About the Program

Objectives of the Program

Understanding and absorbing the content and pedagogical changes in the curriculum. Understanding and absorbing the content and pedagogical changes in the curriculum. Refreshing technical skills related to Building physics, energy efficient building design, sustainable cooling technologies, bio-climatic design/passive design interventions for new buildings as well as retrofitting. Learning sustainable cooling technologies and passive design principles through demonstration of and hands-on operation of the physical teaching models, as well as learning to integrate them in building designs using Smart Energy software. Sensitization of the issue of heat stress and exploring and expanding potential and responsibility of architecture enabling thermal comfort in Informal settlements. Co creating horizontally and vertically integrated sustainable design approach and deliberately interconnected lesson plans for courses, across the primary subject streams in the 5 year time span of the entire course.

Expected Outcome of the Program

Faculty will be able to understand and learn technical skills related to Building physics, energy efficient building design, sustainable cooling technologies, bio-climatic design/passive design interventions for new buildings as well as retrofitting, Cooling techniques and passive design principles, mitigation of heat stress in Urban environments, integrating the sustainable design approach in various courses by hands on activities and informative sessions.

Important Dates

Date	20th - 24th Oct 2025
Time	09:00 Am to 01:30 Pm
Target Audience	Faculty of Architecture from ANRVSA and other VTU affiliated colleges, AIT and ASD
Type of program	Offline
Venue	MBA/MCA AUDITORIUM, Acharya Institutes

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Resource Persons

Resource Person Name	Resource Person Details
Savitha Narayanamurthy	A postgraduate in computer applications and has immense years ofindustry experience in IT. Currently working with C Balance. She has worked with education institutes to design, develop and implement sustainability focused curriculum and student centric pedagogy.
Vivek Gilani	Ashoka Fellow and an Environmental Engineer (MS Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts)
Anusha Mohan	An Industrial Production Engineering from PES, Mandya. She has prior work experience with an IT company as a Tech Lead. She has completed her Fellowship Program in Sustainable Living at Bhoomi College, Bangalore.

Committee

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• Shweta Mattoo, Principal(IC) ANRVSA, Bangalore
• Dr. Devasis Pradhan, Assistant Director Research

CONVENER

• Sushma Madhusudan Betgeri

CO-ORDINATOR

• Fathima Samana Saidoddin

Details Of the sessions

Days	Resource Person Details
Day 01:	Role of an Architect and Sustainable Architecture design Nexus between Climate Justice, Built Space and Architecture Education-Part 1 Nexus between Climate Justice, Built Space , Architecture and missing narrative of Informal Housing -Part 2 Informal Settlements Thermal Comfort Pedagogy activities based on case studies & Literature research
Day 02:	Climate Analysis Building heat transfer Solar Geometry - Classroom Learning Aid Demo Pedagogy activities based on case studies & Literature research
Day 03:	Understanding place making Passive design and Cooling & Active Cooling Sustainable Cooling Systems - Evaporative Cooling and Structure and Radiant Cooling Pedagogy activities based on case studies & Literature research
Day 04:	Periodic (Historic & Modern) comparison of architecture - vernacular, ecological, social - degradation linked to industrial growth and shift in ethics. Land and Real Estate development Urban Design - Inclusive spaces Research methods - Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Rapid Rural Appraisal techniques - Introduction and Case Studies
Day 05:	Classroom Learning Aids Demo Co-creation of Lesson Plan. Feedback from the participants. Closure.