Auteur  EDS Global

Understanding Climate

Description This course is approved for 2 GBCI CE credits. Having a thorough understanding of climate is imperative to designing a good building. The first step to this is to have clarity on the difference between climate and weather. Learn…

Sustainable Interiors

Description Interior designing or interior fit out projects have large variation in type and scale. Some components such as  daylight, electric lighting, water use, material use and indoor environmental quality are common in all kind of projects. This course introduces simple…

Sustainable thinking for green buildings

DescriptionThis course is approved for 0.5 GBCI Continuation Education (CE) credits. A sound and systematic approach underpins high-performance built environments. At the same time, it also marks a departure from conventional building practices. This course distills concepts like integrative design…

Passive Solar Design Series – Passive Design Principles

Description Building consume energy all through its lifecycle – right from construction, operation and demolition during end-of-life. There is substantial evidence that buildings that are designed in consideration to the climate and local context tend to consume less energy compared…

Passive Solar Design Series – Understanding Sun

DescriptionThis course is approved for 1 GBCI CE hour.Passive solar design is a fundamental approach to designing buildings that are sustainable. Climate and solar responsive strategies are inherent to passive buildings. Such strategies meet the heating and cooling requirements of…

Sustainability through Landscape Design

Description This course is approved for 0.5 GBCI Continuation Education (CE) credits. After completing the course you can report your credit towards LEED credential maintenance. Often landscape design is correlated with sustainability. Landscapes connect humans directly to natural systems, while…

Introduction to kinetic facades

DescriptionFor a long period of time, architecture had been considered ‘static’ for most purposes. However, starting from basic individual ‘moving elements’ like doors, windows, elevators, etc., technology has helped architects to design buildings that move as a whole or a…