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Browsing IHBE Faculty Research by Subject "Architectural design"

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    AEDOT prototype I : building massing input/output template
    (Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1991-12-31)
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    Energy Scheming 1.0
    (Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1989) Brown, G. Z.; Sekiguchi, Tomoko
    This paper describes software for the Apple Macintosh microcomputer that aids architecture students and professionals in incorporating energy considerations in the earliest phase of the design process. The user interface is a "sketch pad" environment that has been designed to foster design activities rather than analysis and allows users to input a building by drawing it at any level of detail. It provides an evaluation of the building's loads for 24 hours for four days. Calculation algorithms are simplified, both to speed up the computer's response time and to minimize the amount of specification the user must be burdened with. The program is written in "C" and will run on the Macintosh SE or Macintosh II. Energy Scheming 1.0 is currently being Beta tested.
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    Insideout: Making Environmental Control Systems a Part of Design
    (Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1980) Brown, G. Z.
    The teaching of mechanical and electrical systems in isolation (i e, distinct from design studios), reinforces the notion that technical concerns are narrow, equipment oriented and independent. Broader environmental questions should be addressed, relating to social and political issues. To accomplish this, mechanical/electrical system design must be integrated with a synthetic building design process so as to combine diverse programmatic elements in a way that is responsive to physical, social and political context.
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    Performance Specifications for the Design and Manufacture of Energy Efficient Housing in the 21st Century
    (Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1992) Brown, G. Z.; Kellett, Ronald; DeKay, Mark; Muller, Brook; Peting, Donald
    This paper reports on work in progress in 'Design for Energy Efficiency', one of fifteen task areas of the U.S. Department of Energy sponsored Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing research program. In this task, design studies establish performance goals for systems and technologies leading to energy efficient housing in the year 2030. Methods and results of work in progress are summarized, emphasizing areas where principles of design, engineering and manufacturing have converged to realize program goals of energy performance, economy and design quality.