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Prereq: GIR:PHY2, GIR:CAL2
Units: 2-4-6

Concepts of building technology and experimental methods. Projects vary yearly and have included design and test of strategies for daylighting, passive heating and cooling, and improved indoor air quality via natural ventilation. Experimental methods focus on measurement and analysis of thermally driven and wind-driven airflows, lighting intensity and glare, and heat flow and thermal storage. Experiments are conducted at model scale and are compared with simulation. Motivated by ongoing fieldwork in developing countries.

L. K. Norford

Materials from this class are available on OpenCourseWare.