? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : ACE-P-ASD-SDM

This course provides frameworks in which to enact sustainable design strategies at the level of the neighbourhood and specific building types including the home and workplace.

It includes the introduction of key sustainable methodologies such as design for deconstruction.

? Keywords : sustainable design strategies home workplace environmental

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Home subject area

Architecture, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 50 minutes per week for 11 weeks

An ability to critically assess sustainability as a cultural, economic and environmental phenomenon.

Comprehension of the cultural, historic and scientific roots of environmental thought.

The application of sustainable theory to built environment contexts.

Course report : 50% of total mark

Course essay : 30% of total mark

Weblog : 20% of total mark

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Catherine Carmichael
Tel : (0131 6)50 2305
Email : Catherine.Carmichael@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Mr John Brennan
Tel : (0131 6)50 2324
Email : John.Brennan@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ace.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/