UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

ARCH 463 & 463L
Environmental Control Systems

Class Schedule—Fall 2023

Lecture—TLC 046 (sec 01) & Virtual (sec 02)

 

Lab--sec 01, 02, 03
TLC 148,223, & 147
sec 04 virtual

 

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

 

Thursday

AUG

21

Course Intro and Overview

23

Climate Emergency and Carbon

25

How to Analyze a Site

 

24

no lab

SEPT

28

More Sun Charts and Calculators

30

Human Comfort

1

Climate as Context

 

31

Lab Intro—Form Teams

 

4

Labor Day

No class

Site + Climate = Microclimate
Stream Video only

8

Northwest Climate
Stream Video only

 

7

Organize for Site Exercise for Saturday Sept 9 at East City Park on East 3rd St, Moscow

 

11

Psychrometric Chart
City Effect

13

Future Climates

15

Building Form and 
Thermal Zoning

 

14

 Discussion Session

 

18

Quiz #1 
Context

20

Building Loads and Goals for High Performance Buildings

22

Vernacular Architecture

 

21

Due:  LabX 1 (including SiteX 1) 

 

25

Passive First!

27

Sun Shading

29

 Glazing

 

28

Discussion Session

OCT

2

  Insulation and Mass 

4

Natural Ventilation: Cowls, Stacks and Windows

6

Quiz 1 Review 

 

5

Software Demos

 

9

Passive Performance Modeling

11

Quiz #2 
Shading & Glazing

13

Double Skins

 

12

Due:  LabX 2 

 

16

Case Study: BedZED

18

Passive Strategies in 
Green Buildings

20

Cool Courtyards & 
Little Big Windows 

 

19

Software Demos

 

23

Tale of Two Buildings

25

Photovoltaics

27

Quiz 2 Review

 

26

Discussion Session

NOV

30

Large-Scale HVAC 

1

Residential HVAC

3

Quiz #3
Passive/Active Design

 

2

Due:  LabX 3

 

6

Mechanical Systems Integration

8

Mechanical Cooling & 
Intelligent Buildings

10

 Integrated Design

 

9

Software Demos 

 

13

Post Occupancy Evaluation

15

Vertical Transportation

17

 

 Air Quality

 

 

16

Discussion Session

 

20

Thanksgiving

22

Break

24

No Classes

 

23

Thanksgiving

DEC

27

Quiz 3 Review

29

UK Green Architecture

1

Quiz #4
Integration

 

30

Due: LabX 4

 

4

no class 6 no class 8 no class   7 no lab

11

Final Exam—Monday December 11 @ 10:15AM  
Quiz 4 Review

 

14

no lab

 

3

 Indicates Extra Credit Project Due Date

 

GOALS

Texts

software

LabS

Grading

Readings

Extra Credit

Schedule

Last  Update—08/30/23