COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ZERO CARBON SETTLEMENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 4642 ZERO CARBON SETTLEMENTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYÇA TOKUÇ

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

This course aims to provide an introduction to the sustainability and resilience debate in architecture -within the context of climate change- by furthering the theoretical and practical understanding of zero carbon settlement design and material usage.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify climate change and its history.
2   To recognise main concepts regarding zero carbon.
3   To classify technologies (related to decarbonization) within different scales.
4   To discuss the advantadges and disadvantadges of low carbon design.and materials
5   To discuss targets and performance indicators for zero carbon design.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Climate change, mitigation, adaptation, resilience, and introduction to the course Discussion Preperation for next week's topic .
2 Common design strategies and associated problems Discussion Preperation for next week's topic
3 Key concepts of environment-carbon cycle Discussion Preperation for next week's topic
4 Key concepts of economic-social issues: National and urban Discussion Preperation for next week's topic
5 Key concepts of energy-technology issues Discussion Preperation for next week's topic
6 Key concepts of design-material issues Discussion
7 MID-TERM EXAM
8 DiscussioStudent presentations on the topic of design for deconstruction Discussion
9 DiscussioStudent presentations on the topic of circularity in design and construction Discussion
10 DiscussioStudent presentations on the topic of reused or recycled construction products in urban and rural planning scenarios Discussion
11 DiscussioStudent presentations on the topic of minimizing air pollutants across all phases of the life cycle, including construction and operation Discussion
12 Student presentations on the topic of ow embodied carbon products and solutions that are locally sourced and bio-based Discussion
13 Submission of researcch
14 General Review and Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources:
Smith, A.D., Hill, G., 2011, Toward Zero Carbon: The Chicago Central Area Decarbonization Plan, Images Publishing, 272.
Yeang, K., 2012, Ekotasarım-Ekolojik Tasarım Rehberi, Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları, 472.

Supplementary Books:
La Roche, P.M., 2011, Carbon-Neutral Architectural Design, CRC Press, 344.
Ljubomir J., 2012, Designing Zero Carbon Buildings: Using Dynamic Simulation Methods, Routledge, 336.
Cook, M.G., 2011, The Zero-Carbon House, Crowood Press, 160.
Magdy, A., 2010, Zero Carbon Architecture, Lambert Academic Publishing, 88.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, homework, class presentation and discussion format.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.10 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Group Assignment/Presentation (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Final Exam (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Homework/Attendance to the lecture (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Assignments and presentations will be evaluated according to 15-20 minute presentations on the topic of a technology or material. The criteria for evaluation are the level of understanding of the topic, the way of handling the topic, quality of the presentation, presentation format and response to questions.
Participation depends on attendance to the class activities, the quality of responses during the course, and the contribution to a positive learning environment. In this context, there can be quiz applications.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are expected to attend a minimum of 70% of the class.
2. Students are expected to attend the class fully prepared to discuss the subjects and other related material.
3. Late submissions will be subject to a different evaluation.
4. All kinds of plagiarism will result in a disciplinary action.
5. Instructor might do quiz or exercises in the term. Their marks will be considered in the assignment and participation notes.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ayca.tokuc@deu.edu.tr; 0232-301 8448

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 2 14
Student Presentations 5 2 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Web Search and Library Research 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.13
LO.233
LO.33
LO.4333
LO.5333