Building Technology Program Theses: Recent submissions
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Comfort analysis of differences in classroom designs between socioeconomic statuses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Classroom design has been ever changing, attempting to keep up with the new ideas about education and learning. As we learn more and more about how children learn, we adapt our learning styles with this new knowledge. ... -
Towards comfortable and walkable cities : spatially resolved outdoor thermal comfort analysis linked to travel survey-based human activity schedules
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Outdoor thermal comfort can influence human powered mobility choices, namely walking and biking. As more people are living in cities than ever before in human history, the urban environments we erect and populate are ... -
Pan climatic humans : shaping thermal habits in an unconditioned society
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)The relationship between people and the thermal environment has a profound impact on lifestyle and culture, influencing what we wear, what spaces we gather around, and how we go about our lives. Yet this relation is often ...
