INDUCTION

Climate Sensitive Design
The International University of Rabat
The School of Architecture
Lecturer: Mohammed Bakkali
Level: Master’s Degree Year1
Semester: 2nd
February 14th 2017

The Course
Climate Sensitive Design

The Course
The Language |
The course will be ran exclusively in the English language
The reason is that most of the technical literature is produced in that
language
Any student who is facing issues with the general comprehension of the
course would need to discuss it with the lecturer –Some strengthening
sessions might be organized accordingly

The Course
The Abstract|
Climate change is a major issue and its impacts on the environment are
crucial. As design and construction industry, there is a must to develop
further awareness and responsibility towards reducing the effects of the
built environment on greenhouse gases emissions and further environmental
issues whether in emerging economies or not .
This course aims to clarify the impact of constructions on the environment
and climate change as well as pointing out different outstanding tools for
more environmentally friendly and climate sensitive design.

The Course
Description|
The course will focus on the most updated findings on climate sensitive
design applied to the built environment. The core sciences of the course
will be built on emerging findings from the field of urban meteorology.
The built environment via design processes, environmental assessment
methods, building regulations and urban planning, in addition to human
health and building energy aspects will be included for the applied sciences
part for the rest of the curriculum.