arch 316/516 environmental control systems fall 2006
  mark oberholzer oberholz@rice.edu  
last upated 12.04.2006
case studies

london authority: foster

dutch expo pavilion: mvrdv

genzyme center: behnisch

faculty of law: foster

indes headquarters:arconinko

Reichstag

Colorado Court Housing

Debis Tower

Royal Library

Byzantine Chapel

magney house murcutt

chesapeake headquarters

deutsche messe ag hannover

fondation beyeler

minnesota architecture holl

kunsthaus bregenz zumthor

lewis center oberlin

otto residence los angeles

pittsburgh convention center

san mateo coroner's office

 

 

 
 
climate/human comfort   information assignment
 

US Climate Zones

Wind Rose

Psychrometric chart

Climate data

Solar angles

Passive Model (save as to access)

Heat Loss spreadsheet

Office data

Office view01

Office view02

Retail

House

Heat Gain spreadsheet

Heat gain factor comparison

Commercial Energy Use

Earth at Night

Annual Cooling Hours

CO2 Emissions

Energy Consumption

Evaporative Cooling

 

Final Project (Graduate only)

Homework 01

Homework 02

Homework 03

Homework 04

Homework 05

Homework 06

Homework 07

Homework 08

 

climate types

solar paths

temperature

humidity

psychrometrics

mean radiant temperature

ecological systems
 

renewable power

passive solar design

passive heating technology

passive cooling technology

shading

daylighting

alternative building technologies

heat transfer/heat loss
 

heat transfer mechanisms

insulation-thermal envelope

heat loss calculations

heat gain
 

heat gain factors

heat gain calculations

simulation software

construction technology
 

wall types

wall components

energy driven systems
 

fuel sources and power generation

refrigerants

heating and cooling systems

distribution systems

controls and efficiencies