Building Envelope & Lighting Systems (SCEM Elective)

About This Course

1. Develop a ‘single skin’ concept for façade design to satisfy
different issues arising from various types of curtain walls and
their components

2. Evaluate inputs of Façade specialists and manage critical
events during planning & installation

3. Define and calculate the ETTV and RETV of Wall, Roof and
Fenestration of a building

4. Introduce Daylighting design via physical and computersimulations to meet requirements of Singapore Standards,
Green Mark & LEED.

5. Survey the existing lighting of a building with the use of a
pre-designed template

6. Analyse the current lighting components and devise possible
changes & retrofits with state-of-the-art lighting products for
greater energy-efficiency.

7. Evaluate the most appropriate new or retrofit solution based
on initial cost as well as life-cycle economics

8. Integrate the above management practice into the business
practice of clients and their own organisations.