Building Technology Program: Recent submissions
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Informed home energy behavior : developing a tool for homeowners to monitor, plan and learn about energy conservation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001) -
Green building technologies : should a developer implement photovoltaics, underfloor air distribution, and natural ventilation?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)This thesis explores implications of green, or environmentally sensitive, development in the commercial real estate industry. Developers, as building owners, will respond to ideas that can improve their profits, not ... -
An evolution-based generative design system : using adaptation to shape architectural form
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)This dissertation dwells in the interstitial spaces between the fields of architecture, environmental design and computation. It introduces a Generative Design System that draws on evolutionary concepts to incorporate ...
