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PostJuly 22, 2020

Environmental Technologies in Buildings

Photo of a modern house with movable wooden slat panels to shade large exterior windows.

This course focuses on the thermal, luminous, and acoustic behavior of buildings, examining the basic scientific principles underlying these phenomena and introducing students to technologies and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments. Students are challenged to apply these techniques and explore the role light, energy, and sound can play in shaping architecture.

The OCW course website features a complete set of lecture slides, and assignments that use several freely-available software packages.

Access the materials: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/architecture/4-401-environmental-technologies-in-buildings-fall-2018/

Taught by: Prof. Christoph Reinhart

by MIT OCW
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Education
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