Spring 2025
ARCH 240 001 - LEC 001
Advanced Study of Energy and Environment
Luisa Caldas
Class #:20723
Units: 3
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Architecture
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
5
Enrolled: 45
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 50
Waitlist Max: 15
Open Reserved Seats:
7 reserved for Students in the Master of Architecture Program
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week, 1.5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 6 hours of outside work hours per week.
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Course Catalog Description
Minimizing energy use is a cornerstone of designing and operating sustainable buildings, and attention to energy issues can often lead to greatly improved indoor environmental quality. For designers, using computer-based energy analysis tools are important not only to qualify for sustainability ratings and meet energy codes, but also to develop intuition about what makes buildings perform well. This course will present quantitative and qualitative methods for assessing energy performance during design of both residential and commercial buildings. Students will get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art software -- ranging from simple to complex -- to assess the performance of building components and whole-building designs.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for Architecture 240 after taking Architecture 240A.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
7 reserved for Students in the Master of Architecture Program
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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