Environmental Technologies in Buildings

Calendar

WEEK #	MONDAY LECTURES	WEDNESDAY LECTURES	LABS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
1	(no lecture)	Course Introduction | Energy Use in Society	Software overview and installation
2	Energy Use in Buildings	Understanding Climate: Solar Radiation | Where Is the Sun?	DIVA Shading Study (DIVA-GH2)
3	Understanding Climate: Wind, Temperature, and Relative Humidity | Climate File Game	Thermal Comfort | CBE Comfort Tool | Case Studies
4	Active Solar	(no lecture)	DIVA Radiation Maps + ArchSim PV Simulations (DIVA-GH7)
5	Light and Human Vision | Photometry	Daylighting Design Principles	DIVA Rendering & Illuminance Calculations (DIVA-GH1)
6	(no lecture)	Daylight Simulations | Daylight Availability Metrics | Characterizing Material	DIVA Daylight Availability Calculations (DIVA-GH4) + Dynamic Shading (DIVA-GH5)
7	Visual Comfort	Electric Lighting | Controls | Occupant Behavior	Glare Analysis (DIVA-RH3) + Electric Lighting & Controls (DIVA-RH5, DIVA-RH6)
8	Thermal Mass | Heat Flow I	(no lecture)	Setting Up an Integrated Daylighting/Thermal Model (DIVA-GH8, DIVA-GH10)
9	Heat Flow II | Insulation Materials	Window Technologies | Shading	Planning for the final project
10	Ventilation	Internal Gains | Load Calculations	Simulation game
11	(no lecture)	AIA student presentations (undergraduate)
12	AIA student presentations (graduate)	HVAC for Small Buildings
13	HVAC for Large Buildings (guest lecture)	MIT HVAC tour	Final project presentations (undergraduate)
14	Acoustics I (guest lecture)	Acoustics II (guest lecture)
15	Individual meetings with graduate student groups	Individual meetings with graduate student groups
16	Exam week: final project presentations (graduate)