AR 218 - Sustainable Residential Design

Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 4

Prerequisites: AR 105 and AR 129

Corequisites: None

College Level Prerequisites: None

Description: Students learn guidelines for the planning and designing of a home suitable to sustainable living. During the design process, students will analyze the building site, use sustainable technology and materials, and apply building codes and residential construction techniques. Students will use CAD, Computer Aided Design, or Building Information Modeling (BIM) to generate a plot plan, floor plans, framing plan, elevations, wall section, stairway details, and a pictorial rendering. Four hours lecture/lab.

Department Consent: No Consent

General Education Distribution Category Met: None