MAE 125Building Energy Efficiency
Physical building performance including building thermodynamics, daylighting, and solar control. Heat transfer through building envelope, solar geometry, and shading. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system design, water heating, microclimates, passive system design, energy efficient design, applicant energy use, cost estimating. Building energy codes and standards. Building design project with whole building energy simulation software.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “upper-division standing.”
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (1)
- Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Renewable Energy and Environmental Flows (B.S.)