Course Information
Line Number 2213530
Course Name ARCH353 - Environmental Control Systems (1) Temperature And Humidity
Course Description
The first part of the course concentrates on the global climate factors, Human comfort measurements, and climatic elements affecting it, thermal balance of human body, and thermal balance of buildings: heat gains, and heat loss in building. Formation of condensation, and thermal profile for architectural elements. Simple calculation of heat and vapor diffusion in building, applications of passive solar energy and shading device systems, wind movement in buildings, evaporative cooling, time lag and decrement factor, traditional solutions of thermal control in buildings in different climates. PQ: Arch 252 + Phy 101