With the background that nowadays energy and environmental problems are becoming more and more serious worldwide than ever before, how to effectively inspire students to develop relevant design strategies and methods is a research task worthy of more attention. Based on comparative analysis of the specific features of the content and process of traditional architecture and contemporary green building design, we discussed some concrete issues in views of both concept and methodology, which are involved in the green building design courses and related to the energy and environmental topics in order to provide useful references for the development and improvement of the theory and practice of relevant architecture design education.