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Major Courses
ARC (205A)
Environmental Control & Technical Installations (1,2)
Definition of the environment and elements, climate and levels, man
shelter and climate heat transfer. : Defining the environment & its
components - Climate and levels - Man, shelter and climate - Heat
transfer (man and environment) - Thermal comfort (standards, indicators
and indices) - Climatic classification - Egypt's environment - Climatic
control and the design process - Thermal performance of buildings and
architectural features - Energy conscious design - Natural ventilation &
air flow in and around buildings -Natural lighting & energy - Computer
aided design and applications.
ARC (205B)
Environmental Control & Technical Installations (1,2)
Energy and the thermal environment - Environmental indicators - Thermal
comfort criteria and indices - Heat transfer, storage and insulation -
Air conditioning and ventilation - Heating and cooling loads - Central
distribution and package units - Mechanical ventilation - Heating
appliances and systems - Artificial lighting mechanism - Light sources
and luminance design - Nature of acoustics - Weighted pressure levels -
Sound analysis - Comfort and noise indices - Acoustic design and noise
control - Hydraulic services: water supply, sewerage, sewer and rainwater
drainage - Sanitary installations - Fire fighting, solid waste disposal,
Electrical supply and distribution, Costs, maintenance and integrated
design.
Elective Courses
Third Year
ARC(381) : Environmental Design & Planning and Energy
Appropriating architectural design process and environment, environmental
design tools, improving environmental performance of buildings in
acoustics, thermal, lightings, passive and positive means of environmental
control and
ARC(382) : Introduction to Environmental Studies
Site environmental analysis, ecological systems, environmental design and
planning principles, environmental design principles and criteria
sustainable design, current research issues and topics in environmental
architecture
ARC(383) : Architectural and Sustainable Development
Conception of sustainability and sustainable architecture, sustainable
design principles, international conceptions and understandings, earth
congress and agenda 21, management of environmental resources,
environmental problems, environmental conservation and sustainability,
environmental impact analysis.
ARC(384) : Green Architecture
Ecology, ecological systems, green architecture (conceptions, definitions,
theory), green architecture and climate, an application
ARC(385) : Architecture in Hot Arid Zones
Desert regions, hot arid climate, environmental control of hot arid
climates, design approaches in desert areas, heritage and traditional
desert architecture, development in desert areas, application (design in a
desert setting
Fourth Year
ARC(481) : Computer Aided Environmental
Design
Computer Aided Environmental Design and
planning - environmental design software environmental systems
simulation and evaluation: acoustic, thermal, lighting, air-flow and
integrated systems.
ARC(482) : Energy Efficient Buildings
Energy and form generation in architecture, urban design & planning.
ARC(483) : Desert Physical Patterns
Patterns' conception design patterns planning patterns ecological
balance population distribution desert settlements size economic
vibility of desert patterns.
ARC(484) : Environmental Perception
Elements of
environmental perception expression in
environmental architecture environmental
upgrading principles community participation in environmental upgrading.
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