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SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
DESIGN PROJECTS HOMEWORK
1 Introduction: class contents, daylighting in history    
2 Designing with natural light: daylight availability, benefits and issues    
3 Solar radiation and sun course: insolation, color temperature, sun charts    
4 Sunlight penetration: shading, solar gains, thermal comfort Diagnostic: instructions Homework 1 due
5 Photometry: physics of light, vision and perception Diagnostic: data collection  
6 Photometry: lighting quantities Diagnostic: critique Homework 2 due
7 Daylighting metrics: daylight factor, sky models, dynamic metrics    
8 Visual comfort: recommendations, glare, health issues Concept: instructions Homework 3 due
9 On-site daylighting analysis    
10 Case studies

Concept: critique

Proposal: instructions

  
11 In-class quiz    
12 Electric lighting: lamp types, light distribution Proposal: critique  
13

Electric lighting (cont.)

Guest speaker: Greg Walson, Reflex lighting

 Proposal: ultimate questions and answers  
14 Color perception: colorimetry, color effects

Final project: presentation

  
15

Lighting design: case studies

Guest speaker: Barry Webb

 Final reports due  
16

Lighting design: case studies (cont.)

Guest speaker: Barry Webb

   Homework 4 due
17 Design and assessment tools: manual methods    
18 Design and assessment tools: experimental methods, MIT heliodons    
19 Design and assessment tools: computer simulations (overview)   Homework 5 due
20 Design and assessment tools: computer simulations (practice)    
21 Advanced daylighting strategies: complex fenestration systems    
22 Case studies   Homework 6 due
23 Visit of a landmark building: Genzyme headquarters, Cambridge, MA    
24 Student presentations    
25 Student presentations (cont.)    
26 Ongoing research in daylighting at MIT Guest speakers: MIT Building Technology students