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Ecuador Workshop
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This is a project to assist in the design, drawing, modeling and hopefully constructing of a small Community Children’s Center near Guayaquil, Ecuador. For the last year, Nicki Lehrer, from MIT’s Aero/Astro Department, has been organizing efforts to build the project. The goal of the workshop is to provide her with a full fleshed out design for the community center so it can be built in the summer of 2007.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Arts and Humanities
Social Science
Sociology
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Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Wampler, Jan
Date Added:
09/01/2006
Efficient HVAC Systems
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In this course you will start by identifying the different steps a HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) engineers need to follow to come to a proper design while collaborating with the architect.

You will then learn how to distribute heat and cold using air and water systems, what temperature levels to use in both and how that relates to the type of energy supply and to the thermal quality of the building construction. You will further deepen your knowledge on air handling units and how to humidify and dehumidify air when needed and what that does mean for the energy consumption. As ventilation systems are often responsible for local thermal discomfort, you will also discover how different distribution systems lead to different comfort experiences and different indoor air qualities and you will know which simple control techniques can be applied.

Finally you will study a modern complex system consisting of an aquifer thermal storage, heat pump, boiler, solar collector, PV-cells, air handling unit, water and air distribution systems. This will allow you to develop skills to catch the complexity of such HVAC systems and to understand the basic rules of how to control them to get the best out of them and how to use data from the Building Energy Management System to help you in this task.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Engineering
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Delft University of Technology
Provider Set:
TU Delft OpenCourseWare
Author:
Laure Itard
Date Added:
02/09/2023
Energy Demand in Buildings
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Building design strongly influences the quantity of heating, cooling and electricity needed during building operation. Therefore, a correct thermal design is essential to achieve low energy and low carbon buildings, with good indoor air quality.

This course will enable you to understand the basic principles of the energy chain: demand, supply and distribution; and how they relate to design principles for sustainable and energy-efficient buildings.

Second, you will discover what type of heat losses and gains take place in buildings’ operations. You will learn how to estimate these flows using simple meteorological data and construction properties. You will acquire knowledge on how to estimate heat transfer through construction, ventilation, solar radiation or caused by internal sources or heat storage in the construction.

Third, you will learn to make estimates of buildings’ energy needs on an hourly basis by using simple static energy balances: how much energy comes in and out and which air temperature is needed? When is there heating or cooling? How much electricity is needed?

Fourth, you will discover how to extend your estimates to yearly energy demand, which is essential to make sure that a building is energy efficient and to estimate energy savings and energy costs. You will then also be able to determine the size of the needed heating and cooling equipment (which determines the costs of equipment).

Finally, you will learn how to optimize building design and will be able to find out the optimal window size or the optimum insulation thickness for your building. You will know why putting windows on the south façade is not always energy-efficient. You will understand the thermal interactions between building components and be able to make informed decisions on how to increase the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings.

This course is part of the PCP Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems. In the other courses in this program you can learn how to choose low carbon energy supply, how to create a comfortable indoor environment, and how to control and optimize HVAC systems.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Engineering
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Full Course
Provider:
Delft University of Technology
Provider Set:
TU Delft OpenCourseWare
Author:
Laure Itard
P. van den Brom
Date Added:
01/03/2023
Energy Supply Systems for Buildings
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In this course, you will discover the supply side of buildings’ energy chain.

The first step is to consider how to convert natural resources into the energy needed by buildings: what are the options to create heat, cold and electricity? You will learn about efficiency and use this concept to estimate building’s primary energy use and carbon emissions. This concept is widely used in many national and international policies and building regulations, and is essential to counteract climate change.

You will study the performances of single heating systems like electrical heating, gas, or renewables like biomass, solar boilers and geothermal heat, followed by single cooling systems like evaporative cooling and environmental cold.

We will also examine the systems that concurrently produce heat and cold. Do you know for instance that a heat pump and a cooling machine are identical devices? You will learn about the basic working principles of heat pumps and how to make sure they achieve high performance levels. After this course you will know how an Aquifer Thermal Storage makes smart use of the ground to deliver cold in summer and heat in winter.

