Fall 2026

Environmental Control Systems: Lighting, Acoustics, and Thermal Comfort in Buildings

DS 549 teaches foundational knowledge for designing, constructing, and operating buildings to optimize lighting, acoustics, and thermal comfort for occupants and the environment.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A and declared in Interior Architecture; or graduate/professional standing

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DS 549

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      • declared in Interior Architecture
      • graduate/professional standing
    • Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Lighting, acoustics, and thermal properties in buildings
  • Resource conservation and environmental degradation prevention
  • Building simulation methods

Skills

  • Analyze building environmental behaviors (lighting, acoustics, thermal) via simulations and measurements
  • Design and evaluate building features for occupant comfort and environmental sustainability

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "71ccc2a4915cc64da1c9c53b75aae636ad3ca307d19f88ca3763f9d1c082d1a7",
  "requirements_status": "needs_review",
  "dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
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