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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR 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 Key concepts related to carbon Common design strategies and beyond Discussion Reading for next week's topic
3 Student presentations on the topic of key concepts of environment-carbon cycle Discussion Reading for next week's topic
4 Student presentations on the topic of key concepts of economic-social issues Discussion Reading for next week's topic
5 Student presentations on the topic of design-material Discussion Reading for next week's topic
6 MIDTERM
7 Student presentations on the topic of reduced buildings construction and renovation time and costs Discussion Reading for next week's topic
8 Student presentations on the topic of increased buildings material reuse and recycling Discussion Reading for next week's topic
9 Student presentations on the topic of improvement of building life cycle carbon and the potential to store carbon in the built works Discussion Reading for next week's topic
10 Student presentations on the topic of improvement of comfort, health and wellbeing in buildings Discussion Reading for next week's topic
11 Student presentations on the topic of enhanced, interoperable and accessible buildings information across the lifecycle Discussion Reading for next week's topic
12 Student presentations on the topic of Improvement of interoperability with existing Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Digital Twin solutions 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 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + FINS * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam %30 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Assignment/Presentation %30 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Final Exam %40 (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 8497

Office Hours

Tuesday 13:30-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 2 2 4
Student Presentations 10 2 20
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.14
LO.24
LO.334
LO.45
LO.555