Core modules
Energy Comfort & Buldings
Aims and objectives
- To develop an understanding of the necessity for low energy
buildings in the context of global warming;
- To develop an understanding of occupant comfort in buildings;
- To appreciate the techniques and design principles for energy
efficient buildings.
Low Energy Architecture
Aims and Objectives
- To equip students with an understanding of the design principals
and techniques used to create energy efficient buildings and enable
them to make informed critical evaluations of low energy architectural
proposals.
- The module considers the issues in relation to domestic and non
domestic buildings by examining the technical issues against broader
design concerns and attempts to clarify where energy efficiency issues
effect architectural decisions. The module deals with design and
energy proposals at strategic levels and develops frameworks for
making comparative judgements between appropriate low energy strategies
in different European and other climatic regions.
- Introduce architects and engineers to the interdependence of
design, cultural,technological and scientific factors in producing low
energy architecture.