Diverse electricity generation methods using turbines (wind, hydro), photovoltaics or hydrogen fuel cells will also be examined. You will learn how cogeneration of heat and power works and why this is important for the rational use of energy resources. You will also know why heat pumps are often combined with boilers or to which extent it is worth to invest in batteries for your solar panels.

By the end of the course you will be able to decide on how to combine energy conversion systems at building level in order to match buildings’ energy demand while keeping costs acceptable, using a minimum of natural resources and producing a minimum of carbon emissions.

This course is part of the program Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems. In the other courses in this program you can learn how to design buildings with low energy demand, how to create a comfortable indoor environment, and how to control and optimize HVAC systems.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Engineering
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Delft University of Technology
Provider Set:
TU Delft OpenCourseWare
Author:
Laure Itard
Date Added:
01/03/2023
Engineering Design for Circular Economy
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Products and equipment all around us are made of materials: look around you and you will see phones, computers, cars, and buildings. We face challenges in securing the supply of materials and the impact this has on the planet. Innovative product design can help us find solutions to these challenges. This course will explore new ways of designing products.

The design of products is an important aspect of a circular economy. The circular economy approach addresses material supply challenges by keeping materials in use much longer and eventually returning materials for new use. The principle is that waste must be minimized. Products will be designed to last longer. They will be easier to Reuse, Repair, and Remanufacture. The product will eventually be broken down and Recycled. This is Design for R and is the focus of this course.

Experts from leading European universities and research organizations will explain the latest strategies in product design. Current design approaches lead to waste, loss of value and loss of resources. You will learn about the innovative ways in which companies are creating value, whilst securing their supply chains, by integrating Design for R.

This course is suitable for all learners who have an interest in product design, innovative engineering, new business activity, entrepreneurship, sustainability, circular economy and everyone who thinks that the current way we do things today needs a radical rethink.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Engineering
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Delft University of Technology
Provider Set:
TU Delft OpenCourseWare
Author:
David Peck
Dr. A. Lohrengel
Dr. E. van der Voet
Drs. Max Prumbohm
Date Added:
02/21/2019
Engineering a Safer World
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A new approach to safety, based on systems thinking, that is more effective, less costly, and easier to use than current techniques. Engineering has experienced a technological revolution, but the basic engineering techniques applied in safety and reliability engineering, created in a simpler, analog world, have changed very little over the years. In this groundbreaking book, Nancy Leveson proposes a new approach to safety—more suited to today's complex, sociotechnical, software-intensive world—based on modern systems thinking and systems theory. Revisiting and updating ideas pioneered by 1950s aerospace engineers in their System Safety concept, and testing her new model extensively on real-world examples, Leveson has created a new approach to safety that is more effective, less expensive, and easier to use than current techniques. Arguing that traditional models of causality are inadequate, Leveson presents a new, extended model of causation (Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes, or STAMP), then shows how the new model can be used to create techniques for system safety engineering, including accident analysis, hazard analysis, system design, safety in operations, and management of safety-critical systems. She applies the new techniques to real-world events including the friendly-fire loss of a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter in the first Gulf War; the Vioxx recall; the U.S. Navy SUBSAFE program; and the bacterial contamination of a public water supply in a Canadian town. Leveson's approach is relevant even beyond safety engineering, offering techniques for “reengineering” any large sociotechnical system to improve safety and manage risk.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Engineering
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT Press
Author:
Nancy G. Leveson
Date Added:
01/01/2012
Engineering and Technology for the Better Good of Society
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Engineering and Technology for the Better Good of Society PIT-OER is intended to train engineering technology students to leverage the power of select technologies aligned to the public interest applications and targeted public works institutions.This PIT-OER consists of four modules:Module 1: Project Management Methods with Applications to Public Works.Module 2: Technology and Ethics: “Are You Conflicted?”. Module 3: 3D Printing Applied to Everyday Public Interest and to Public Work Institutions.Module 4: How “Open” is Open Source Content: The Do’s and Don’t of Using Open Source Software, OSS. Each module is organized with lecture, assessment, and laboratory experiments. The modules are course materials for TECH-100, Introduction to Engineering and Technology, of Queensborough Community College.

