a studio investigating TECHNOLOGY APPLIED
  TOWARD BUILDING EFFICIENCY
Transsolar, Matthias SCHULER
       
Murphy/Jahn, John DURBROW
       
IIT, Patrick CHARLES
 
College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, Spring 2003
RESEARCH
 
  PROJECTS
 


Glass technology

Wind power

Solar power

Fuel cells

Centralized vs. decentralized power systems

Smart Materials

Bio-mass resources

Daylighting strategies

Historical review of energy issues

Case study of pioneering efforts

Mass vs. minimalism

Sensor Technologies

Control vs. accommodation

Super-insulation theory

Targets of influence

Materials Section guidelines

Ressources

Advice for research

Bibliography

 

 

Read about how decentralized environmental control systems revolutionize curtain wall design.
by John Durbrow

 
 

Check advice for research assignment

 
See the studio presentation slides
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