Design of Sustainable Urban Cities and Green Buildings
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Design of Sustainable Urban Cities and Green Buildings Course
Introduction:
Sustainable Green Design refers to the adoption of environmentally responsible and resource-efficient practices throughout the entire life-cycle of a building, encompassing site-planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and deconstruction. This approach complements traditional building design considerations such as economy, utility, durability, and comfort.
While new technologies continuously emerge to enhance current practices in creating greener buildings, the common objective is to minimize the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural surroundings. This is achieved by:
1. Efficiently utilizing Embodied Energy (EE) in the manufacturing of building materials.
2. Optimal use of water, power, and other natural resources.
3. Reducing Energy in Use (heating, lighting, ventilation, and air-conditioning).
4. Safeguarding occupant health and enhancing employee productivity.
5. Minimizing and reducing waste.
6. Promoting the recycling and reuse of building materials.
7. Mitigating pollution levels.
Course Objectives:
The main objectives of this program are:
- To develop in-depth understanding of the issues related to Sustainable and Green buildings.
- To develop analysis, critical thinking, and evaluation skills of alternative design, layouts to minimize energy cost during the life span of buildings.
- To develop assessment skills in relation to the technical specifications of materials and methods of construction of Green Buildings to enhance good practice through effective design, planning, management, and commissioning.
- To provide practical insight into real-life Sustainable and Green Design schemes both in the Gulf and the UK.
Who Should Attend?
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Researchers and Practitioners in Traffic Engineering
- Professionals in Urban Planning
- Architects involved in Urban Design
- Project Managers
- Technology Engineers, Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) and Chief Information Officers (CIOs)
- Strategic Development Personnel
- Transport Engineers and Researchers
Course Outlines:
Sustainable/Green Design- setting the scene-contextual issues
- What is sustainable/ Green Design (SGD)?
- What are the rationale and justifications for SGD?
- What are the main benefits and advantages of embracing SGD? Planning, design and construction issues and principles. Life cycle costing issues (cradle to grave approach)
- Environmental, economic, and social benefits (the triple bottom line concept)
- Health and Well-being of end-user
- Productivity
- Selected Case studies and Real-Time Presentation of SGD with particular focus on the UK and the Gulf Region
Design and Environmental Characteristics of SGD
- Site-planning and Design Issues:
- Conceptual stage
- Early design stages
- Design impact on cost and performance
- Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
- Buildings are complex multi-faceted products.
- Energy Efficiency (Low-cost energy vs low-cost design)
- Thermal Insulation of the Envelope
- High-Efficiency Lower Emissive Windows
- Passive Solar Design
- Solar water heating
- Biomass
- Hydro and wind power
- Construction materials embodied energy and efficiency Off-site manufacturing and recycling
- Renewable plant materials
- Eco building blocks
- Compressed earth blocks
- Dimension and recycled blocks
- High and ultra-high concrete
- Waste Minimization
- Indoor environmental enhancement
- The Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
- Comfort, well-being, and productivity of occupants
- Indoor air quality (IAQ),
- Internal finishing zero emission
- VOC and Formaldehyde
- Thermal quality
- Lighting quality
- High performance luminous environment
Operational and Management Characteristics of SGD
- Low carbon services plant and systems
- Operation and maintenance optimization Workplace efficiency and effectiveness
- O & M indoor air quality and temperature
- Practices enhancement and improvement
- Management of Green Strategy
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Current Methods and Approaches
- Carbons sink
- Greenhouse emission
Initial Capital Cost and Cost in use of SGD
Initial design and construction cost
- Factors affecting initial capital cost Energy and running cost (comparison of traditional vs green design)
- Building type
- Design Layout:
- Economic Plan Shape
- Structural Form
- Flexibility
- Internal Layout
- Buildability
- Maintenance and operational cost