Windows and Glazing

Catalog description

This course consists of three major sections. It begins with the basics of solar and sky radiation and the theoretical knowledge in the intersectional area between radiometry and photometry related to building windows and glazing materials. Subsequently, based on the necessary understandings of the above fundamentals, students will learn the multipane window analytical method to characterize and design window and glazing optical and thermal behaviors in terms of both radiometric and photometric aspects. In the meanwhile, the effects on building energy, visual, and thermal performance by such characteristics will be analytically explained to students. The last section in this class focuses on the synthesis of theoretical knowledge and analytical methods by discussing and exploring certain emerging research questions in the area, such as optimization, dynamic functions for solar radiation modulation, integration of nano-structured glazing materials, laminates, and films. In this process, certain data modeling techniques and flexible computational tools will be incorporated with the analytical methods learned above to propose, explore, and express solutions and ideas for the emerging research problems in the building window area.