MIM 394 - Solar Architecture

Course Objectives

1. In order to minimize artifical heating and climatization energy consumption in
buildings, design principles which aim to get optimum benefit from solar energy in
different scales.
2. Introduction to the design parameters, passive and active systems which are effective
on solar houses
3. Strengthen the theoretically learned information by applying on a project

Course Description

Solar angles, solar radiation, design process based on the appropriate values of design
parameters (site, orientation, building form, distance between buildings), solar houses,
sun control devices, solar collectors, photovoltaic panels and entegration of these panels
with architectural system.