Building Technology Program: Recent submissions

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    • Material quantities in building structures and their environmental impact 

      De Wolf, Catherine (Catherine Elvire Lieve) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
      Improved operational energy efficiency has increased the percentage of embodied energy in the total life cycle of building structures. Despite a growing interest in this field, practitioners lack a comprehensive survey of ...

    • The use of visual comfort metrics in the design of daylit spaces 

      Jakubiec, John Alstan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
      It is desirable to design buildings with natural daylight and views to the outside, which can maximize passive solar heating, minimize electric lighting use and contribute to feelings of wellbeing and awareness. Unfortunately, ...

    • Computational exploration of the structural design space 

      Mueller, Caitlin T (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
      This dissertation focuses on computational strategies for incorporating structural considerations into the earliest stages of the architectural design process. Because structural behavior is most affected by geometric form, ...