Green Strategies for Building Design

(ARC61804)

Instructor: Mr Nik Syazwan Bin
Nik Ab. Wahab

To understand various design solutions that shall be able to strive to achieve energy efficiency and to use
environmentally friendly materials of high quality and durability in order to decrease waste, students will undertake a series of online classes and tutorial sessions that shows the basic approach towards good passive design is to orientate, to shade, to insulate, to ventilate and to daylight. Building have a primary function to provide an internal environment suitable for the purpose of the building. The architectural passive design consideration in designing a building is primarily influenced by its responsiveness to its site context. The important factors that should be
considered including site planning and orientation, daylighting, facade design, natural ventilation,
thermal insulation and strategic landscaping.