(Schedule subject to change)
Week 1
01/17 – 01/19 | Course Introduction / Living Building Challenge
01/17 – Course Introduction
01/19 – Georgia Tech-Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design / Living Building Challenge
In-class assignment will be handed out 01/19
Week 2
01/20 – 01/24 | Basic Principles: Heat Flow for Heating and Cooling
Reading – Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects | Chapters 1-3
01/20 – MLK Day (no class meeting)
01/22 – Lecture: Basic Principles I
01/24 – Lecture: Basic Principles II
Week 3
01/29 – 01/31 | Heating
Reading – Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects | Chapter 18 – Mechanical Equipment for Heating and Cooling
01/27 – Lecture: Heating
01/29 – No class meeting – Third Year Studio Trip
01/31 – No class meeting – DLF
Week 4
02/03 – 02/07 | Heating + Cooling
Reading – Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects | Chapter 18 – Mechanical Equipment for Heating and Cooling
02/03 – Lecture: Heating + Cooling I
02/05 – Lecture: Heating + Cooling II
02/07 – Guided Notes Quiz I (On Canvas and In-class written assignment)
Video – How Air Conditioning Works
Week 5
02/10 – 02/14 | Heating + Cooling, Lighting
Reading – Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects | Chapter 11 – Light: Color, Vision, and Perception, Chapter 12 – Daylighting, Chapter 16 – Electric Lighting, Chapter 18 – Mechanical Equipment for Heating and Cooling
02/10 – Lecture: Heating + Cooling III
02/12 – Lecture: Lighting I
02/14 – Lecture: Lighting II
Videos – Chilled Beams, BMUs, ERCO – AHMM London, ERCO – Zaha Hadid
Week 6
02/17 – 02/21 | Synergies + Giles Hall Tour
Reading – Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects | Chapter 19 – Synergies, Chapter 20 – Integrated Design Process, Chapter 22 – Checklist for Designing Integrated Sustainable Buildings (4th Edition – Chapters 8, 18 & 19)
02/17 – Lecture: (Lighting cont.) Synergies / Giles Hall Mechanical Systems Tour (Group PDF)
02/19 – Lecture: (Lighting cont.) Synergies / Giles Hall Mechanical Systems Tour (Group PDF)
02/21 – No class meeting – Second Year Studio Trip
Giles Mechanical Tour Groups (PDF)
Giles Mechanical Tour Assignment (PDF)
Week 7
02/24 – 02/28 | Active Solar + Guest Lecture
Reading – Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects | Chapter 17 – Photovoltaics and Active Solar
02/24 – Lecture: Active Solar | Photovoltaics and Solar Thermal
02/26 – Guest Lecture: Colton Ragan, MSU Facility Management
02/28 – Guided Notes Quiz II (On Canvas and In-class written assignment)
Videos – Give Power Foundation – Water for Kiunga
Week 8
03/03 – 03/07 | Case Study Graphic Report Presentations
03/03 – Low-Energy Case Study Abstracts / Graphic Reports – Presentation Schedule
03/05 – Low-Energy Case Study Abstracts / Graphic Reports – Presentation Schedule
03/07 – Low-Energy Case Study Abstracts / Graphic Reports – Presentation Schedule
Week 9
03/10 – 03/15 | No Class Meetings – Spring Break
Week 10
03/17 – 03/21 | ClimateStudio – Environmental Performance Analysis
Reading – Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects | Chapter 24 – Digital
03/17 – Assignment 6 + Assignment 8 Presentation
03/19 – Software Tutorials
03/21 – Software Tutorials
Assignment Video Tutorials on Resources/References
MSU ClimateStudio License – EDU_MississippiState2:LABINSTALL:cyaekqyu9l6jklpw:112
Week 11
03/24 – 03/28 | ClimateStudio – Environmental Performance Analysis
Reading – Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects | Chapter 24 – Digital
03/24 – Software Tutorials
03/26 – Assignment 7 Presentation
03/28 – Software Tutorials
Assignment Video Tutorials on Resources/References
Week 12
03/31 – 04/04 | ClimateStudio / Low Energy Case Studies
Schedule TBA
Week 13
04/07 – 04/11 | Low Energy Case Studies
Schedule TBA
Week 14, 15, 16
04/14 – 05/02 | Low Energy Case Studies
05/05 – Final Low Energy Case Study Due
ARC 3723 