Introduction to Topic 1.2 Lessons

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This lesson gives a general overview about climate responsive design. The importance of sustainable design considerations in all design steps will be explained. This lesson provides an overview on how to approach a sustainable building project from the first design step up to the end. Important building energy standards will be introduced.

Goals: The goal of this lesson is to provide an overview about important decision-making processes especially in the first design steps. An awareness of the building energy goal that should be achieved in the project from the very beginning helps to achieve a sustainable and cost-effective building. This lesson is aimed to provide an awareness to this topic.