Environmental Studies 1

Description

This course offers students the opportunity to acquire and develop skills and to pursue interests in the field of environmental design and sustainability.

Program

Architecture Engineering

Objectives

• • Emphasize an understanding of the impact of buildings upon the global environment through their demand for ever-diminishing sources of energy and the consequences of pollution and global warming and on the quality of the internal environment and indoor thermal comfort.rn• Emphasize an understanding of the history of environmental design, which establishes a background for understanding the approaches of traditional and contemporary practices. Natural Elements (air, sun and water) are examined as they interact with human needs within buildings or building complexes. rn• Provide the student with the main knowledge of related topics such, indoor thermal comfort, lighting, acoustic, elimination of wastes, circulation of air, methods of utilizing solar energy to provide heating, cooling, hot water and electricity for buildings and related techniques for reducing energy consumption. Sustainability of natural resources and the need for relying upon renewable energy resources are pointed out.