COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTEGRATION OF SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES INTO ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5045 INTEGRATION OF SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES INTO ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MÜJDE ALTIN

Offered to

Structural Construction Design
Structural Construction Design

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to give knowledge about solar technologies that are used in architecture to decrease energy requirement of the building and let the students design a project which is energy conscious by using these technologies.
For this purpose, solar technologies that are used in architecture to decrease energy requirement of the building: passive and active uses of solar energy in architecture, orientation of a building according to the sun for providing comfort conditions (solar control), designing a project with the use of solar technologies will be held.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognizing solar technologies that are used in architecture.
2   Recognizing the solar control of buildings.
3   Determining the orientation of buildings with the use of solar control analysis.
4   Analyzing the active and passive uses of solar energy in architecture.
5   Being capable of applying solar technologies onto buildings.

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, introduction to the solar technologies used in architecture (Shading elements, solar control, solar thermal energy use, heat storage of building elements/components, electricity production with the use of Building Integrated Photovoltaics-BIPVs-, solar daylighting)
2 Information about the sun, its relationship with our earth; solar irradiance, irradiation on inclined surfaces, shading
3 Shading: Solar control and orientation of a building with the use of the mask and the sun-path-diagrams, application: determination of the orientation of a given building for a given location and submission of the study on the 4th week
4 Solar thermal energy; solar thermal water collectors, solar air collectors, solar cooling; 1st Mid-term Exam: Submission of the solar control study
5 Glazings, windows, ventilated double facades, transparent thermal insulation, use of heat storage of building elements/components
6 Stand-alone and Grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems; Properties of PV system elements: PV cells, PV modules, orientation and inclination of PV modules, batteries, inverters, wires; Building Integration and costs
7 Stand-alone and Grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems; Properties of PV system elements: PV cells, PV modules, orientation and inclination of PV modules, batteries, inverters, wires; Building Integration and costs
8 Financial incentives for PV use in architecture throughout the world
9 Lighting and daylighting of interior spaces
10 Application of solar technologies on a given project for a given location
11 Working on the design of the application
12 Working on the design of the application
13 Working on the design of the application
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.
- Duffie, J.A. & Beckman, W.A., (1991). Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes. John Wiley & Sons
- Eicker, U. (2003). Solar technologies for buildings. England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Eiffert, P. Ph.D., & Kiss, G.J. (2000). Building-integrated photovoltaic designs for commercial and institutional structures: A Sourcebook for Architects. USA: Deparment of Energy, NREL BK-520-25272.
- Göksal, T. (1998). Mimaride güneş enerjisi -pasif yöntemler ve fotovoltaik modüllerle aktif uygulama olanakları üzerine bir çalışma. Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No: 1041.
- Kılıç, A. & Öztürk, A. (1983). Güneş Enerjisi. Istanbul: Kipaş Dağıtımcılık.
- Olgyay, V., & Olgyay, A. (1973). Design with climate (4th ed.). USA: Princeton University Press.
- Zeren, L. (1959). Mimaride güneş kontrolu. Istanbul: ITÜ Fakülteler Matbaası

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend both the lecture and designing sessions. The orientation of a chosen building will be applied by the students and they will submit this study on the 4th week. After this submission, the students will apply solar technologies to a given project for a given location and they will submit this study on the 14th week. Then they will submit their revised projects as their final exams.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 CAS CASE STUDY
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE CAS * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) CAS * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1st Mid-term Exam: Solar Control Study % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
(Submission of solar control study assignment)
2nd Mid-term Exam: Project Submission % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
(Submission of the students' application project assignment)
Final Exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
(Submission of revised final project)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

This course is taught in a lecture, individual research, individual study and discussion format. Each student either chooses or develops a building project and works individually on this project to apply solar technologies as the subjects are mentioned. Every student in the class should take part during the discussions on these project works. At the end of the semester, each student should submit an individual paper along with the studied and developed solar project.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mujde.altin@deu.edu.tr, 0 232 301 84 48

Office Hours

Monday 15:00 - 16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 2 30 60
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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