BS714 LIVING IN ENVIROMENT
| Course Code: | 8540714 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Building Science |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | PhD |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course covers pertinent topics on the interactive and reciprocal impacts of daily life and the built environment, as listed in the course catalog description above
Course Content
Perception of the environment; thermal regulation in the human body; mechanisms of thermal exchange with environment; essentials of climatic data; geometry of apparent solar movement; geometry of shade and shadow; air and its movements. Design optimization for new and existing buildings.
Course Learning Outcomes
The final outcome of the course will be a research paper based on one of the topics related to man and his environment