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Assignments

You can download files in either Adobe Acrobat Reader (*.pdf) or in Microsoft Word (*.doc) format. On a PC, right-click the link and choose "Save Target As..." to download; on a Mac, hold down the option key and click the link to download a file. Please report any problems to Eric Spletzer

Homework Labs

Building Case Study (doc)
Case Study Template (doc)
Matrix of Suggested Buildings (doc)


#1 Solar Site Analysis (doc - pdf)
Answer Sheet (doc - pdf)
Sketchup Model (skp)
Solutions (doc)

#2 Thermal Storage (doc - pdf)
Solutions (doc


#3 Thermal Transfer
(doc - pdf)
Solutions (doc)

#4 Whole House Energy Flows (pdf)
Answer Sheet (pdf)
Data Files (zip)

#5 A Working Sundial (doc - pdf)

#1 Solar Site Analysis (doc - pdf)


#2 PEC Tour (pdf)

#3 Heat Transfer (doc - pdf)

#4 Balance Point Game (doc)

#5 Post-Occupancy Evaluation (pdf)

#6a: Shading Requirements (doc)
#6b: SHADE Program Introduction (doc)

[ SHADE program]
(right-click and choose "Save Target As..." to download)

#7: PG&E Energy Center
 


Design Project Materials


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Lecture Presentations

We will be posting all of our lecture slides online this semester. For now we are posting two versions of the lecture. The [color PDF] link will take you to a full-size, full-color version of the lecture presentation, for review on your computer. The [B/W PDF handout]] link will take you to a six-slides-per-page, black-and-white document suitable for printing. Please let us know if you have any questions or problems downloading.

Download the Lecture Handouts here.

The line below signifies updated lecture notes. Above the line are this year's lectures, and below the line are last year's links.

Lecture 1: Course Introduction [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 2.1: The LEED Rating System [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 2.2: Energy Codes and Title 24 [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 3: Site and Solar  Analysis [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 4: Site and Solar Analysis II [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 5: Storing Heat [color PDF]  [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 6: Moving Heat - [handout] (no slideshow in lecture)
Lecture 7: Thermal Properties of Materials [color PDF] [B/W PDF hdt] Lecture 8: Heat Transfer:Series & Parallel [color PDF] [B/W hdt]
Lecture 9: Infiltration  [color PDF] [B/W PDF hdt]
Lecture 10: Building Envelope Heat Loss [color PDF]  [B/W PDF hdt]
Lecture 11: Annual Energy Consumption  [color PDF] [B/W PDF hdt]
Lecture 12: Thermal Comfort + Psychrometrics [color PDF] [B/W hdt]
Lecture 13: Sun Angles & Buildings [lecture handouts]
Lecture 14: Sundials and Solar Geometry [color PDF] [B/W PDF hdt]
Lecture 15: Solar Radiation  [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 16: Shading Requirements [color PDF] [B/W PDF hdt]
Lecture 17: Brager House Shading [color PDF] [B/W PDF hdt]
Lecture 18: Shading Devices [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 19: Shading Masks [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 21: Daylight Prediction & Physical Models [color PDF] [B/W hdt]
Lecture 22: Daylighting & Energy Computer Modeling
Lecture 23: Microclimates
Lecture 24: Window Design Strategies [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 25: Passive Cooling [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]


Lecture 26: AIA COTE Top Ten [color PDF] [B/W PDF hdt]
Lecture 27: HVAC Systems for Green Buildings [color PDF] [B/W PDF hdt]
Lecture 28: Mechanical Systems [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 29: Wurster HVAC Tour [B/W PDF handout]
Lecture 30: Final Lecture [color PDF] [B/W PDF handout]

 



Exams