COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOLAR CONTROL AND ORIENTATION IN ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3632 SOLAR CONTROL AND ORIENTATION IN ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MÜJDE ALTIN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to give knowledge about solar control and orientation in architecture to decrease energy requirement of the building according to climatic factors and let the students apply what they learn on a project.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Description of natural environment data evaluation methods,
2   Determination of building shape according to climatic data,
3   Determination of building location according to climatic data and and controlling with orientation,
4   Solar controlling and orientating the building to maintain comfort conditions,
5   Sizing and detailing of solar shading devices according to solar radiation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course, solar architecture, solar geometry, regional conditions for buildings
2 Environment, natural and artificial environment, natural environment data and evaluation methods
3 Evaluation of climatic data for architectural use, location and orientation
4 Determination of building shape according to climatic data
5 Heat gain and heat loss for determination of building envelope (skin)
6 Comfort conditions, providing comfort conditions by using solar energyComfort conditions, providing comfort conditions by using solar energy
7 1st Mid-term Exam
8 Use of Shading Devices
9 Solar control and orientation of a building with the use of the mask and the sun-path-diagrams
10 Application - determination of the orientation of a given building for a given location
11 Application - determination of the orientation of a given building for a given location
12 Application -designing shading devices
13 Application - designing shading devices
14 2nd Mid-term Exam - Submission of the application project

Recomended or Required Reading

- Atagündüz, G. (1989). Güneş Enerjisi Temelleri ve Uygulamaları. Izmir: Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi.
- Eicker, U. (2003). Solar technologies for buildings. England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Kılıç, A. & Öztürk, A. (1983). Güneş Enerjisi. Istanbul: Kipaş Dağıtımcılık.
- Olgyay, V., & Olgyay, A. (1973). Design with climate (4th ed.). USA: Princeton University Press.
- Roaf, S., Fuentes, M., & Thomas, S. (2003). Ecohouse 2, a design guide (2nd ed.). Oxford: Architectural Press.
- Zeren, L. (1959). Mimaride güneş kontrolu. Istanbul: ITÜ Fakülteler Matbaası.
- Zeren, L. (1967). Türkiye nin tipik iklim bölgelerinde en sıcak devre ve en az sıcak devre tayini. Istanbul: Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Mimarlık Fakültesi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture, class presentation and application format. First the lectures will be given. Then on the 10th,11th, 12th and 13th weeks, the orientation of a chosen building for a given location will be applied by the students and they will submit this study on the 14th week.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 RAS RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
4 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE 1* 0.30 + MTE 2 * 0.30 + RAS * 0.40
5 FINS FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 +FINS * 0.50
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 +RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1st Mid-Term Exam % 15 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
2nd Mid-Term Exam % 15 (LO3, LO4, LO5)
Assignment % 20 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
(Orientation and Solar Control Application Submission)
Final Exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

There will be lectures for 8 weeks, then on the 10th,11th, 12th and 13th weeks, the orientation of a chosen building for a given location will be applied by the student groups and they will submit this study on the 14th week.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mujde.altin@deu.edu.tr, 0090 232 3018448

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 2 16
Case study 4 2 8
Preparation for midterm exam 2 7 14
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 71

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.155
LO.255
LO.35
LO.455
LO.555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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