THE CLIMATE - RESPONSIVE BUILDING

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Global climate change is an increasingly pressing concern for engineers and designers. Buildings are responsible for a large percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions and other toxins that pollute our environment and create ecological crises of increasing severity. The effects of buildings are greater than transportation, agriculture, and other well-known impacts. This course is an exploration of climate-responsive design strategies, ecologically sensitive material choices, advanced building envelope design, equipment efficiencies, and renewable resources that will ameliorate those environmental impacts. (3 credits) summer