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    This document provides the syllabus for the Fall 2014 Architectural Building Systems course at MIT. The course focuses on thermal, luminous and acoustic building performance. It will introduce scientific principles and analysis techniques related to energy use, daylighting, and indoor comfort. Students will learn manual and computer simulation methods and complete assignments applying these skills. Requirements include assignments, a group course project, and an in-class simulation game competition. Grades are based on assignments, presentations, class participation, and additional points for winners of the simulation game. Required software and recommended reading materials are also listed.

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    4.

    401 Architectural Building Systems Course Syllabus


    Term:
    Department:
    Instructor:
    Teaching Assistant:
    Time & Location:

    Fall 2014
    Architecture
    Christoph Reinhart (creinhart@mit.edu)
    Jeff Geisinger (jgeis01@mit.edu)
    Lecture - Mondays 9.30 - 11:00, Room 1-150
    Lecture - Mondays 9:30 - 11:00, Room 1-150
    Lab - Fridays, 10:00 - 12.00, Room 9-250

    Course Description
    The primary focus of this course is the study of the thermal, luminous and acoustic
    behavior of buildings. The course examines the basic scientific principles underlying
    these phenomena and introduces students to a range of technologies and analysis
    techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments. Students will be challenged
    to apply these techniques and explore the role energy and light can play in shaping
    architecture.
    Following a review of how to analyze a sites climate and local energy mix, the first
    part of the course is dedicated to the principles of heat storage and heat flow in and
    around buildings. Basic manual and computer-based methods to predict the energy use
    of buildings will also be discussed. In order to introduce students to the effective use of
    computer simulations during design, a Building Optimization Game that mimics a LEED
    design charrette will be organized during class on October 22. During the game,
    students will compete in groups who develops the building with the lowest energy use
    within a given cost budget. The second part of the course will introduce students to the
    art and science of lighting buildings along with rules of thumb and computer-based
    methods for analyzing daylight within and around buildings. The last part of the course
    consists of introductions to natural ventilation concepts and building acoustics.
    The course format consists of semiweekly lectures and weekly labs. Individual
    and group assignments as well as in-class presentations and exercises will help students
    to study the use of environmental technologies in contemporary buildings.

    Learning Objectives
    The course aims to help students to:
    understand and apply the scientific principles underlying the thermal, luminous and
    acoustic behavior of buildings,
    learn to evaluate the pros and cons of a range of technologies for creating
    comfortable indoor environments,
    conduct a series of design analysis workflows regarding climate, building energy use
    and daylighting and
    acquire the knowledge required to critically discuss/present the environmental
    concept of a building.
    Date: 31 May 2015

    Page 1/4

    Requirements
    The following deliverables will be required to pass this class:
    Attendance of semiweekly lectures and Friday Labs.
    Timely completion of assignments. Late assignments will not be accepted.
    Completion of a group course project. The course project will be to develop and
    present an environmental concept for a small office building. Project presentations
    should include:
    o Overall design approach and environmental features
    o Thermal analysis and predicted energy use
    o Daylighting analysis
    Preparation of 20 minute inclass group presentations on one of the AIA Cote Top
    Ten Projects 2014 (http://www.aiatopten.org/). Presentations should have the
    following format:
    o Overview of the main environmental features of the building
    o Discussion of predicted energy use
    o Daylighting massing study of the building
    o Discuss what you like and/or dislike about the building and its
    environmental concept (5 minutes).
    Active participation in class discussions.

    Methods of Assessment:
    Grades will be determined based on:
    Quality and timely submission of completed assignments (45%).
    Course project presentation (30%)
    Case study presentation (15%).
    Participation in class discussions (10%).
    Members of the winning groups in the Building Optimization Game on Oct 22 will
    receive additional 10% points.
    Please familiarize yourself with MITs
    http://web.mit.edu/academicintegrity/.

    Date: 31 May 2015

    Academic

    Integrity

    Expectations

    at

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    Software
    Throughout the course we will be using the following software packages.
    Rhino 5 forms the CAD backbone of all environmental analysis tools that we will be
    using in this class. Students should therefore ideally have working version of
    Rhinoceros 5 installed on their laptops or workstations. You can install a 90 day demo
    version of Rhino 5 from http://www.rhino3d.com.
    Grasshopper (latest release): Some of the plugins further require Rhinos parametric
    scripting environment Grasshopper, which can be downloaded free of charge from
    http://www.grasshopper3d.com/.
    DIVA-for-Rhino is a daylighting and energy modeling plug-in for Rhino
    (http://diva4rhino.com/). We will be using DIVA for assignments on solar radiation and
    daylighting. Students may request free licenses for their laptops from the DIVA-forRhino web site or use DIVA on the MIT lab computers.
    Archsim Energy Modeling is a Grasshopper plugin that supports multi-zone building
    energy modeling using the US department of Energys EnergyPlus whole building
    simulation engine. (http://archsim.com/)
    Ladybug is another Grasshopper plugin that support the display of annual climate
    files used for building and daylighting simulations. To run the plugin you will need to
    install Phython for Grasshopper (www.food4rhino.com/project/ghpython) and the
    plugin itself (http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/ladybug )

    Bibliography
    Information required for completing the assignments will be provided through the
    lecture notes, selected online materials as well as the Daylighting Handbook Volume I
    which can be purchased on the books web site (http://www.daylightinghandbook.com/)
    or directly from the instructor. The following list of textbooks is recommended for
    additional reading.

    Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), AM10 Natural


    Ventilation
    in
    Non
    Domestic
    Buildings,
    2005
    (http://www.brebookshop.com/details.jsp?id=31399)
    G. Z. Brown and Mark DeKay, Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies (3rd
    edition), John Wiley & Sons, 2014
    Roger Benham, Architecture of the well-tempered environment (2nd edition), The
    University of Chicago Press, Chicago, ISBN 0-226-03698-7 (paperback), 1984 (~$35)
    Norbert Lechner, Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Design Methods for Architects (2nd
    edition), John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0-471-24143-1 (hardcover), 2001
    Manfred Hegger, Matthias Fuchs, Thomas Stark, Martin Zeumer, Energy Manual:
    Sustainable Architecture, Construction Manuals, Bikhuser, 2008
    J L M Hensen and R Lamberts (Editors), Building Performance Simulation for Design
    and Operation, Taylor & Francis, 2011
    K Voss, Net Zero Energy Buildings: International Comparison of Carbon-Neutral
    Lifestyles, Detail green Books, 2012

    Date: 31 May 2015

    Page 3/4

    Week

    Monday Lecture
    (9.30 11.00, Room 1-150)

    Wednesday Lecture
    (9.30 11.00, Room 1-150)

    Reading*

    Sep 3 L01 Course Introduction |


    Energy Use in Society

    Friday Lab
    (10.00 12.00 9-250)

    Assignment (due
    date)

    Sep 5 Hand out HOBO data loggers +


    Software Overview [Geisinger & Reinhart]

    Ass 1 Essay &


    Personal Carbon
    Balance (Sep 5)
    Ass 2 Direct Shading
    and Sunpath Diagrams
    (Sep 17)
    Ass 3 Psychrometric
    Chart (Sep 24)

    Sep 8 L02 Energy Use in


    Buildings

    Sep 10 L03 Understanding Climate


    Solar Radiation

    DH1, DH3, DH6

    Sep 12 DIVA Shading Study + Ladybug


    [Reinhart & Mackey]

    Sep 15 L04 Wind Understanding


    Climate - Temperature and Rel.
    Humidity | Climate Consultant
    Sep 22 L06 Thermal Mass & Heat
    Flow

    Sep 17 L05 Thermal Comfort + Case


    Studies

    IBPSA3

    Sep 19 Student Holiday (no lab)

    Sep 24 L07 Insulation Materials

    Sep 26 ArchSim I Shoebox [Dogan &


    Geisinger]

    Ass 4 Best Insulation


    Value (Oct 1)
    Ass 5 Internal Gains
    and Designing a PV
    System (Oct 8)
    Ass 6 Envelope Game
    Results (Oct 15)

    Sep 29 L08 Radiation Maps


    Active and Passive Solar

    Oct 1 Instructor Traveling (no class)

    DH9

    Oct 3 DIVA II Radiation Maps + ArchSim II


    PV [Geisinger + Dogan]

    Oct 6 L09 Window Technologies


    and Internal Gains

    Oct 8 L10 Infiltration and Manual


    Load Calculations

    IBPSA5; JPBPS
    Paper (online)

    Oct 10 Envelope Game [Reinhart &


    Geisinger]

    Oct 13 No Class (Columbus Day)

    Oct 15 Instructor Traveling (no class)

    IBPSA2

    Oct 17 ArchSIm III Multi-Zone Energy


    Models [Dogan & Geisinger]

    Oct 20 L11 Static Shading |


    Energy Simulations (extra lecture)

    Oct 22 L12 Simulation Game

    DH7

    Oct 24 MIT Family Weekend (no lab)

    Oct 27 L15 Simulation Game


    Student Presentations

    Oct 29 L16 HVAC Systems

    10

    Nov 3 L17 Photometry, Daylight


    and Daylighting

    Nov 5 L18 Daylight Availability Rules


    of Thumb and Massing Studies

    DH2, DH4, DH5

    Nov 7 Material Properties + DIVA III


    Daylight Availability Calculations [Reinhart]

    11

    Nov 10 L19 Daylight Simulations &


    Metrics

    Nov 12 Electric Lighting + Controls

    IBPSA9

    Nov 14 Individual Course Project


    Discussions [Reinhart]

    12

    Nov 17 Natural Ventilation Physical Principles; Manual


    Methods

    Nov 19 Natural Ventilation Simulation Approaches

    CIBSE

    Nov 21 AIA Presentations: Sustainability


    Treehouse | Packard Foundation
    Headquarters | U.S. Land Port of Entry

    13

    Nov 24 AIA Presentations:


    ASU Student Health Services | Bud
    Clark Commons | Bushwick Inlet
    Dec 1 Discuss Course Projects
    [Reinhart]

    Nov 26 AIA Presentations:


    Edith Green Gateway Center | SUNYESF | J & F Angeles Law Center
    Dec 3 Final Project Presentations

    Dec 8 Building Acoustics I

    Dec 10 Building Acoustics II

    14
    15

    Oct 31 Daylit Area Exercise + HDR


    Workshop [Reinhart & Geisinger]

    Ass 7 Simulation
    Game Presentation
    (Oct 27)
    Ass 8 Daylit Area
    Study & Basic
    Photometry (Nov 5)
    Ass 9 - Daylit
    Availability Study (Nov
    12)

    Nov 28 Thanksgiving (No Lab)

    *) DH = Daylighting Handbook I; IBPSA = Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation (from course Reader); CIBSE = AM10 Natural Ventilation in Non Domestic Buildings

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