Subject:
Architecture and Design
Computer Science
Educational Technology
Electronic Technology
Engineering
Information Science
Public Relations
Visual Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Case Study
Homework/Assignment
Lecture
Lecture Notes
Module
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Huixin Wu
Raymond Lam
Dimitrios Stroumbakis
Date Added:
08/13/2020
Environmental Design, House Music, and Queer Kinship
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Environmental Design, House Music, and Queer Kinship defines environmental design then defines kinship as a familial relationship that is outside of the traditional family structure. Queer kinship is a practice and formation that is primarily a survival and care work framework. The short discusses the many Black LGBTQ owned bars and lounges that have been shuttered over the years and the implications of legislation on Black LGBTQ public culture.

The house music was a generous gift from DJ Boomer’s playlist, “Keep This Fire Burning.”

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Arts and Humanities
Cultural Geography
Ethnic Studies
Gender and Sexuality Studies
History
Performing Arts
Social Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Reading
Provider:
The Pedagogy Lab
Provider Set:
2023 Pedagogy Fellowship
Author:
Ricardo J. Millhouse
Date Added:
07/17/2023
Environmental Technologies in Buildings
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This course focuses on the thermal, luminous, and acoustic behavior of buildings, examining the basic scientific principles underlying these phenomena and introducing students to technologies and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments. Students are challenged to apply these techniques and explore the role light, energy, and sound can play in shaping architecture.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Arts and Humanities
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Reinhart, Christoph
Date Added:
09/01/2018
Experiencing Architecture Studio
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This course uses scale models to design environments that orchestrate contrasting material properties and conventional constructional systems to create places that foster specific ways of inhabiting space. It also demonstrates how architecture differs from other forms of design. Intended for students to test aptitude for architectural design and to experience an unfamiliar mode of thought, it’s conducted in a studio format, with lectures on architectural theory and history, and structured for students with no previous experience in design.
Required of Architecture majors.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Hubbard, William
Date Added:
02/01/2003
From Raw Materials to Concrete: The Science of Portland Cement Manufacturing
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In this comprehensive unit, titled "From Raw Materials to Concrete: The Science of Portland Cement Manufacturing," students will embark on a fascinating exploration of the entire process of Portland cement production. They will delve into the fundamental aspects of Portland cement, including its definition, constituents, functions, and various types. Students will also explore the processes involved in cement manufacturing, focusing on both the wet and dry methods. They will differentiate between these production processes, analyzing their advantages, and disadvantages. 

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Engineering
Environmental Science
Technology
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
Lotachukwu Ernest Eze
Date Added:
03/22/2024
Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings
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This design-based subject provides a first course in energy and thermo-sciences with applications to sustainable energy-efficient architecture and building technology. No previous experience with subject matter is assumed. After taking this subject, students will understand introductory thermodynamics and heat transfer, know the leading order factors in building energy use, and have creatively employed their understanding of energy fundamentals and knowledge of building energy use in innovative building design projects. This year, the focus will be on design projects that will complement the new NSTAR/MIT campus efficiency program.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Glicksman, Leon
Date Added:
09/01/2010
GORGON TESSELLATION ------->  BRENIKOU TESSELLATIONs
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LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONs ON THE PLAIN .
INTRODUCTION TO ISOHEDRALS , BASIC BLOCKS TO SYMMETRIC TILING.
TESSELLATIONs (PERIODIC & APERIODIC)
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BRENIKOU , MACEDONIA EAST , HELLAS (GREECE).ARTIST (PAINTER & SCULPTOR) : EFSTRATOPOULOS NIKOLAOS ( efstrato71@gmail.com )MUSIC : Εύελδωρ - Λυρογηθής (ANCIEN...

