MUM courses:
- Energy Use by Man and Nature
- Hands On Course In Sustainable Technologies
- Permaculture Design Certification
- Sustainability Forest Academy
- Artisan Foods and the Slow Food Movement
- Local Economy
Grinnell College courses:
Resource Center
High Performance Green Building April 2009
I am now using wetpaint for collaborative wikis for my courses instead of this wiki (pm wiki). I have found that wetpaint has a much shorter learning curve.
The wetpaint wiki for the spring 2009 High Performance Green Building course is here.
However, due to file storage limitations with wetpaint, the reader and other audio, video, and print resources are hosted on this web site and listed below.
Improving Study Skills
If you are having trouble reading and comprehending 20 pages or so of material a night, you may need help with study skills. This does not mean you are stupid. Please feel free to contact Tony Alazraki at teh Academic Supprt office http://www.mum.edu/academicsupport/
Class Powerpoint Presentations:
Sutainable Living Center Drawings
- Floor Plan
- Wall Section
- Rain Catchment
- Electrical Diagrams - PV System one-line and Systems Monitoring
- In-Floor Heat
- Other Misc Drawings?
Course Reader, Audio, and Video
Monday, April 6 Readings
- Green from the Ground Up Chapter 3, Planning and Design
- If it's Not Efficient, it's Not Beautiful, Lovins
- David Orr on design - "solving for Pattern" and the side benefits of good design
- Natural Capitalism, Lovins et al Chapter 5, Building Blocks
- Amory Lovins interview on design
Tuesday April 7, Readings
Read Monday's readings if you weren't able to get to them yesterday:
If you have already read Monday's readings or just want more, here are a couple of readings on the process of design
- Bell, The Permaculture Way, Appendix: Design Sequence
- Mollison, Introduction to Permaculture Design, Chapter 2: Broadscale Site Design
Wednesday April 8 Readings
Download Sketchup and use it to follow the examples in the following reading: Sketchup for Dummies, Chapter 4, Building Buildings
Feel free to experiment with Sketchup - you can't break anything
Peruse youtube for sketchup video tutorials
Thursday, April 9 Readings
Mollison, Permaculture Designers Manuual, Chapter 3, Methods of Design
if you haven't read them earlier, read:
- Bell, The Permaculture Way, Appendix: Design Sequence
- Mollison, Introduction to Permaculture Design, Chapter 2: Broadscale Site Design
Four classic articles on biotecture (living tree architecture)
- Living Houses - Doernach
- Plant-Building Interaction - Doernach
- Pleaching - Mark Primack
- Living Fences - Kurt Herran
Friday, April 10 Readings
- Catch up on this weeks readings or read ahead for next week
- Surf the Maharashi Sthapatya Ved web site http://vedicarchitecture.org/new/gettingstarted.html
Saturday, April 11 Readings
- Catch up on last weeks reading
- Think about which case study you want to do (see list
- Surf the Maharashi Sthapatya Ved web site http://vedicarchitecture.org/new/gettingstarted.html
- Read ahead for next week, Green From the Ground Up, Chapter 2, The House as a System (Building Science)
- Read ahead for next week, Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 4, Foundations
- Story about Hap and Lynne Mullineaux's cobb house, Radish MAgazine, 2008
Optional Listening:
- David Korten talk, From Empire to Earth Community, Greenfest, Seattle, Wa, April 2008 (43 min, 39.5 mb)
- Interview with Lonnie and David Korten, Greenfest, Seattle, April 2008 (12 min, 11 mb)
Week Two - The Parts
Monday, April 13 Readings
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 2, The House as a System
- Start Other Homes and Garbage Chapter 4, pg 75-95
- Kurt Klienschnidtz paper on Ecomasonry (hemp-cement block) and climate change
Tue, April 14
- Other Homes and Garbage, Chapter 4, pg 75-95
Wed, April 15
- Other Homes and Garbage, Chapter 4, pg 95-110
Thu, April 16
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 4, Foundations
Fri, April 17
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 5 Framing
Sat, April 18''
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 6 Roofs and Attics
Week Three - Building Parts
Day 13 – Mon, April 20 -
Mon, April 20''
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 7 Windows and Doors
- Passive House Article from NYT web site (German PassivHaus technology, zero energy homes) OR download here
Tue, April 21
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 8, Plumbing
Wed, April 22
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 10 Electrical
Thu, April 23
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 9, HVAC systems
Fri, April 24
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 11 Insulation
Sat, April 25
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 12 Siding and Decking
Week Four - Synthesis
Mon, April 27
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 13, Solar Energy
DUE - BUILDING CASE STUDY POSTED ON WIKI
Tue, April 28
- Green from the Ground Up, Chapter 14, Indoor Air Quality
Wed, April 29
- Green from the Ground Up, Afterward, p 322-325
- Extra credit take home exam - given out in class
DUE - SUSTAINABLE LIVING CENTER DISPLAY IDEA POSTED ON WIKI
Thu, April 28
- DUE - SHORT ~ 5 MIN PRESENTATION ON SLC DISPLAY IDEA
- DUE - EXTRA CREDIT TAKE HOME EXAM
Misc
LEED points summary
Don Norman's list of great books and magazines on design Don Norman is author of "The Design of Everyday Things" and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science His work is often involved in usability issues with the objects that surround us.
New Scientist Ecopolis special issue on ecocities, June 2006