Through the course, students will gain general knowledge about the LOTUS Green Building Certification. This includes scopes related to understanding the registration and certification assessment processes for varied project types.
Additionally, students can deepen their understanding of items and criteria in green building assessment according to the LOTUS certification system — Energy, Water, Materials and Resources, Health & Comfort, Location & Environment, Management, and Performance Outstanding.
This is followed by an extensive tutorial on utilizing LOTUS — in simulating energy, natural lighting, and computational tools.
Students will also be given an opportunity to practice on typical projects, while exchanging and listening to real-life experiences when implementing the LOTUS certification consulting for different projects.
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| Overview |
| 1.1. Overview of green building and the organization of VGBC |
| 1.2. The certifications: LOTUS NC, LOTUS BIO, LOTUS Interior, LOTUS SI,… |
| 1.3. Project certification process |
| Integrated design process |
| 2.1. Introduction to the integration process |
| 2.2. Revision by answering related questions |
| Energy (‘E) |
| 3.1. Understanding the prerequisites and criteria, scoring in LOTUS: total energy in the building, passive design, building envelope, building cooling, artificial lighting, energy consumption monitoring, elevators, renewable energy case |
| 3.2. Case study |
| 3.3. Revision by answering related questions |
| Water (‘W) |
| 4.1. Understand the prerequisites and criteria, scoring points in LOTUS: Efficient water-use equipment, water-use garden, water-use monitoring, sustainable water-use solutions |
| 4.2. Case study |
| 4.3. Revision by answering related questions |
| Materials and Resources (MR) |
| 5.1. Understanding the prerequisites and criteria, scoring in LOTUS: reduction of concrete use, sustainable materials, unburnt materials, construction emissions, emission management during operation |
| 5.2. Case study |
| 5.3. Revision by answering related questions |
| Health and comfort (H) |
| 6.1. Understand the Criteria and criteria, scoring in LOTUS: smoking in the building, low VOC products, natural lighting, outdoor visibility, thermal comfort, acoustic comfort |
| 6.2. Case study |
| 6.3. Revision by answering related questions |
| Place and environment (SE) |
| 7.1. Understand the prerequisites and criteria, scoring in LOTUS: flood prevention, mulberry growth, vegetation, rainwater treatment, heat island effect, refrigerant, pollution control, pollution reduction light, green traffic, community connection, community space & equipment |
| 7.2. Case study |
| 7.3. Revision by answering related questions |
| Manager (Man) |
| 8.1. Understand the prerequisites and criteria, scoring in LOTUS: effective design process, construction phase, acceptance – operation – test run, maintenance – maintenance, green awareness |
| 8.2. Case study |
| 8.3. Revision by answering related questions |
| Exellent Performance (EP) |
| 9.1. Understanding the prerequisites and criteria, scoring in LOTUS: outstanding performance, advanced solutions |
| 9.2. Case study |
| 9.3. Revision by answering related questions |
| Extension |
| 10.1. Introduction to energy simulation |
| 10.2. Introduction to natural lighting simulation |
| 10.3. Introduction to calculation tools |
| 10.4. Test |
| 10.5. Summary – award certificate |
