Academic Catalog

ARCH520 CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Course Code: 1200520
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(2-2)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Architecture
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Architectural design strategies for climate change, climate change impacts on the built environment, mitigation and adaptation, urban heat island, sustainable design solutions to new and existing buildings, long-term performance predictions under climate change impacts, specific focus on the use of advanced computational methods such as building energy simulations, parametric/algorithmic modeling, data-analytical and data-driven methods for evaluation and prediction, research by design.