ARCH 140: Energy and Environment
Department of Architecture, U. C. Berkeley
Spring Semester 2008, Tuesday & Thursday, 11:00 - 12:30, 10 Evans
Notes on Course Assignments
Homework (HW) assignments are due at the beginning of class in the lecture room on the day noted (except for #5).
Case Study is a HW but with a variable due date.
Design Project exercises are components of the Final Project, done by your team, and are turned in during section for presentation and/or discussion.
New this year: In the interest of having current readings and saving you $, we have replaced the bound paper-based reader with an online postings or web links.
Under "140 Reader", numbers refer to Chapter #'s, but may be fluid. See "This Week" on the website for the latest reading assignments
Sun, Wind & Light is a required textbook, and numbers refer to Strategy #'s in the book
| Required Readings | |||||||
| Week # | Date | Lecture Topic | 140 Reader | Sun, Wind & Light | Assignments | Section | |
| 1 | Tuesday | 22-Jan | Introduction to Course: Energy, Buildings & the Environment (1) | # 1-3, #4 | Introduction | Case Study Assigned | Intro to Course Framing the Arch 140 Perspective |
| Thursday | 24-Jan | Energy Codes & LEED Rating System (2) | #18 | ||||
| 2 | Tuesday | 29-Jan | Site & Solar Analysis (3) | #5 | Browse Building Groups, #26-45 |
HW#1 Assigned | Solar Site Analysis Review Solar Angles LAB#1: Solar Site Analysis |
| Thursday | 31-Jan | Solar Geometry & Site Shading (4) | #6, 7 | Climate as Context, #1-7 | |||
| 3 | Tuesday | 5-Feb | Storing Heat: Building Materials & Thermal Mass (5) | #8 | #18, 19, 60-63, 68, 72, 76, 77, 79, 83, 88, 104 | HW#2 Assigned HW#1 Due | LAB#2: Pacific Energy Center Tour. Overview of programs & tools, demonstration of heliodon and infrared camera |
| Thursday | 7-Feb | Moving Heat: Energy Transfer, Buildings & Bodies (6) | #9, 10 | ||||
| 4 | Tuesday | 12-Feb | Thermal Properties of Materials (7) | #11 | #78, 81, 84, 97, 101 (review # 72, 76, 77, 79) | HW#3 Assigned HW#2 Due | Storing and Moving Heat LAB#3: Heat Transfer |
| Thursday | 14-Feb | Heat Flow through Materials & Assemblies (8) | #12, 13 | #15, 16 | |||
| 5 | Tuesday | 19-Feb | Infiltration & Perimeter Heat Loss (9) | #14, 15, Appendix 5 | #17 | Heat Transfer and the Building Balance Point LAB#4: Balance Point Game |
|
| Thursday | 21-Feb | Building Envelope Heat Loss (10) | Program & Use: pg. 38-44, Form & Envelope: pg. 45-55 | HW#4 Assigned HW#3 Due |
|||
| 6 | Tuesday | 26-Feb | Annual Energy Consumption (11) | #16 | #3, 21-23 | Midterm Review Review Building Bioclimatic Chart Discuss Heschong Reading Final Project (Introduce, form teams) LAB#5: POE Investigation Part 1 |
|
| Thursday | 28-Feb | Thermal Comfort & Psychrometrics (12) | #17 (review #12) Review #10 again |
#11 (review #18) | |||
| 7 | Tuesday | 4-Mar | Sun Angles & Buildings (13) | #19 (review #5) | (review #2) | HW#4 DUE POE Part 1 pinup in section | Investigating Building Performance Workplace Quality LAB#5: POE Investigation Part 2 |
| Thursday | 6-Mar | MIDTERM (14) | |||||
| 8 | Tuesday | 11-Mar | Sundials & Shadows (15) | #20 (review #7) | (review #1) | HW#5 Assigned Final Project Part 1 Due (in section) POE Part 2 pinup in section |
Solar Geometry review GSI evaluations LAB#5: POE Investigation Part 3 |
| Thursday | 13-Mar | Shadow Casting & Solar Radiation (16) | (review #11) | (review #3, 16) | |||
| 9 | Tuesday | 18-Mar | Shading Analysis (17) | #20 | HW#5 Due (MONDAY) | Sundial Reviews Final Project Discussion Shadow Tracing (weather permitting) |
|
| Thursday | 20-Mar | Shading Devices (18) | #45, 48, 98-100 (review #16) | ||||
| Tuesday | 25-Mar | SPRING BREAK | |||||
| Thursday | 27-Mar | ||||||
| 10 | Tuesday | 1-Apr | Shading Masks (19) | #21 | Review Shading Masks & Solar Geometry LAB#6a: Shading Requirements |
||
| Thursday | 3-Apr | Light & Daylighting (20) | #22 | #8-10, 29, 31-32, 35, 51, 54, 58, 70, 71, 78, 84-85, 89-101 | |||
| 11 | Tuesday | 8-Apr | Daylighting Prediction & Physical Models (21) | #23 | Final Project Part 2 Due (in section) |
Final Project Discussion Pinup and discussion of Final Project Part 2 |
|
| Thursday | 10-Apr | Daylighting & Energy Computer Modeling (22) | |||||
| 12 | Tuesday | 15-Apr | Microclimate (23) | #25, 26, Appendix 6 | #30, 38, 41, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 59-64, 82, 87 (review #4-7, 29, 31, 42, 83, 91, 93, 97, 101) | Final Project Part 3 & 4 Due (in section) | Final Project Mid-Review |
| Thursday | 17-Apr | Window System Design (24) | #24 | (review # 89 - 101) | |||
| 13 | Tuesday | 22-Apr | Passive Cooling Design (25) | #26-28, 33, 36, 37, 39, 40, 43-45, 48, 50 (review #19, 31, 38, 46, 47, 49, 55-57, 59, 63, 65-69, 72-79, 81, 83, 88-90, 95, 98-101) | Energy Center: Overview of principles and applications of electric lighting LAB#7: PG&E Energy Center |
||
| Thursday | 24-Apr | Case Studies of Sustainable Design (26) | Daylight Model Testing (Friday) 8am to noon | ||||
| 14 | Tuesday | 29-Apr | Mechanical Systems & Architectural Integration (27) | #27 | #105-108 | Review for Final Exam | |
| Thursday | 1-May | HVAC Design for Green Buildings (28) | |||||
| 15 | Tuesday | 6-May | Tour of Wurster HVAC (29) | #81 | Final Projects Due MONDAY by 6pm, Room 290 |
Final Project - Final Presentations and Reviews | |
| Thursday | 8-May | Final Thoughts & Exam Taking Tips (30) |
|||||
| Tuesday | 20-May | 8-11 a.m., 10 Evans Hall | |||||
