Instructors:Argyro Dimoudi
Course Code: TMC371
Semester: 9th
Weekly teaching hours: 3
ECTS credits: 5
Prerequisites: Energy Design of Buildings, Energy Efficiency in Buildings – Energy Audits, Environmental Friendly Materials – Environmental Assessment of Buildings, Mathematics, Heat Transfer Phenomena, Fluid mechanics, Physics of the Atmosphere
Course offered to Erasmus students: Ναι
Course URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/TMC371/
Learning Outcomes::
The course aims at:
- Comprehension of the main principles of sustainability at the built environment
- Comprehension of the heat island phenomena and its interaction with the built environment
- Comprehension of the main principles of environmental design at the built environment
- Comprehension of the basic principles of bioclimatic design of open spaces
- Familiarization with the main principles of a holistic design of settlements of low carbon footprint
General Skills:
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use
Decision making
Autonomous work
Teamwork
Production of new research ideas
Design and management of projetcs
Respect for the natural environment
Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
Course Content:
The curriculum covers the following sections:
1. Basic principles of sustainability (environmental, economic, social parameters)
2. Settlements considered as ecosystems (resources, outflow, etc.) – Characteristics of the sustainable city
3. International, European and National legislation, policies and initiatives for sustainability at the built environment (Agenda 21 & Local Agenda 21, Habitat, Mayors Covenant “Sustainable Energy Action Plan”, etc)
4. Urbanization – Problems of urban centers (cities expansion, abandonment of central areas, mobility, social cohesion, etc)
5. Sustainability indexes for the built environment – Ecological footprint
6. Urban heat island – Microclimate – Urban canyon
7. Basic principles of environmental design of settlements: Buildings
8. Basic principles of environmental design of settlements: Urban infrastructure (biological liquid waste treatment, management of solid waste, urban lighting, transportation, etc)
9. Basic principles of environmental design of settlements: Outdoor open spaces
10. Environmental impact assessment (economic, environmental assessment)
11. Examples of sustainability in urban centers
12. Settlements of nearly zero greenhouse emissions / energy consumption – International / European / National examples
13. Examples of bioclimatic redesign of urban outdoor spaces
Suggested Bibliography:
- Kosmopoulos P. ‘Environmental Design, 2nd Edition, Thessaloniki: University Press A.E. (2007)
- Kosmopoulos P. Buildings, Energy and Environment, Thessaloniki: University Studio Publ. (2008)
