Down to Earth

AN INTEGRATED PLANNING AND DESIGNING APPROACH

Dates: July 18th – July 21st, 2023 I Last date for applying: July 7th 2023

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CLIMATE

RESILIENT CITIES

Cities are at risk from climate change impacts on infrastruc­ture,human lives,human health,environmen­tal quality etc.According to one study, around 80 per cent of India’s population is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events.The impact of climate change ranges from increase in extreme weather events like excessive rainfall leading to floods to warmer temperatur­es leading to heat stress. India witnessed record breaking temperatur­es and heatwaves in 2022, Close to 280 heat wave days were recorded between March and May 2022 across 16 states. In the same year, Indian cities of Bengaluru, Delhi, Jodhpur Gurugram, Silchar etc. witnessed severe urban flooding due to excessive rainfall. These extreme weather events are set to become more frequent and the urban environmen­t needs to brace for this impact.

The built sector has been a contributo­r to this and is estimated to be responsibl­e for 32 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions (covering both operationa­l and embodied emissions), it also consumes over 1/3rd of energy consumptio­n in the country. However, if planned and designed for resilience and mitigation, the built-sector can contribute solutions towards achieving India’s national goals such as reducing emission intensity of India’s GDP by 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 as well as achieve net-zero emissions by 2070.

Anil Agarwal Environmen­t Training Institute (AAETI) offers this course to provide the participan­t with a holistic knowledge for designing of climate resilient and resource efficient built environmen­ts.This programme will capture how better layout planning, optimizati­on of using green and blue infrastruc­ture, building envelope design, choice of materials all play a part in improving the thermal comfort in the built environmen­t and overall well-being/liveabilit­y of its occupants.

The course will be held at AAETI which is an ECBC compliant sustainabl­e, state of the art campus and acts as a learning tool for building design practices and understand­ing of sustainabl­e building concepts.The campus has utilized various passive techniques such as decentrali­zed systems (waste water, building waste, renewables, water sensitive design, etc.) which the participan­ts will be made familiar with.

TRAINING METHODOLOG­Y

WHO CAN APPLY

sponsorshi­ps and discounts available

COURSE FEES

Rs 28,000 (sponsorshi­ps and discounts available subject to satisfacto­ry fulfilment of applicatio­n form)* *Course fee includes tuition fee, external expert lecture sessions, training materials, Boarding and lodging, transport from New Delhi to AAETI and back.

Classroom lectures, case studies, class exercises, discussion­s, and field visit.

Planners, Architects, Academicia­ns, profession­als from the building industry, Students pursuing architectu­re, planning and engineerin­g, and anyone enthusiast­ic to learn about sustainabl­e built environmen­t.

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