IV-Year-I Semester GREEN BUILDINGS L T P C
3 1 0 3
Pre-requisite: Basic knowledge of Building Components, Engineering Physics
Course Objectives:
1. This course aims to highlight importance of Energy- Efficient Buildings within the context of Energy
issues in the 21st century.
2. To familiarize students with the concept of Energy efficiency, Renewable sources of energy and their
effective adaptation in green buildings
3. To give a fuller understanding of Building Form and Fabric, Infiltration, ventilation, Lighting, cooling
and water conservation.
4. To highlight the importance of Environmental Management as well as Environmental Impact
Assessment methods in Energy efficient buildings.
Syllabus
UNIT-I: Green Buildings within the Indian Context, Types of Energy, Energy Efficiency and
Pollution, Better Buildings, Reducing energy consumption, Low energy design. (10 Hours)
UNIT II: Renewable Energy sources that can be used in Green Buildings – Conventional and Non
Conventional Energy, Solar energy, Passive Solar Heating, Passive Solar collection, Wind and other
renewables. A passive solar strategy, Photovoltaics, Rainwater Harvesting Climate and Energy,
Macro and Microclimate. Indian Examples. (14 Hours)
UNIT III: Building Form – Surface area and Fabric Heat Loss, utilizing natural energy, Internal
Planning, Grouping of buildings. Building Fabrics- Windows and doors, Floors, Walls,
Masonry, Ecological walling systems, Thermal Properties of construction material. (12 Hours)
UNIT IV: Infiltration and ventilation, Natural ventilation in commercial buildings, passive cooling,
modelling air flow and ventilation, Concepts of daylight factors and day lighting, daylight
assessment, artificial lighting, New light sources. Cooling buildings, passive cooling, mechanical
cooling. Water conservation- taps, toilets and urinals, novel systems, collection and utilization of rain
water. (15 Hours)
UNIT V: Energy awareness, monitoring energy consumption, Building Environmental Assessment -
environmental criteria - assessment methods - assessment tools (e.g. LEED, GRIHA & IGBC
Certification for buildings. Ecohomes, Sustainable architecture and urban design – principles of
environmental architecture, Benefits of green buildings – Energy Conservation Building code - NBC
-Case Studies – Green Buildings in Auroville and Dakshina Chitra, Tamil Nadu, India (13 Hours)
TEXT BOOKS:
1. William T. Meyer., Energy Economics and Building Design., New York: McGraw- Hill, Inc Indian
Green Building Council
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Public Technology, Inc. (1996). Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Green Building Design,
Construction, and Operations. Public Technology, Inc., Washington, DC.
2. Sim Van Der Ryn, Stuart Cowan, “Ecological Design”, Island Press (1996).
3. Dianna Lopez Barnett, William D. Browning,”A Primer on Sustainable Building”, Rocky Mountain
Green Development Services.
4. The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design, Sara Mendler and William Odell, John Wiley.
5. David A. Gottfried, Sustainable Building Technical Manual., Public Technology Inc
6. Richard D. Rush, . Building System Integration Handbook., New York: John Wiley & Sons
7. Ben Farmer & Hentie Louw., Companion to Contemporary Architectural Thought, London & New
8. Peter Noever (ed)., Architecture in Transition: Between Deconstruction and New Modernism.,
Munich: Prestel.
Online references:
Sustainable Materials and Green Buildings: https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/105/102/105102195/
Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/renewable-energy-entrepreneurship
Indian Green Building Council (Certification course):
https://igbc.in/igbc/redirectHtml.htm?redVal=showGreenEducationRatingsystemNosignin
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to
CO1: Understand why buildings should be made energy efficient.
CO2: Have a fuller grasp on Renewable Energy mechanisms such as Passive Solar heating and
collection, Photovoltaics, and Ground source heat pumps, and their adaption to green building
concepts.
CO3: Understand the concepts of Site and Climate, Building Form, Building Fabric
CO4: Understand the concepts of Infiltration and ventilation, Lighting, Heating, Cooling,
Energy Management and water conservation.
CO5: Have the necessary skills to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment study for Energy
Efficient Buildings. They shall be equipped with the associated cutting-edge management
strategies too.
