ARPL 734 Systems and Simulation I
This course is intended to give students both a fundamental base and practical knowledge of the passive and active environmental control systems/strategies for sustainable buildings. The students will obtain sufficient background to make technological decisions to design sustainable residential and commercial buildings in terms of energy efficiency by understanding the major contributors to building energy use and loads calculations, including climates, thermal characteristics of building envelopes and fenestration, internal sources, as well as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.