Course Title: Apply Principles of Enviromental Sustainability to Building Design

Part A: Course Overview

Course ID: 033941

Program: C5143

Course Title: Apply Principles of Enviromental Sustainability to Building Design

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 40.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ARCH5134

City Campus

TAFE

320T Design (TAFE)

Face-to-Face

Term1 2007

Course Contact: Michael Goss

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4819

Course Contact Email: michael.goss@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit relates to the application of environmental sustainability to building design principles and material selection.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Where related units form an integral part of workplace responsibilities and roles, these units should be co-assessed.



National Competency Codes and Titles

LCTS

Apply Principles of Enviromental Sustainability to Building Design

Elements:

Describe and sketch the basic principles of passive solar design.

Describe means by which buildings can be designed for durability and adaptability.

Describe ways that buildings contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and poor air quality through their construction, operation and eventual demolition.

Discuss the principle “Think Globally, Act Locally” with respect to environmentally sustainable building.

Explain the consequences of building construction on the natural environment.

Identify incorporated energy consumption in a range of applicants.

Investigate and explain the relative environmental friendliness of a range of common building materials and practices that can be used in dwellings.

Investigate, appraise and describe sustainable practices for land and building site usage.

Investigate, describe and sketch more sustainable means of water usage for housing.


Learning Outcomes

Explain the consequences of building construction on the natural environment.

  • Investigate, appraise and describe sustainable practices for land and building site usage.
  • Describe and sketch the basic principles of passive solar design.
  • Describe means by which buildings can be designed for durability and adaptability.
  • Investigate and explain the relative environmental friendliness of a range of common building materials and practices that can be used in dwellings.
  • Investigate, describe and sketch more sustainable means of water usage for housing.
  • Describe ways that buildings contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and poor air quality through their construction. operation and eventual demolition.
  • Identify incorporated energy consumption in a range of appliances.
  • Discuss the principle “Think Globally, Act Locally” with respect to environmentally sustainable building.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks are based on student selected options of the Minor and Major Projects, and an online review at the end of semester.