Solar Architacture
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The official GTU curriculum for Solar Architacture (subject code 3733906) as prescribed for M(E · Semester 3 divides the course into 4 units, covering 54 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3733906)Unit 1 Heating, cooling and lighting as form-givers in architecture
- Indigenous and vernacular architecture
- Sustainable design approach
- Dynamic versus static building
- energy and climate for architecture
- Sustainable design and energy sources: Sustainable design and issues
- Recycle, and Regenerate by design
- Sustainable movement
- Supply versus efficiency
- Climate change
- Global greenhouse
- Ozone hole
- Climate: Climate anomalies
- Relative Heating and Cooling loads
- Climate information
Unit 2 Thermal Comfort
- Thermal Barriers
- metabolic rate
- Thermal conditions of environment
- Heat content of air, Sifting of comfort zone
- Adaptive comfort
- Clothing and comfort
- Passive Solar: Latest discovery in passive solar
- Direct-gain system and design guideline
- Trombe wall system and design guidelines
- Design guideline for sunspace
- Heat storage material
- comparison of main passive system
- Passive Cooling: Introduction
- Passive cooling system
- Ventilation versus night-flush cooling and its design
- Basic principle of airflow
- airflow through building
- Operable roofs
- Radiant and evaporative cooling
- Cool towers
- Earth cooling
- Dehumidification and desiccant
- Solar Chimney
Unit 3 Photovoltaic and Active Solar
- Introduction of PV, Types of PV system
- Balance of system equipment
- Building –Integrated PV, Roof clad and Facades Clad with PV, Orientation and tilt
- glazing and PV, PV shading devices
- Sizing of PV for standalone building
- Design guideline
- Active solar system – solar swimming pool
- solar hot water
- solar air collector
- Design of active solar system
Unit 4 Lighting
- Illumination level and Brightness ratio
- Rules for lighting Design Day Lighting: Why day lighting
- Conceptual Model
- Light without Heat
- Basic day lighting strategies
- Basic and advanced window day lighting strategies
- window glazing 7 Subject Code: 3733906 w.e.f
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