Green Building and Smart Cities
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The official GTU curriculum for Green Building and Smart Cities (subject code BE05013081) as prescribed for Env. Engg · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 43 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE05013081)Unit 1 Basics of Built Environment and Sustainability
- Impacts of buildings on environment
- Concept of green buildings and basic terminology
- Environmental and energy impacts of built environment
- Urban warming effect and affecting factors with mitigation measures
Unit 2 Green Building Materials, Design and Energy Efficiency
- Basic idea of sustainable building materials
- Alternative building materials
- Concept of resource efficiency in construction
- Water conservation in buildings
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Passive design concepts
- Basic waste management in construction
- Smart Solid Waste Collection and Segregation Systems in High-Rise Buildings
- Energy use and Energy conservation methods in buildings
- Resource conservation methods in buildings
Unit 3 Green Building Rating Systems and Applications
- Introduction to green building rating systems
- Basic concepts of rating systems and evaluation criteria
- Overview of LEED and GRIHA rating systems Performance parameters in rating systems
- Scheme of National Clean City Awards and Urban Sustainability Initiatives
- Case studies of green buildings
Unit 4 Fundamentals of Smart Cities and Urban Systems Concept, evolution and components of smart cities; Smart City Mission (India)
- objectives and features
- Smart governance: e-governance
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- Smart mobility: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- public transport
- Urban infrastructure systems: water supply
- solid waste
- energy systems
- Environmental systems: air quality monitoring
- wastewater reuse
- urban green spaces
Unit 5 Urban Planning, Resilience and Smart City Applications
- Urban planning: zoning
- mixed land use, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
- Smart urban form: density
- compact development
- infrastructure integration
- Resilient cities: concept
- urban flooding
- climate adaptation strategies
- Disaster management: early warning systems
- emergency response systems
- Case studies: Indian and global smart cities
- Best practices and challenges in smart city implementation
- Future trends: AI, 5G in smart cities
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