. Green building rating systems -GRIHA, IGBC and LEED, overview of the criteria as per these rating systems.
Unit II
SITE SELECTION AND PLANNING Criteria for site selection, preservation of landscape, soil erosion control, minimizing urban heat island effect, maximize comfort by proper orientation of building facades, day lighting, ventilation, etc. Water conservation and efficiency: Rainwater harvesting methods for roof & non-roof, reducing landscape water demand by proper irrigation systems, water efficient plumbing systems, water metering, wastewater treatment, recycle and reuse systems.
Unit III
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Unit IV
BUILDING MATERIALS Methods to reduce embodied energy in building materials: (a) Use of local building materials (b) Use of natural and renewable materials like bamboo, timber, rammed earth, stabilized mud blocks, (c) use of materials with recycled content such as blended cements, pozzolana cements, fly ash bricks, vitrified tiles, materials from agro and industrial waste. (d) reuse of waste and salvaged materials Waste Management: Handling of construction waste materials, separation of household waste, on-site and off-site organic waste management
Unit V
INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Day lighting, air ventilation, exhaust systems, low VOC paints, materials & adhesives, building acoustics. Codes related to green buildings: NBC, ECBC, ASHRAE, UPC etc.
Course Outcomes:
After completion of this course, the students are expected to be able to
- Understand the rating of green building
- Recognise the criteria for site section for green buildings
- Reduce adverse environmental impact
- Reduce embodied energy in building materials
- Understand the environmental quality pertaining to green building
Reference Books:
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For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Environmental Engineering 5th Sem, visit Env 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Environmental Engineering results, visit Anna University Env all semester results direct link.