UM Students

EVST 495.02 – Green Building

STUDENT PROJECTS

WEEK 1

1/25 - GREEN BUILDING FEATURES LIST

1/27 - Required reading – WHAT IS GREEN BUILDING?

- Homework – QUIZ & LIST OF SKETCHUP SHAPES TO COMPLETE - Email answers and .skp file to Instructor by Sunday 5pm.

WEEK 2

2/1 – SKETCHUP LESSON1

2/3 – SKETCHUP LESSON2

2/4- SKETCHUP LESSON3

Week 3

2/8 Buildingscience.com “Read This Before You Design, Build, or Renovate”

Please click on the above link to access the document. I recommend reading the whole thing but at least read Section 1 (all), Section 2(a) down as far as Figure 2, and Section 2(b) down as far as figure 24. (Look for the drop down menu in the box at the top of the “Introduction” page to find the different sections). Then briefly answer the following questions…QUIZ – Week 3

Week 4

2/15 – suggested reading - Passive Solar Design 1

Week 5

2/22 – suggested reading – Passive Solar Design 2

2/25 – suggested reading – Passive Solar Design 3

Homework – 1) Name the ten fundamental principles of Passive Solar Design.
2) Which of these is the most important? Please explain why.

Week 6

3/3 – Homework and Info for next week

Week 7

As mentioned during the site visit the homework for this week is to review the Straw-bale house with regard to the 10 Principles of Passive Solar Design. For each of the ten concepts please (briefly) list one thing that the house does well and one that it could do better. Steve Loken will be coming tomorrow evening and I might compose a little quiz about that as well.

Week 8

For class on Monday we will be working on your green building ratings for your projects. So please bring laptops if you have them. For those who don’t I will see if I can book the computer lab in Rankin Hall for the evening.