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Building Environment

Language of instruction angličtina, čeština
Code 229-0901
Abbreviation PSt
Course title Building Environment
Coordinating department Department of Building Environment and Building Services
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Iveta Skotnicová, Ph.D.

Summary

Choice problems of the thermal protectin of buildings. Practical numerical modelling of hygro-thermal effects and computer simulation. Hygro-thermal static modelling of critical building details by means of two (three)-dimensional temperature field. Energy performance of buildings. Calculation of energy use for space heating. Practical checking of the thermal-technical characteristics with form of measuring in situ.

Literature

Hens, H. Building Physics - Heat, Air and Moisture: Fundamentals and Engineering Methods with Examplesand Exercises, Wilhelm Ernst&Sohn, Berlin 2012, pp. 330. ISBN: 978-3-433-03027-1
Hens, H. Applied Building Physics, Wilhelm Ernst&Sohn, Berlin 2011, pp. 308. ISBN: 978-3-433-02962-6.

Advised literature

Hens, H. Performance Based Building Design 2: From Timber-framed Construction to Partition Walls, Wilhelm Ernst&Sohn, Berlin 2012, pp. 292. ISBN: 978-3-433-03023-3 .
Roaf, S., Hancock, M. Energy Efficiency Building, Blackwell, Oxford 1992
CEN EN 12354-1 Building Acoustics - Estimation of Acoustic Performance of Buildings from the Performance of Elements - Part 1: Airborne Sound Insulation between Rooms
BS EN 12354-2:2000
Building acoustics. Estimation of acoustic performance in buildings from the performance of elements. Impact sound insulation between room
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