{"c_title":"[M2097.000700] Urban Form and Energy","c_info":"3 credits | Lecture\/Seminar | Master | Dept. of Environmental Planning","c_summary":"Cities significantly contribute to global energy consumptions and carbon emissions. A better understanding of the relationships between urban form and energy performance in global urban contexts is necessary to facilitate energy efficient and resilient urban development. This course aims to prepare graduate students through the introduction of contemporary theory arguments, cutting-edge modeling tools and exploratory design applications on the energy performance of urban form with a global perspective. Following the quantitative approach to define urban form, four types of energy performance and their relationships with urban form will be discussed in this course: transportation energy, building operational energy, embodied energy of buildings and infrastructures, and decentralized renewable energy. Cutting-edge urban scale energy modeling tools will be introduced to students and some of the tools will be tested in exercises to examine energy performance of different urban forms with global cultural and regulatory contexts. The course will further introduce energy-oriented planning and design methods, and the energy resilient zoning and other policy tools. The course will conclude with a discussion of integrating science, design and policy in the field of urban form and energy for energy efficient and resilient urban development."}