Research on Awareness and Needs of Architecture Students About Energy Efficient Buildings

Sustainability and energy efficiency in building design are considered as important topics in today's architectural world. The purpose of this paper is to examine their opinions, requirements, current knowledge level, perception, and awareness regarding the energy efficient buildings on a group of architectural students from two universities. Results shows that architectural journals covering several general subjects were more preferred than academic journals by students. It was also revealed that there is a need for architect-oriented design guideline supported with visual expressions about the subject and students are familiar with some of the related terminologies. Therefore, this study can help the program coordinator in determining the course content and its sources of information related to energy efficient buildings in architecture schools.