ALTERNATIVE ENERGY USE IN ARCHITECTURE / MİM4102/ 2(l),0(p),0(l) (2LC/4ECTS)

YTU Faculty of Architecture/Department of Architecture/18-19 SPRING/Elective Course/ Monday 14:00/D410

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşen Ciravoğlu

Course Objectives	Raising awareness and gaining knowledge on diminishing the energy used in construction, usage and demolishment of buildings and using renawable energy alternatives in design which are not harmful to environment.
Course Content	What are the disadvantages of the conventional energy sources which are used for the construction and the use of the buildings. What are the alternative energy sources, how we supply and use them, what are their advantages. How could we use alternative energy sources in our architectural designs for heating, cooling, ventilating and lighting of the buildings. What we expect from technological developments and which roles designers and consumers to take to be able to spread the use of alternative energy sources to wider scales..
Recommended Or Required Reading	·       UNCHS (Habitat), Energy Efficienty in Building Materials Production, Technical Notes, No. 12, Aug. 1987 ·       U.N. Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Energy for Buildings, UNHABITAT, 1991, Nairobi, Kenya ·       Kenber, O., Enerji Nedeniyle Çevre Sorunu Oluşturulmaması İçin Konut Tasarımında Kullanılabilecek Bir Denetim Modeli, (Doktora Tezi), İTÜ, 1993, Istanbul ·       IEA, Passive Solar Commercial and Institutional Buildings, John Willey, 1994, W. Sussex ·       Yeang, K., Designing with Nature, The Ecological Basis for Architectural Design, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, 1995 ·       Blume, J. (Der), Housing for the Future, Projects in Germany 1996, Internations 1996, Bonn, Germany ·       Herzog, T., Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning, Prestel, Munich, 1997.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Gaining knowledge on  contribution of sustainability on architectural and urban design.
2. Gaining knowledge on basic principles of design of environmental systems
3. Learning ways to apply renawable alternative energy sources such as sun, wind and biomass in architecture.
4. Gaining knowledge on designing healty buildings and settlements
5. Gaining knowledge on energy conservation in selection of building materials.

Weekly Subjects and Related Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects
1 11 Feb.	First meeting with students, information on course content and weekly schedule
2 18 Feb.	Climate Change and Physical Environments
3 25 Feb.	Environmental Concepts and their Historical Origins: Environment, Ecology, Green, Sustainability
4 4 March	Environmental Design in Architecture, Basic Concepts: Energy, Materials, Water Conservation, Life Cycle Design, Design for Human Comfort
5 11 March	Alternative Energy Usage by Architectural Design: Passive Methods
6 18 March	Using Alternative Energy Sources in Buildings: Technological Approaches
7 25 March	Vernacular Architecture, Contemporary Appraches, Building Materials, Life Cycle Assessment and Embodied Energy, Reuse and Recycle Opportunities in Architecture
8 1 April	Alternative Energy Usage in Cities
9 8 April	1st Midterm Exam
10 15 April	Discussions on writing a research proposal for TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) https://www.tubitak.gov.tr/tr/burslar/lisans/burs-programlari/icerik-2209-a-universite-ogrencileri-arastirma-projeleri-destekleme-programi
11 22 April	Presentation and discussion on Research Topics of Students
12 29 April	Presentation and discussion on Research Topics of Students
13 6 May	Presentation and discussion on Research Topics of Students
14 13 May	Submission of research proposals
15 to be announced	Final Exam

   

Evaluation System

Activities	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	0	0
Laboratory	0	0
Application	0	0
Field Work	0	0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)	0	0
Quizzes/Studio Critics	0	0
Homework Assignments	5	30
Presentations/Jury	0	0
Project	0	0
Seminar/Workshop	0	0
Mid-Terms	1	30
Final	1	40
Percentage of In-Term Studies		60
Percentage of Final Examination		40
TOTAL		100

ECTS Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration(Hour)	Total Workload
Course Hours	12	2	24
Laboratory	0	0	0
Application	0	0	0
Field Work	0	0	0
Study Hours Out of Class	8	3	24
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)	0	0	0
Homework Assignments	5	6	30
Quizzes/Studio Critics	0	0	0
Project	0	0	0
Presentations / Seminar	5	2	10
Mid-Terms (Examination Duration + Examination Prep. Duration)	1	12	12
Final (Examination Duration + Examination Prep. Duration)	1	12	12
Total Workload :			112
Total Workload / 30(h) :			3,7
ECTS Credit :			4