EA4001 Sustainability and Energy Conservation in Landscape Architecture Syllabus:
EA4001 Sustainability and Energy Conservation in Landscape Architecture Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
To expose the students on the issues of sustainability at the global level.
To Focus on the energy conservation landscape and sustainability at the micro level.
Sustainable landscape design for various climates of India
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY
Need and concept of sustainability, Brundtland report, World Commission on environment and development, sustainable development, sustainable growth, sustainable economy and sustainable use. Visions of sustainability. Source and ethics of sustainability. Sustainability and Climate Change.
UNIT II SUSTAINABLE SITE
Sustainable site – LEEDS, BREAM, rating erosion and sedimentation control, site selection, urban development, landscape and exterior design etc., Green Building in the context of sustainability. Ecology and sustainability. Eco-City.
UNIT III INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY CONSERVATION IN LANDSCAPE
Energy conservation and sustainability, principles of energy systems, energy and global environment, scope for energy conservation in landscape.
UNIT IV ENERGY CONSERVATION METHODS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE-CASE STUDIES
Various methods of energy conservation in landscape architecture, energy conservation techniques in various climates- hot and humid, hot dry, etc. Energy efficient site planning and landscape development. Energy efficient planting design.
UNIT V SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE PRACTICES
Sustainable landscape maintenance and management, Sustainable planning and city form. Sustainable urban landscape, landscape sustainability at the national and regional level.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1 Understanding the concept of sustainability from macro to micro level.
CO2 A comprehension of energy conservation landscape in relation to site planning and other functional space typologies.
CO3 Understanding the impact that landscape design plays in varying outdoor surroundings both on a micro and macro scale, in terms of sustainability and ecological
CO4 Ability to adopt sustainable landscape techniques at the urban level
REFERENCES:
1. Anne simon Moffat and marc schiler, Landscape design that saves energy, Williammonow and co.,Inc., New york, 1981.
2. Grady Clay, Water and the landscape McGraw-Hill Inc.,US; First Edition edition1979)
3. John.F.Benson and Maggie.H.Roe, Landscape and sustainability, John Wiley Publication, New york, 2000.
4. O.R.Gray, Landscape Planning for energy conservation, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983.
5. Publications of Centre for Science and Environments, New Delhi and TERI.