What you'll learn
- Implement green design strategies in practice
- Select materials based on sustainability criteria
- Use technical language with confidence
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.
Instructor
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Environmental Design Solutions [EDS] is a sustainability advisory firm focusing on the built environment. Since its inception in 2002, EDS has worked on over 350 green building and energy efficiency projects worldwide. The diverse milieu of its team of experts converges on climate change mitigation policies, energy efficient building design, building code development, energy efficiency policy development, energy simulation and green building certification.
EDS has expertise in providing capacity building and training in various areas of sustainability. The courses are designed by experts from EDS who are experienced in teaching high quality in-person and online courses.