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Building Thermal Technology

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Course Unit Code229-0207/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PAN083Ing. Vladan Panovec, 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.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students will deepen their knowledge and skills in the construction of thermal techniques, learn to deal with practical examples of numerical modeling of critical structural details in terms of heat and humidity effects, computer simulation of thermal properties of building structures and buildings.
Course Contents
Syllabus of lectures:
1st Theoretical Foundations
2nd Heat transmission structures
3rd Air dispersion structures and buildings
4th Blocking in the construction
5th Internal environment
6th Principles of heat-technical design of buildings and structures
7th Testing Basics

Syllabus Exercises:

1st Thermal requirements for building construction and building
2nd The lowest internal surface temperature, surface temperature of the internal factor - a norm requirement. Calculation of flat homogeneous structures. Approximate calculation methods for thermal bridges and links. Enter program number 1.
3rd The lowest internal surface temperature, surface temperature of the internal factor - the exact method of calculating the solution of 2-D temperature field. Modeling 2-D structural features in the program AREA 2009 (the systematic construction of thermal bridges, close to two circuit designs, close contact with the perimeter walls and floors to the ground).
4th The lowest internal surface temperature, surface temperature of the internal factor - the exact calculation of a solution of 3-D temperature field. Modeling 3-D structural features in the program CUBE3D 2009th
5th Heat transfer coefficient - a norm requirement. Calculation of flat homogeneous structures, for structures with systematic and fragmentary thermal bridges. Approximate methods of calculation, the program HEAT 2009th Heat transfer coefficient - the exact method of calculating the solution of 2-D temperature field. Modeling 2-D design details, systematic and fragmentary thermal bridges in the program AREA 2009th 6th Heat transfer coefficient - windows, doors, light facade.
7th Linear scatter factor and heat transfer - a norm requirement. The exact method of calculating the solution of 2-D temperature field (detail of a single flat structure, close to two circuit designs, close contact with the perimeter walls and floors to the ground).
8th Linear scatter factor and heat transfer - modeling of 3-D structural details in
Program Cube 3D 2009.
9th Diffusion of water vapor and condensation inside the structure. HEAT program in 2009 Area
2009th
11th Thermal stability of the rooms in winter, heat storage capacity of building structures. Stability Program stability 2009Tepelná room in summer, eliminating excessive heat gain, Simulation Program 2009, 2009 STABILITY
12th Evaluation of double-shell structure with ventilated air gap. SPACE 2009 program
13th Air dispersion structures and buildings. Temperature drop touch the floor. HEAT Program 2009th
14th Credit
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
HENS, H. Applied Building Physics. Wilhelm§ Ernst Sohn, Berlin, 2011. ISBN: 978-3-433-02962-6

EN ISO 6946:2007 Building components and building elements -- Thermal resistance and thermal transmittance – Calculation
EN ISO 10211:2007 Thermal bridges in building construction – Heat flows and
VAVERKA, J.; HIRŠ, J.; SKOTNICOVÁ, I., aj. Stavební tepelná technika a energetika budov. 1. vyd. Brno : VUTIUM, 2006. 648 s. + CD ROM. ISBN 80-214-2910-0.
SKOTNICOVÁ, I., LABUDEK, J. Stavební tepelná technika I - studijní texty pro cvičení. Brno : Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2011. 83 s. ISBN 978-80-7204-767-3.
Recommended Reading:
ROAF, S., HANCOCK, M. Energy Efficiency Building, Blackwell, Oxford 1992.
CHADERTON, D. Building Services Engineering. Son Přes New York, 2004. ISBN: 0-203-56343-3

EN ISO 13790:2008 Energy performance of buildings - Calculation of energy use for space heating and cooling.
ČSN EN ISO 13788/2002 Tepelně vlhkostní chování stavebních dílců a stavebních prvků – Vnitřní povrchová teplota pro vyloučení kritické povrchové vlhkosti a kondenzace uvnitř konstrukce – Výpočtové metody
ČSN EN ISO 6946:2008 Stavební prvky a stavební konstrukce – Tepelný odpor a součinitel prostupu tepla – Výpočtová metoda
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 16