Building Technology Program Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Airflow in Interior Spaces: Implications on Comfort and Health 

      Kongoletos, Johnathan J. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)
      The International Energy Agency projects that rising income and greater access to air conditioning equipment in many developing countries will increase CO₂-equivalent emissions, energy consumption, and urban heat island ...

    • Thin shell foundations: Embodied carbon reduction through materially efficient geometry 

      Feickert, Kiley Anne (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)
      Due to increasing global population, floor area is expected to double by 2060. At the same time, the building sector contributes 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually as a result of current construction processes. ...

    • Interactive Procedural Design Exploration for Modular Structures 

      Rao, John Huanshuo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)
      This thesis presents a grammar-based methodology for generating and evaluating structures that are constructed as aggregations of modular units. Using modular units as a building system can be more efficient for construction ...