ENGS-44 "Sustainable Design"

Spring 2013

Schedule

 

Lectures and other course activities:

Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 11:50am

X-hour on Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:05pm

 

Classroom:       132 MacLean Engineering Sciences Center

 

Week 1:

 

Tuesday, 26 March            Course overview

                                          The Sustainable Design Context

                                          In-class exercise: Creative design

                                          Reading set 1 assigned

Wednesday, 27 March       (no activity)

Thursday, 28 March           Sustainable Design Principles

                                          Movie projection: Selections from “The Economies of Being

                                                   Environmentally Conscious”, PBS Home Video

                                          In-class exercise: Biomimicry

 

Week 2:

 

Tuesday, 2 April                 Building energy needs

                                          Thermal insulation

                                          In-class exercise: The economic limit to insulation

                                          Reading set 1 due – Problem set 1 assigned

Wednesday, 3 April            Tristan Morris: The elevator speech

Thursday, 4 April                Solar energy

                                          In-class exercise: Insolation calculation

 

Week 3:

 

Tuesday, 9 April                 Lew Harriman: Building longevity and moisture issues

                                          Problem set 1 due – Reading set 2 assigned

Wednesday, 10 April          Solar energy utilization

                                          In-class exercise: Passive gain calculation

Thursday, 11 April              Field trip: Class of 1953 Commons, on campus

                                                   (tour led by Dave Newlove, DDS Director)

 

Week 4:

 

Tuesday, 16 April               Active solar systems

                                          In-class exercise: Sizing solar panels

                                          Reading set 2 due – Problem set 2 assigned

Wednesday, 17 April          Movie projection: Bill McDonough's Ted Talk

                                                on Cradle to Cradle     

Thursday, 18 April              Green behavior, Comfort in green buildings

                                          In-class exercise: Motivating green behavior

 

Week 5:

 

Tuesday, 23 April               Field trip: AVA Gallery, downtown Lebanon NH

                                                (tour led by Stu White, architect)

                                          Problem set 2 due

Wednesday, 24 April          No activity (Classes suspended for day of solidarity)

Thursday, 25 April              Dara Goldberg ’08: The economics of Energy Efficiency

                                          and Sustainable Redevelopment  in New York City

 

 

Week 6:

 

Tuesday, 30 April               Progress report by students: Groups 1 & 3

                                          Reading set 3 assigned

Wednesday, 1 May            Progress report by students: Groups 4 & 5

Thursday, 2 May                Progress report by students: Groups 2, 6 & 7

                                         

Week 7:

 

Tuesday, 7 May                 William Johnson: Geothermal and heating systems

                                          Reading set 3 due – Problem set 3 assigned

Wednesday, 8 May            No activity

Thursday, 9 May                Bo Petersson: Building commissioning & Energy issues

                                                at Dartmouth

 

Week 8:

 

Tuesday, 14 May               John Todd: The Living Machine & Ecological Design

                                          Problem set 3 due – Reading set 4 assigned

Wednesday, 15 May          Water in buildings

                                          In-class exercise: Let’s be creative about water

Thursday, 16 May              David Madigan:  Heating, ventilation,

                                                and net-zero energy projects

 

Week 9:

 

Tuesday, 21 May               Field trip: Strawbale house in Norwich, VT

                                                (tour led by Franny Eanet, owner)

                                          Reading set 4 due – Problem set 4 assigned

Wednesday, 22 May          Sustainable communities and cities

                                          In-class exercise: Ingredients of a sustainable community

Thursday, 23 May              Field trip: Landau’s passive house in Norwich, VT

                                                (tour led by Hans Porschitz, builder)

Week 10:

 

Tuesday, 28 May               Building materials

                                          In-class exercise: Recycling of construction materials

                                          Problem set 4 due

Wednesday, 29 May          Professor available in classroom to discuss projects

                                          (optional participation)

Thursday, 30 May              No activity – Classes have ended.

Friday, 31 May                  Final reports by students: Groups 7 & 1

                                          (time of day to be announced)

 

Week 11:

 

Monday, 3 June                  Final reports by students: Groups 2, 3 & 6

Tuesday, 4 June                  Final reports by students: Groups 4 & 5

                                          (time of day to be announced)

Wednesday, 5 June            Written project reports due by 2pm

                                          1 hardcopy, 2nd copy in pdf