Week

Class

Monday:  9:30-12:30

Lecture (as needed) and lab (pin-ups, software demos, measurement demos)

Class

Wednesday: 11-12:30

Phase I: Introduction to Integration and Lighting

1

Holiday: Labor Day

Class 1.1: 09.05

Course organization

Lecture

Introduction: Integrated Building Systems

Reading

Rush, chapters 1-3

Assignment 1

Design of zero-energy house

2

Class 2.2: 09.11

Pin-up and discussion

Assignment 1 due

Class 2.3: 09.12

Lecture

Guest lecture by John Fernandez: integration with emphasis on structure and façade

Assignment 2

Integration applied to atrium roof

3

No MIT classes

Class 3.4: 09.19

Lecture

Integration with emphasis on HVAC and lighting

Assignment 2 due

Project 1

Low-tech integration at an urban scale: China housing

4

Class 4.5: 09.25

Tutorial

Lightscape

Project 1

Discussion/working session

Class 4.6: 09.26

Lecture

Lighting:

• Lighting fundamentals
• Lighting calculations

• Daylighting

Assignment 3

Lighting calculation and simulation for integrated roof

Phase 2: Energy

5

Class 5.7: 10.02

Tutorial

Integration of lighting and energy: SkyCalc demo

EnergyPlus and/or

DOE-2

Project 1

Discussion/working session

Class 5.8: 10.03

Lecture

Energy calculations

Assignment 3 due

Assignment 4

Design and construction of elfhouse

6

No Class: Columbus Day

Class 6.9: 10.10

Lecture

Sol-air temperature and solar heat gain through glazing

Launch temperature sensors

Assignment 4 due

Assignment 5

Predicting elfhouse temperature

Phase 3: Airflow and Facades

7

Class 7.10: 10.15

Tutorial

PHOENICS

Natural ventilation equations

Class 7.11: 10.17

Lecture

Natural ventilation guidelines

Downloading and displaying first week of temperature data from elfhouses

Assignment 5 due

Assignment 6

Analysis of performance of elfhouse and second phase of testing

8

Class 8.12: 10.22

Pin-up and discussion

Project 1 due

Class 8.13: 10.24

Lecture

Guest lecture by Dan Arons: Advanced facades

Project 2

Introduction

9

Class 9.14: 10.29

Assignment 6 due

Assignment 7 convective pumpkins and solar chimneys

Class 9.15: 10.31

Lecture

Simplified calculations for natural ventilation

Assignment 8

Simplified calculations for natural ventilation

Phase 4: Structures and facades

10

Class 10.16: 11.05

Tutorial

Multiframe

Project 2

Integrated design proposals due

Class 10.17: 11.07

Lecture

Photovoltaics and facades

Assignment 8 due

Assignment  9

Façade design

11

Class 11.18: 11.12

Pin-up and discussion

Assignment 9 due

Class 11.19: 11.14

Lecture

Advanced structural materials and systems

Project 2

Detailed requirements

Phase 5: Project

12

Class 12.20: 11.19

Tour of campus buildings 1 (half of class)

Assignment 10

Critique of campus buildings

Project 2

Analysis of stressors and systems due

Class 12.21: 11.21

Lecture

High rise structures

13

Class 13.22: 11.26

Tour of campus buildings 2 (half of class)

Project 2

Analysis of lighting and energy due

Team meetings

Class 13.23: 11.28

Lecture

Generative design systems, with application to work of Alvaro Siza

14

Class 14.24: 12.03

Assignment 10 due

Project 2

Analysis of façade and structures due

Team meetings

Class 14.25: 12.05

Lecture

Works of Buro Happold and Peter Rice

15

Class 15.26: 12.10

Review of Project 2

Class 15.27: 12.12

Review of class and discussion