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Sustainable Interiors
Rating: 3.9 out of 5(104 ratings)
319 students

Sustainable Interiors

Green design strategies for interior fit out projects
Created byEDS Global
Last updated 1/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Implement green design strategies in practice
  • Select materials based on sustainability criteria
  • Use technical language with confidence

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 50m total length

  • Introduction4:29

    A short introduction on the course content, how it is structured, the objectives and the takeaways

  • Lighting15:27

    Daylight and artificial light play an important role in bringing out the overall design aesthetics. It also has a large role to play in sustainability with its impact on energy use and indoor environmental quality. Adequate daylight levels and reduced lighting energy use is an important consideration for green interiors

  • Water use7:19

    Water use might not get much attention when thinking about design. The good news is that the simple measures can be implemented to reduce water use in restrooms and other areas that use potable water. 

  • Materials6:18

    Material selection and application is one of the most important design criteria in interior fit out projects. Key aspects about materials can help determine its sustainability quotient. This can in fact become a selection criteria in addition to cost, aesthetics and other design considerations.

  • Indoor Environment Quality17:07

    This is one of those areas of sustainability that is entirely measurable, but has been established to have an impact on occupant health over a long term. You will learn about simple criteria that can be included in design specifications for a better indoor environment quality. 

  • End of course quiz

Requirements

  • This is a beginner level course focused on interior fit outs. You do not need any prior experience or knowledge about sustainability, but being familiar with interior works will be helpful.

Description

Interior designing or interior fit out projects have large variation in type and scale. Some components such as  daylight, electric lighting, water use, material use and indoor environmental quality are common in all kind of projects. This course introduces simple measurable aspects for each of these components using which the sustainability quotient for a project can be assessed. 

Design is very subjective. But sustainability can be objective and measurable. You will learn about concepts that are applicable irrespective of the design language.

If you have work experience as a designer and are interested in learning about sustainability, you will be able to quickly apply the concepts covered in this course in your practice. 

I have designed this course in short lectures covering each topic in a simple and easy to understand language. There are 5 lectures in this course with 1 hour of video content. I have included exercises and some simple calculations within the lectures to help you reinforce the concepts

Towards the end, you will learn about a sustainability matrix that can be used as a decision making tool for selecting materials that has the best sustainability score.

Who this course is for:

  • If you are an interior designer and want to go green, this is right course to get started with.
  • If you are involved in interior fit out work in any capacity, you will find strategies for various aspects that can be implemented in practice
  • This course is also for owners who want to implement sustainable design strategies in their space.

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