Building Technology Program Theses: Recent submissions

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    • A framework for sustainable buildings : an application to China 

      Ospelt, Christoph, 1970- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
      A framework has been established to discuss the different topics of Sustainability in the context of buildings. The framework includes the dimensions of time and space and the dimensions of ecology, society, and economy. ...

    • Scale model studies of displacement ventilation 

      Okutan, Galip Mehmet (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
      Displacement ventilation is an air conditioning method that provides conditioned air to indoor environments with the goal to improve air quality while reducing energy consumption. This study investigates the performance ...

    • Heat pipe dehumidification for supermarket energy savings 

      Oliver, Eric M. (Eric Michael) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)
      This thesis examines the possibility of using a heat pipe installed in the air conditioning unit of a supermarket to increase the level of dehumidification of the inside air. This dehumidification is expected to reduce the ...