Building Technology Laboratory

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Lab 1: Design of Passive-Solar Houses
1	Course Introduction Introduction to Modeling Thermal Systems Electrical-circuit Analogies
2	Thermal-mass Measurements (Mr. Potato Head), Demonstration of Thermal-dynamics Spreadsheet Program Design and Construction of Passive-Solar Test House	Assignment 1 due
3	Modeling Thermal Dynamics Solar Heat Gain through Windows
4	Review of Thermal Time Constant Estimates from Mr. Potato Head Completion of Construction of Test Houses Demonstration of Temperature Loggers Launching of Loggers and Deploying of Test Houses	Assignment 2 due
5	Prediction of Temperatures inside Test Houses Downloading Temperature Data Comparison of Prediction and Measurement Modifying Test Houses Reinstalling Temperature Loggers	Assignment 3 due
6	Solar Heat Gain through Walls and Roofs Comparison of Walls and Windows
7	Heat Capacity of Air inside a House Multi-node Models Frequency Analysis MATLAB® Modeling of Complex Thermal Models Downloading Temperature Data Modifying Houses and Reinstalling Temperature Loggers Guidelines for Lab Report 1	Assignment 4 due
Lab 2: Natural Ventilation
8	Fundamentals of Natural Ventilation: Hydrostatic Equation, Ideal Gas Law, Bernoulli’s Equation, Orifice Equation
9	Presentations of Results from Lab 1 Introduction to Urban Housing in China Construction of Model Apartment Balconies (Indoor-outdoor Transition Spaces) for Wind-driven Airflow Studies or Model Office and Atrium for Buoyancy-driven Airflow Studies	Assignment 5 due
10	Fundamentals of Natural Ventilation (cont.) Buoyancy and Wind-driven Airflows
11	Airflow Measurements with Hot-wire Anemometer	Lab report 1 due Assignment 6 due
12	Combined Buoyancy-driven and Wind-driven Flows Single-sided Ventilation Templates for Internal Distribution of Air Simulation Tool for Estimating Wind-driven and Buoyancy Driven Airflows
13	Airflow Simulation Using CONTAMW V2.0	Assignment 7 due
14	Scaling Relationships Reynolds Number Modeling Airflows and Temperatures
15	Construction and Test of a Model for Convective Cooling of Thermal Mass Guidelines for Lab Report 2	Assignment 8 due
Lab 3: Daylighting
16	Lighting Fundamentals Lighting Measurements Luminance and Illuminance Calculations Luminous Efficacy of Lamps
17	Introduction to Gujarati Houses Construction of Base-case House	Assignment 9 due
18	Inverse Square Law and Applications Zonal-cavity Method for Lighting Design
19	Daylighting Measurements in Base-case House	Lab report 2 due Assignment 10 due
20	Daylighting Fundamentals Lumen and Daylight Factor Methods Calculation of Benefit of Roof Openings Modification of Models and Second-round Tests	Assignment 11 due
21	Lighting Simulation with Lightscape
22	Daylighting Simulation in Gujarati Houses Comparison of Predicted and Measured Lighting Levels Guidelines for Lab Report 3
23	Design of Sustainable Housing for Afghanistan	Assignment 12 due
24	Calculations and Simulations in Support of the Design of Sustainable Housing
25	Integration of Energy, Airflow and Lighting
26	Project Presentations	Lab report 3 due