ARC 334L
Environmental Controls II

Instructor: Michael Garrison

Text: Text: Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Design Methods for Architects, second edition, John by Norbert Lechner, Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001.

Objective

The intent of this course is to learn to integrate environmental control systems into the form making process of architectural design This course is intended to be one of a series of building science courses which describe the function of building in filtering the environment about their occupants. Environmental Controls I considered the fundamentals of environmental science. Environmental Controls II considers the application of the thermal, luminous and aural problems as well as other technical problems encountered in building design. We will focus on how the various human sensory systems are supported by related building, mechanical, electrical and lighting sub-systems.

In Environmental Controls II, application sections are divided into eight parts: Acoustics; Heating, Venting, and Air Conditioning; Fire Protection; Vertical Transportation; Plumbing; Daylighting; Lighting; and Electrical Circuits. These sections will be organized in the following way:

1. The control of sound in buildings.
2. Required fire protection and fire exits.
3. Review of elevator and escalator specifications.
4. Servicing the water needs of plumbing.
5. Sizing heating, venting and air conditioning systems
6. The control of daylight illumination.
7. Tools for establishing and testing lighting proposals.
8. How electrical circuits are organized in buildings.

Goals

To develop a means by which designers can create energy-efficient buildings. These means shall include both: (1) to understand the forms and components of a building that provide efficiency and comfort; (2) processes for use in design that will encourage the selection of the proper physical responses and facilitate the investigation of the likely performance of these decisions. Successful completion of this course should give the student the ability to:

1. Determine building environmental controls needs for fostering comfort and performance requirements.
2. To suggest building strategies to satisfy these needs.
3. To synthesize building solutions and environmental control schemes that promote the design of efficient buildings.
4. To analytically and physically evaluate the performance of their environmental control decisions.