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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Daylighting and Sunlighting of Buildings

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 229-0270/02
Abbreviation DaPB
Course title Daylighting and Sunlighting of Buildings
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Building Environment and Building Services
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Iveta Skotnicová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Legislative framework of environmental technology.
2. State of the environment - factors affecting the outdoor and indoor environment of buildings.
3. Legislation in the field of thermal and energy assessment of buildings
4. Heat-technical properties of buildings - heat transmission, thermal losses.
5. Heating - convective, design of heating systems.
6. Heating - radiant, large panels, light and dark emitters.
7. Legislation in the field of building lighting.
8. Daylight - basic concepts, properties, requirements.
9. Artificial lighting - basic concepts, parameters of light sources.
10. Sound and noise - basic concepts in the field of noise propagation.
11. Basic acoustic quantities, decibel scale, noise criteria.
12. Noise Assessment Legislation.
13. Acoustic sources, noise propagation and noise reduction devices.
14. Measurement of noise in the outdoor and indoor areas of buildings.

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