An Interdisciplinary Approach towards Academic Education on Sustainable Building Design

ISBN 10: 1536173029 / ISBN 13: 9781536173024

Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2020

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• Title: An Interdisciplinary Approach towards Academic Education on Sustainable Building Design
• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1536173029
• ISBN 13: 9781536173024
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

"The built environment is witnessing a worldwide concern followed by intensive consideration of its environmental impacts on the one hand and influence on public health and wellbeing on the other. Respecting both priorities mentioned above, the trends incurrent design tend to be in line with multiple dimensions of sustainability. Next to its occurrence in scientific research and practice, the topic of sustainable design is ever more emerging within the courses at universities, whereby the educational approaches can be beneficial if interrelated to different scientific or expert disciplines. As universities are recognized as complex organizations inevitably evolving over a long period of time period and responding to changes in society and environment, attempts to improve the efficiency of academic teaching have been intensively introduced also in the study programs of the University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture (UM FGPA) through implementation of various activities related to development of innovative approaches towards education on sustainable design of built environment. The publication presents the interdisciplinary approach to the academic education on sustainable building design through integration of different activities. In addition to basic educational courses, the transfer of latest research findings, implementation of practical student workshops, development projects and various activities aiming at integration of different knowledge transfers makes the level of academic teaching more active and efficient"--