ARC 4043 Environmental Systems 1

3 Hours

Prerequisites: ENV 1150 and ENV 1155 Corequisites: ARC 4025

Relationships between architecture and the environment with an emphasis on passive systems to control climate (air, temperature, water, light, and sound). Other concepts include architecture as embodied energy and energy consumer; sustainability issues include life-cycle costs and carbon footprint analysis. Includes exercises in conventions of graphic representation for construction documentation.