Other Academic Projects
As a part of the academic curriculum for MSSD, some other projects included the following:
1. Sustainable Development Plan Proposal for a stretch along the river in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia which included housing, parking, land reuse, cattle shelters, parks and recreational facilities, community gathering spaces, wastewater recycling as well as taking advantage of the existing natural assets.
2. Another audit report for a campus building as part of Building Mechanical/ Electrical Design course
3. A brief study on heating systems on campus to understand the real-time situations of systems integration.
4. Developing a Green Building Code for home city based on local conditions and requirements. For this, detailed study of LEED standards was done. Other rating systems from around the world were also briefly referred such as LOTUS, BREEAM, GRIHA, PEARL, CASBEE.
As a part of the academic exercise, a code was developed with credits, prerequisites, and scores, which helped us to develop awareness regarding code compliance and rating system's importance in order to achieve a sustainable design.