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48-415 Advanced Building Systems


Units:9.0
Department:Architecture
Prerequisites:48-305
Cross-listed:48-723
Related URLs:http://www.arc.cmu.edu

This course introduces the concept of Total Building Performance, delineating the full range of performance mandates required for today's architecture, including building integrity, thermal quality, acoustic quality, visual quality, air quality, spatial quality, and building integrity. The course highlights the state-of-the-art and major innovations in building technologies for structure, enclosure, mechanical, telecommunications, lighting, and interior systems. The course will explore the relationships, opportunities, and conflicts of the performance mandates, and the integration of building systems necessary to achieve total building performance. Through this course, students should be able to bring leadership to multi-disciplinary design processes, towards creating high-performance buildings.

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Rank in this department:#18

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  Spring 2005 times

Sec Time Day Instructor Location  
A 12:00 - 1:20 pm T Hartkopf BH A53 Add course to my schedule
R Hartkopf BH A53



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