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    Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable

    Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable

    Reduction of energy consumption of buildings is an important step in the move towards a sustainable economy. How can buildings be made net zero energy, in different climates? This course introduces you to zero energy design. It will teach you a stepped approach to design a zero energy climate concept for existing buildings: homes, schools, offices, shops etc. It will demonstrate how an integrated approach, which takes into account both passive measures (such as thermal insulation and sun shading) and active measures (such as heat pumps and photovoltaic panels), can deliver the best results. It will do so by providing you with an overview of possible measures, and through reviewing several case studies of zero energy buildings in the Netherlands, with lessons for other climates as well. Thus, you will learn which measures are most suitable for individual buildings under local climate conditions. This course is for anyone interested in making buildings more energy efficient, who already possess asic technical knowledge.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Building Services Engineering
    Keywords:
    Buildings -- Energy conservation Architecture energy conservation Buildings -- Energy consumption Buildings -- Environmental aspects
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    Smart Cities

    Smart Cities

    Cities are first and foremost built for people, and in today’s world, people produce large amounts of valuable data, thus contributing to what we call “smart cities." As almost every building and every city is a prototype, these communities are in the early stage of development and require specific attention and expertise as we advance. Smart cities, such as Zurich and Boston, consist of human-made structures or environments that are, in some capacity, monitored, metered, networked and controlled. With this functionality, combined with stationary sensors and mobile devices, data and information have become the new building materials of future cities. Using this data, citizens are now beginning to influence the design of future cities and the re-design of existing ones. In this architecture course, you will learn the basics of information cities and urban science research, as well as how dynamic behavior and citizen-driven learning differentiate the responsive city from the smart city. The cities we present and develop in this course use the stocks and flows of information as the main drivers of change. To deepen your knowledge of smart cities and give a perspective on the future of these cities, we also introduce the concept of citizen design science, a combination of citizen science, urban design, and cognitive design computing. Participants will furthermore have unique access to a design research platform for citizen design science. The intelligent use of data and information is at the core of this course, and these concepts will be the next generation of participatory design and design computing environments.

    Subjects:
    Building Services Engineering and Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Smart cities Cities towns -- Effect of technological innovations on City planning
    Resource Type:
    MOOC
     
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    BioSci 93: DNA to Organisms

    BioSci 93: DNA to Organisms

    Cell biology, biochemistry, genetics, and the biology of organ systems, Covers concepts of building blocks (nucleotides, amino acids, and cells) and of information flow (DNA to proteins, receptors to nuclei, the blood to distant organs, and DNA to offspring)

    Subjects:
    Biology
    Keywords:
    DNA Biochemistry Cytology Biology
    Resource Type:
    Courseware