Sustainability in architectural education: A comparison of Iran and Australia

Mohammad Taleghani, Hamid Reza Ansari and Philip Jennings

Renewable Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 7, 2021-2025

Abstract: Over the past decade, several new approaches have emerged to renewable energy education that seek to address the needs of the 21st century for sustainable energy supply systems. In addition, unlike conventional architectural education which does not cover renewable energy issues in its curriculum, these days, renewable energy education has an identity of its own within the discipline of architecture. This paper will clarify academic obstacles that are impeding the development of sustainable architectural education. These obstacles include: ambiguous definitions of sustainable architecture, confusion over the meaning of sustainability, and lack of experts in this field.

Keywords: Renewable energy; Architectural education; Sustainable architecture; Iran; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.11.024

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