Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings
As taught in: Fall 2008
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Sunlight reflecting off the Empire State Building. (Photograph courtesy of swisscan on Flickr.)
Instructors:
Prof. Leon Glicksman
MIT Course Number:
4.42J / 1.044J / 2.66J
Level:
Course Features
Course Description
This subject provides a first course in thermo-sciences for students primarily interested in architecture and building technology. It introduces the fundamentals important to energy, ventilation, air conditioning and comfort in buildings. It includes a detailed treatment of different forms of energy, energy conservation, properties of gases and liquids, air-water vapor mixtures and performance limits for air conditioning and power producing systems. Heat transfer principles are introduced with applications to energy losses from a building envelope. The subject is a prerequisite for more advanced thermo-science subjects in Architecture and Mechanical Engineering.