About Course
What is this ‘Microlearning Course’ about?
This course explores the emerging concepts and philosophies of sustainable design; and its relevance to the built environment. It explains the importance and urgency of sustainable design by contrasting it with the current wasteful and thoughtless practices that lead to detrimental effects to both humans and the environment. To add pertinence, the course explains the concepts within the Singapore context.
Who is this course designed for?
This course is suitable for anyone who is interested in building designs and how they work. But more importantly how they should work in a sustainable manner.
What will you take away?
By the end of the course, you will have learned the basic principles of sustainable design, identified some strategies and altered your perspective of how buildings play a major role in our lives, and are one of the linchpins in the fight against climate change.
Session:
- Before We Begin…
- Subject Overview
- The Trouble With Buildings Energy, The Building’s Lifeblood
- The Singapore Perspective
- How Do You Decide?
- The Sustainable Decision Model
- Sustainability 360°
- Cost, Schedules & Quality
- The Human Factor
- The Ecology
- Sustainability Strategies
- Sustainability Benefits
- Summing It All Up
- Sustainable Design Principles Quiz
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