Program Overview

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Sustainable Architecture

Revolutionise your building designs with sustainable practices.

Course Details

• Course type: Professional development
• Delivery mode: Self-paced
• Start date: Anytime
• Duration: Approx 3 hours
• Price: A$150.00
• Attainment: 3 CPD points

Overview

Designing more sustainable buildings is a necessary step to mitigate the climatic disaster that we are heading to. But what is exactly a sustainable building and how can we apply sustainability in the design process?

This masterclass will provide a holistic comprehension of the sustainable design process, as well as the knowledge and skillset to critically approach sustainability in the built environment. The module explores basic concepts through the analysis of energy certification schemes and interesting case studies.

What You'll Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the general concepts of sustainability and its embedded complexity
• Have an overview of sustainable design as an integrated process
• Understand the conflicting requirements between environmental impacts, energy efficiency, and comfort
• Identify the different certification schemes available
• Analyse case studies and their sustainable design principles

Architecture, Design, and Planning

The Sydney School of Architecture, Design, and Planning fosters dialogue about spaces, technologies, cities, and environments and is committed to providing in-demand courses for impactful learning opportunities. For over 40 years, our Design Discipline has been a leader in design and design research, informing critical perspectives that drive design across technology, society, and innovation. Design-led research enables transformations in thinking, processes, products, and services which in turn can drive positive change.

Content

Module 1: Introduction

This module takes approximately 15 minutes to complete:

• What is Sustainability for you? (5 min)
• What do we mean by sustainability? (4 min)

Module 2: Introduction to Environmental Sustainability

This module takes approximately 35 minutes to complete:

• Environmental sustainability (20 min)
• Design Process (7 min)
• Examples of the Design Process (5 min)

Module 3: Principles of Performance-Based Design

This module takes approximately 1 hour to complete:

• Passive House (15 min)
• Active House (12 min)
• Green Star (20 min)

Module 3: Case Studies

This module takes approximately 1 hour to complete:

• Quiz (3 questions)

AACA Competency

2. Design: Pre-Design

• 2.1 Identification, analysis, and integration of information relevant to siting of project.
• 2.3 Evaluation of factors influencing and impacting on project cost.

3. Design: Conceptual Design

• 3.1 Design response integrates the objectives of brief, user intent, and built purpose.
• 3.2 Application of creative imagination, aesthetic judgement, and critical evaluation in formulating design options.
• 3.3 Design response incorporates assessment of the physical location and relevant wider regional, contextual, and environmental issues.
• 3.5 Exploration and application of ordering, sequencing, and modelling of three-dimensional form and spatial content.
• 3.7 Assessment and integration of construction systems and materials consistent with project brief.

Who is This Course For?

This course is aimed at professionals employed in the architecture and construction industries seeking an introduction into sustainability in architecture. The target audience falls into two main categories; professionals, as these people require the knowledge for their profession and development, and students who choose to take this course for interest and access to experts in the field.

Course Assessments

There is one structured assessment task included to genuinely test participants’ understanding of content. Participants will be required to learn about three case studies which form the basis of this assessment. The assessment task in this course is delivered as self-marked online quizzes and is located at the end of the last module.

Facilitators

Arianna Brambilla

Dr Arianna Brambilla is a building engineer and an architect. She holds a PhD in Building Physics and Systems from Politecnico di Milano (IT), done in conjunction with the Aalborg University (DK).

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