Abstract: Illinois Institute of Technology started a bachelor of science degree program in architectural engineering in the fall of 1995. The program's curriculum requires the students to take 136 semester credit hours during a ...

Abstract: Fundamental architectural decisions such as a building’s form and orientation greatly influence the energy performance of a building. As these decisions are taken very early in the design process, it is important for the ...

Abstract: Coordination of design information during the detailed design stage is essential for the design team to provide quality construction technical documents that are free of incompatibility errors. An analysis concerning current ...

Abstract: During the detailed design stage of a building project, a vast amount of mostly interrelated design information is generated and communicated among specialists from several disciplines. Changes in some design information ...