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Arts and Humanities
Computer Science
Geometry
Graphic Arts
Mathematics
Material Type:
Assessment
Homework/Assignment
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Author:
GEORGAKAS NIKOLAOS (BRENIKOU)
Date Added:
04/01/2021
Generate 100 Ideas with Brainwriting Ideation Prompts
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This video has 100 Prompts for your students or participants to come up with 100 different ideas. You should ask each student to grab a pen & paper (ideally post-its) and have a different piece of paper for each idea. This video can be used to kick-off the Ideation State of Design Thinking (or any Ideation Session), using Brainwriting. I have used for both in-person and live-online education at University College Dublin.

I usually use 10 prompts in class - get a student to pick a number between 1 and 9 inclusive and then use the Chapters below the video to play from that number (e.g. someone shouts out seven so I play from 71)

Brainwriting is a solo exercise - write down all your ideas and THEN share with others before coming up with even more ideas. Research shows that this hybrid-approach (of generating ideas alone first, and then sharing with a team) works best. "Groups organized in the hybrid structure are able to generate more ideas, to generate better ideas, and to better discern the quality of the ideas they generate" (Girotra et al, 2010)

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Education
Educational Technology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Game
Interactive
Author:
Dorcas Réamonn dorcas.ie
Date Added:
05/25/2023
Gentrification and Queer Time
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Gentrification and Queer Time was written as a response to the senseless murder of O’Shae Sibley, a Black gay dancer who was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn, New York’s Midwood neighborhood. This short introduces gentrification as a shift in the land costs and a shift in demographics. Queer time is introduced as a non-traditional time-system that is realized and appropriated by queer people for their survival at time.

Gentrification and Queer Time uses sounds from The Shrine, which is a music venue in Harlem, New York.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Arts and Humanities
Cultural Geography
Ethnic Studies
Gender and Sexuality Studies
History
Performing Arts
Social Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Reading
Provider:
The Pedagogy Lab
Provider Set:
2023 Pedagogy Fellowship
Author:
Ricardo J. Millhouse
Date Added:
07/17/2023
Global Housing Design
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Building adequate housing is a pressing issue worldwide. With close to a billion people currently living in slums, accommodating a growing population, and improving dwelling conditions is a critical issue for society.

This challenge cannot be solved with a one-size-fits-all approach. Every city, region and country demand their own housing models and prototypes. That’s why housing design needs to negotiate many aspects simultaneously to achieve sustainable urban environments and inclusive dwelling communities.

This course uncovers how social, economic and environmental factors are interrelated in the design of housing settlements. For this, the course dives into three key aspects that anyone involved in housing design should take into consideration: time, environment, and community. Each of these aspects will be examined through a specific design approach, respectively:

Incrementality: how dwelling environments should be able to accommodate growth and change through time.
Typology Mix: how design can be responsive to different patterns of inhabitation, aspirations and cultural backgrounds, creating inclusive dwelling environments.
Clustering: what methods and strategies can shape the association of dwelling units in order to create meaningful communities.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Engineering
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Delft University of Technology
Provider Set:
Delft University OpenCourseWare
Author:
D.E. van Gameren
F.M. van Andel
N.J.A. Mota
R.Varma
Date Added:
03/09/2023
Graphic Design
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The main content of this topic is to teach graphic design by focusing on the eight design methods.Original Resource: aurthor, Xiaoyun Lu title, Graphic Design: 8 Types of Graphic Design Creative Commons Attribution  website, https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/87204/overview. The OER was titled "Graphic Design: 8 types of graphic design", but only spoke on the common four. I researched all eight, added added my findings, and put them into a breif introductory infographic study tool. Additional reference, Cann, M. J. (2020, March 2). The 8 types of graphic design. 99designs. Retrieved February 11, 2022, from https://99designs.com/blog/tips/types-of-graphic-design/

Subject:
Architecture and Design
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
MonaLisa Curry
Date Added:
02/10/2022
Greening the Ghetto
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In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flawed urban policy. A quiz, thought provoking question, and links for further study are provided to create a lesson around the 18-minute video. Educators may use the platform to easily "Flip" or create their own lesson for use with their students of any age or level.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
TED
Provider Set:
TED-Ed
Author:
Majora Carter
Date Added:
01/06/2006