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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Daylighting and Sunlighting of Buildings

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 229-0270/01
Abbreviation DaPB
Course title Daylighting and Sunlighting of Buildings
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Building Environment and Building Services
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Iveta Skotnicová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Solar radiation and daylight. Photometric quantities.
2. Day lighting of buildings - functional requirements, graphical methods of calculation
3. to 4. Daylighting working environment, calculation and assessment (software WDLS)
5. to 6. Daylighting residential buildings, shadow effect on existing installation (software WDLS)
7. Daylighting schools and industrial buildings. Draft day and associated lighting
8. day lighting systems for buildings - passive and active
9. Measuring daylight
10. sunny and insolation - basic concepts and functional requirements
11. to 12. Insolation residential buildings, shadow effect on existing buildings (software SunLis)
13. to 14. Insolation of outdoor equipment and land. Control of the solar radiation (software SunLis, SketchUp)

Literature

CHADERTON, D. Building Services Engineering. Son Přes New York, 2004. ISBN: 0-203-56343-3 

CEN EN 12665 Light and Lighting - Basic Terms and Criteria for Specifying Lighting Requirements
BSI BS EN 12464-1 Light and lighting — Lighting of work places — Part 1: Indoor work places

Advised literature

Ficker T. Handbook of Building Thermal technology, Acoustics and Daylighting. CERM Brno 2004. ISBN 80-214-2670-5