BL – Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels
1- Remembering, 2- Understanding, 3 – Applying, 4 – Analysing, 5 – Evaluating, 6 - Creating
Micro-Syllabus of Strength of Materials-I
Unit-I: Green Buildings within the Indian Context, Types of Energy, Energy Efficiency and
Pollution, Better Buildings, Reducing energy consumption, Low energy design. (10 Hours)
Unit Module Micro content
Green Buildings within the Indian Context
Green building and its relevance
Green Building Rating Systems in India
Introduction to green Types of Energy
I buildings Energy Efficiency and Pollution
Better Buildings
Reducing energy consumption
Low energy design
Unit– II:
Renewable Energy sources that can be used in Green Buildings – Conventional and Non
Conventional Energy, Solar energy, Passive Solar Heating, Passive Solar collection, Wind and other
renewables. A passive solar strategy, Photovoltaics, Rainwater Harvesting, Climate and Energy,
Macro and Microclimate. Indian Examples. (14 Hours)
Unit Module Micro content
Renewable Energy Conventional Energy
sources that can be used
Non Conventional Energy
in Green Buildings
Passive Solar Heating
Solar Energy Passive Solar collection
A passive solar energy strategy
Photovoltaics
Wind and other
Solar Photovoltaic Systems
renewable
Types of Solar PV Generating System
Artificial ground water recharge
Roof top rainwater harvesting
II Rainwater Harvesting Harvesting in limited rainfall areas
Rainwater harvesting for plotted/group housing
developments
Climate and Energy Climate and Energy
Site and Micro Climate
MACRO CLIMATE
MICRO CLIMATE
Macro and Micro Climate Micro Climate – Effect of local terrain and
Buildings
IMPROVING MICRO CLIMATE THROUGH
DESIGN
Factor affecting micro climate
Unit-III:
Building Form – Surface area and Fabric Heat Loss, utilizing natural energy, Internal Planning,
grouping of buildings. Building Fabrics- Windows and doors, Floors, Walls, Masonry, Ecological
walling systems, Thermal Properties of construction material. (12 Hours)
Unit Module Micro content
Building Form Development Plan
Building Forms Building Form, Orientation and Shading
III Envelope Optimization
Enhancement of thermal performance of walls
Thermal Performance
Types of thermal insulation materials
Unit-IV:
Infiltration and ventilation, Natural ventilation in commercial buildings, passive cooling, modelling
air flow and ventilation, Concepts of daylight factors and day lighting, daylight assessment, artificial
lighting, New light sources. Cooling buildings, passive cooling, mechanical cooling. Water
conservation- taps, toilets and urinals, novel systems, collection and utilization of rain water.
(15 Hours)
Unit Module Micro content
Infiltration
Infiltration and ventilation
Passive Cooling Techniques
Lighting
Day lighting
Day lighting and Controls
IV Rainwater Harvesting
Lighting
Window design for natural ventilation
SKYLIGHT
Unit-V: Energy awareness, monitoring energy consumption, Building Environmental Assessment -
environmental criteria - assessment methods - assessment tools (e.g. LEED, GRIHA & IGBC
Certification for buildings. Ecohomes, Sustainable architecture and urban design – principles of
environmental architecture, Benefits of green buildings – Energy Conservation Building code - NBC
-Case Studies – Green Buildings in Auroville and Dakshina Chitra, Tamil Nadu, India (13 Hours)
Unit Module Micro content
Environmental LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
assessment methods for Design
buildings (LEED, BREEAM (Building Research Establishment
BREEAM, HQE) Environmental Assessment)
Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment
Three primary rating
(GRIHA)
systems for Green
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)
V buildings in India
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
Energy efficiency of a building
Energy efficiency in buildings importance
Energy efficiency of Determining a building’s energy performance
a building Energy use indicators
Five Principles of an environmental architecture
The Energy Conservation Building Code
Mapping
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
CO1 2 1 3 2 1
CO2 2 1 3 2 1 1
CO3 2 3 3 2 1 2
CO4 2 3 2 3 2 1 2
CO5 2 1 3 2 1 1
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