Description
AS3032 | Smart and Sustainable Systems
This class examines principles of sustainability by providing students with crite?ria for making decisions in architecture and urban design based on the preserva?tion of natural and built resources?including important building and sites?and the creation of healthful communities. The course introduces a range of models and philosophies pertaining to a ?sustainable? approach to architecture. Each session takes one notion of sustainability and explores it through a series of presentations, readings and assignments. Case studies are used to examine the practical application of abstract ideals, and of more technical aspects such as water and sewage management, thermal transfer strategies in buildings, and embodied energy in materials and construction processes.