College - Author 1
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Department - Author 1
Architectural Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Architectural Engineering
College - Author 2
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Department - Author 2
Architectural Engineering Department
Degree - Author 2
BS in Architectural Engineering
Date
6-2019
Primary Advisor
Cole McDaniel, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Architectural Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
Our senior project is a research exploration of renewable energy. We recognized there is a major need in the world for the advancement of green power sources. For our project, we wanted to go beyond what we have learned in our Cal Poly architectural engineering classes and to use some of our own creativity to investigate the possibilities of renewable energy from a structural perspective. The guiding question we asked ourselves was, “as architectural engineering students, how could we shift our world to use more renewable energy?” To start our journey off, was the original inspiration from the work of a German structural engineer named Jörg Schlaich and his design for a renewable power source called solar updraft tower that we touched on in our History of Structures class.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/arcesp/98