This is one of a series of posts on an energy conservation workshop a group of us from Berkeley offered in Tokyo June 23-26. “I received your mail with the resources of the whole workshop. Thank you very much for giving us the wonderful opportunity. The workshop was very fun, and productive! The chance made … Continue reading »
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Software for study and simulation – and often free (Workshop 4)
This is one of a series of posts on an energy conservation workshop a group of us from Berkeley offered in Tokyo June 23-26. In my last post, I noted that we brought a number of tools to measure light levels, heat, and air movement. Many of these are in fact made in Japan, but … Continue reading »
Technology and toys (Workshop 3)
Every morning for four days of the workshop, Susan, George, and Brendon (sometimes assisted by Dept of Architecture grad students or Loisos + Ubbelohde staff) gave basic lectures on the physics of building performance, based on daily themes: Light, Heat, Air, and supplementary energy. Most of the lecture materials were mined from courses that Susan teaches at … Continue reading »
California collaboration: Activate a cloud (Workshop 2)
By mid-March, Susan Ubbelohde and I had a plan: we were going to hold a workshop on energy analysis and conservation, in Tokyo. What would we need? People with a variety of technical skills, money to get them to Japan (plus house and feed them), a variety of equipment, well-organized teaching materials, and, lastly, people … Continue reading »
Architects talking energy – in Tokyo (Workshop 1)
Within a week of the events of March 11, Susan Ubbelohde and I, both professors in the Department of Architecture, felt we should open up a conversation with Japanese colleagues on the use of energy in architecture. In a very short time, and with the help of both graduate students and employees in Susan’s consulting … Continue reading »