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ARCH-377B

ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING

McGill School of Architecture
Winter 2008

Instructor

Richard Klopp maibc mraic leed
klopp.richard@gmail.com

Teaching Assistant

Sanaz Shirshekar
sanazshirshekar@hotmail.com

Lecture Time and Location

Friday, 8:35 -11:25AM
Room 212, Macdonald-Harrington Building

Course Description

In this course students will explore the interrelationship between energy, environment and building, addressing sustainability, assessment tools, the integrated design process, water conservation, renewable energy, materials and embodied energy, indoor environmental quality, environmental acoustics, and advanced building technology.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, students will have developed competencies in the following core subjects related to critical contemporary issues of sustainability:

Environmental impacts of building construction and operations, in particular the relationship to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change;
Principles of climate and site responsive design and the regional variations in design strategies employed;
Methods of environmental assessment for buildings and ability to critically evaluate the function, intent and appropriateness of various 'green' technologies;
Knowledge of relevant precedents (contemporary green building projects and vernacular typologies) and important reference documents;
Integrated design process and facilitation.

The main learning objective is to increase awareness of sustainable design practices and to develop ecological literacy in a number of diverse and interconnected fields of knowledge, including certain fundamentals of building science, thermodynamics, material physics, climate, biology and human comfort.

Course Outline + Lecture Schedule (pdf format)

Outline and Schedule

Readings and References

Weekly Readings and References

Projects + Mid-term Exam

Project 1: (Due Date - February 15th, 2008)

Project Description

PowerPoint Template

Assignment 1: List of Research Topics, Student Selection & Presentation Date

Project 2: (Due Date - April 4th, 2008)

Project Description

Mid-term Exam: (Date - February 22nd, 2008)