Sustainability in Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

La idea del curso y el contenido planificado me resultó interesante al inicio. Sin embargo, las expectativas creadas cayeron a la realidad en el momento de hacer el curso. Los videos, además de no agregar material adicional o al menos un link de referencia directa, son muy complicados de seguir debido al ritmo de los mismos.

Sugiero que las lecturas sean hechas en el idioma nativo de cada docente (no creo que nadie tenga problemas en leer subtítulos en inglés o en español).

Exponer a los profesionales en hacer los videos en inglés, cuando claramente no están preparados para hacerlo (se notaba que leían de alguna pantalla, pues no era fluido, o que directamente no dominaban el idioma), es algo que perjudicó cualquier intento de contenido profesional.

En otros casos, no era cuestión de idioma o manejo del inglés, pues el video de la profesora de la Universidad de Vancouver tenía un contenido muy interesante, pero también era difícil de seguir debido a que la exponente no había preparado su "clase" y se notaba a la legua que seguía un guión que iba leyendo (y francamente mal)

En algunos casos las diapositivas exhibidas eran ilegibles, y la posibilidad de seguir la lectura se hacía imposible.

Considero que la mejor parte fueron los videos del Dr. Dai Morgan y Ed Byrne. Ambos prepararon sus lecturas, fueron claros en los conceptos e hicieron muy amena la lectura, pese a ser de los videos más extensos.

Sugiero a la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia que revise el contenido de sus cursos, pues su nombre y prestigio se pone en juego con la calidad de cualquier cosa que haga pública, como este curso que dejó mucho que desear.

Les deja un cordial saludo un uruguayo desde los Estados Unidos

The course is introductory and informative.
The lectures were well organised with the theory, practicals, and case studies well articulated. The myriad of topics and lecturers from different universities make for a great course.
The first topics presentations were good but the actual displays were too faint and small for anyone to follow outside the course. The presentation write up thus were a pain to the eyes. This paused a serious flaw to the otherwise very informed topics. This is an area that needs serious polishing for the course to be highly rated.
The other lecturers were well prepared for their part. Student participation was poor compared to other courses on EDX. Somehow the course coordinators could come up with questions to stimulate participation as this becomes a one-sided show. The more the questions after topics or even before the better to gauge understanding of concepts.
Overall the course is fundamental for business from all sectors of any economy, start-ups and sme inclusive. I did learn a lot from all the topics presented and came out a more informed person ready to understand and stand up for sustainability practices. Thank you for the course.

As a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, I thoroughly enjoyed this course on sustainability in architecture. For the past two to three decades, sustainability has become synonymous with futuristic architectural designs. I have seen where this sustainability has changed the way we do business. As a contract administrator, we are continuously seeking ways to maximize the quality inputs of our projects while at the same time minimizing or eliminating waste, which inevitably harms our environment. Interestingly enough, this course contained many facets from architectural subsystems, green infrastructure, carbon management to life cycle analysis and finally, business models for climate change.
All in all, this course has been an eye-opener, and I believe that our designers should continue to focus their attention on energy efficiency, economy and environmentally friendly designs. There is a dire need to promote sustainability in every way possible. Thanks for your time, and I am deeply indebted to all the lecturers who took the time to prepare and deliver these valuable lessons on sustainability.

An interesting introduction although it seems like much more work needs to be done to improve the coordination of the course material.

1. The downloadable PDFs are sometimes different to the PDFs used in the lecture
2. The ungraded questions at the end of the lecture are sometimes for the wrong lecture. They ask a question about the lecture that we haven't watched yet. This is also the case for the graded lectures where questions are asked on topics that haven't been covered in that week.
3. some questions are unclear and/or misleading.
4. the course uses lectures from different institutions and different levels so combines sometimes very technical information with no context which is confusing. eg Carbon Management and Energy Systems lectures.
5. there could be more focus on architecture
6. The carbon management lecture is completely different to the PDF. The lecture was quite self-promoting and could have been more informative.

An interesting introduction although it seems like much more work needs to be done to improve the coordination of the course material.

1. The downloadable PDFs are sometimes different to the PDFs used in the lecture
2. The ungraded questions at the end of the lecture are sometimes for the wrong lecture. They ask a question about the lecture that we haven't watched yet. This is also the case for the graded lectures where questions are asked on topics that haven't been covered in that week.
3. some questions are unclear and/or misleading.
4. the course uses lectures from different institutions and different levels so combines sometimes very technical information with no context which is confusing. eg Carbon Management and Energy Systems lectures.
5. there could be more focus on architecture
6. The carbon management lecture is completely different to the PDF. The lecture was quite self-promoting and could have been more informative.