Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences · Interior Architecture and Environmental Design · Undergraduate
ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hakan İMERT
Course Objective
To provide students with the ability to design spaces suitable for environmental ecology and equipped with the latest technologies by working with different disciplines in smart building designs.
Course Content
The content of the course covers the concept of smart building and domestic-foreign examples, contemporary and technological building automations such as lighting, alarm, central ventilation-heating-cooling, telecommunication systems, the relationship of smart buildings with environmental ecology, and energy systems and efficiency.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Defines the concept of smart building design.
- Explain the building automation system in smart buildings.
- Develops systems suitable for environmental ecology in smart building design.
- It takes part in projects that are compatible with environmental ecology and equipped with the latest technologies, together with different disciplines in smart building design.
- Materials used in smart buildings and developments in space design
Core Area Distribution
(52) Engineering and Engineering Trades%10 (58) Architecture and Building%90
Teaching Methods
ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticePresentationSelf study
Assessment & Evaluation
HomeworkPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Midterm | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course description, Intelligent building design concept and building automation systems | reading |
| 2 | Central lighting systems; usage sensors and clocks | Reading |
| 3 | Alarm and Safety systems; alarm and warning systems | Reading |
| 4 | central system; chilled water systems, water steam system and hot water systems | Reading |
| 5 | HVAC systems | Reading |
| 6 | Cabling systems, building usage diagram | Reading |
| 7 | Cabling systems, building usage diagram | Reading |
| 8 | Technical tour | Reading |
| 9 | Air operated systems; fixed and variable air volume-system units | Reading |
| 10 | Energy efficiency; control of energy consumption in smart spaces | Reading |
| 11 | Energy efficiency; control of energy consumption in smart spaces | reading |
| 12 | Materials used in smart buildings and developments in space design | Reading |
| 13 | Materials used in smart buildings and developments in space design | Reading |
| 14 | Smart cities, smart communities, applications, basic information. | Reading |
| 15 | Interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral relations, basic information. | Reading |


