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ARCH 527: Architectural Design: Building Systems Report a Broken Link

In today’s world, sustainable living has become a fundamental principle of building design. Architecture 527 examines integrated design processes as well as the principles of structural integration. Both types of integration are essential in the creation of high-performance buildings.

Textbook

Brophy, V., & Lewis, J. O. (2011). A green Vitruvius: Principles and practice of sustainable architectural design (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Earthscan.

Required Readings

Unit 2

Frequency to Wavelength to Energy Calculator
Home page: Brigham Young University Photonics
Light Shelves [brief illustrative animation]

Home page: Queen’s University, Live Building Integrated Learning Centre

Unit 3

Manitoba Hydro. (n.d.). Building facts. In Manitoba Hydro Place Head Office.

Home page: Manitoba Hydro
Moe, Kiel, (2008). Manitoba Hydro downtown office project. In Integrated design in contemporary architecture. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. [E-book].

Click on the chapter title in the menu to the right on the e-book window.

Unit 4

Busby, Perkins, & Will Stantec Consulting. (2007). Excerpt. In Roadmap for the Integrated Design Process. Prepared for BC Green Building Roundtable.
Read pages 7-14.

Home page: Greenspace

Unit 5

Busby, Perkins, & Will Stantec Consulting. (2007). Excerpts. In Roadmap for the Integrated Design Process. Prepared for BC Green Building Roundtable.
Read pages 15-19 and Appendices A, B, and C.

Home page: Greenspace
CEC. (2015). Improving green building construction in North America: Guide to integrated design and delivery. Montreal, QC: Commission for Environmental Cooperation.

Home page: Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Unit 6

Busby, Perkins, & Will Stantec Consulting. (2007). Excerpts. In Roadmap for the Integrated Design Process. Prepared for BC Green Building Roundtable.
Read pages 21-31 and pages 35-86.

Home page: Greenspace

Unit 7

Explore the information available through the links below, made available by Natural Resources Canada:
Comprehensive Energy Use Data (CEUD)

Survey of Household Energy Use (SHEU)

Commercial and Institutional Consumption of Energy Survey (CICES)

Commercial and Institutional Energy Use Survey (CIBEUS)

Home page: Natural Resources Canada
Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes. Performance compliance for buildings. (1999).

View Tables 4.3.2.A (page 4-7), 4.3.2.B (begins on page 4-8), and 4.3.2.C (begins on page 4-13).

Home page: Natural Resources Canada

Unit 8

Natural Resources Canada. (2008). Excerpts. In EE4 software version 1.7: Modelling guide.
Read pages 1-1 to 3-4, pages 3-11 (begin with Section 3.5) to 3.18, and pages 7-1 to 7-11.

Home page: Natural Resources Canada

Unit 9

EnerSys Analytics Inc. for Natural Resources Canada. (Updated 2012). Screening tool for new building design.
Home page: Natural Resources Canada
National Research Council of Canada. (1997). Appendix B: Thermal characteristics of common building assemblies. Model national energy code for buildings (MNECB). Ottawa. Reproduction allowed.
National Research Council of Canada. (1997). Appendix C: Method for calculating the thermal properties of building assemblies. Model national energy code for buildings (MNECB). Ottawa. Reproduction allowed.
EE4 program for download Home page: Natural Resources Canada CanmetENERGY Software Tools

General Resources

RAIC Centre for Architecture. Archives and Collection. October 2015
Athabasca University. (2014). ePortfolio Orientation.
National Building Code of Canada 2015 and National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings 2015