Course Details
Bachelor Seminar (S-TZB/VEV)
Academic Year 2026/27
BTB003 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-SI / S Summer Semester 4th year
This course is designed to provide methodological and technical support to students as they independently prepare their bachelor’s thesis in the field of building services engineering. The seminar develops students’ ability to work with technical literature, analyze technical problems, and apply theoretical knowledge in the design of specific heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems and related issues.
Credits
3 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
Entry Knowledge
- Thermodynamics and Hydromechanics: Fundamental physical principles of heat transfer, fluid flow, and airflow.
- Heating and Ventilation: Calculations of heat losses, heat gains, and the sizing of duct systems.
- Building Physics: Knowledge of the thermal properties of building structures.
- Ability to analyze architectural and structural solutions for buildings.
Advanced knowledge of software for creating project documentation. - Familiarity with basic Czech and European technical standards (ČSN, EN) and the Building Code.
- Ability to independently search for technical information and scientific articles, and the basic ability to defend a technical solution and create a clear presentation.
Aims
Professional Knowledge
The student applies theoretical knowledge to solve a specific assignment with various options and is able to argue for and defend the solution from technical, operational, energy, and environmental perspectives.
Professional Skills
Formulating the objectives and methodology of a bachelor’s thesis. Effectively searching for and citing relevant professional sources and standards. Preparing technical documentation and the text portion of the thesis in accordance with faculty standards.
Professional Competencies
Presenting and defending chosen technical solutions before a group.
Prerequisites
- Thermodynamics and Hydromechanics: Fundamental physical principles of heat transfer, fluid flow, and airflow.
- Heating and Ventilation: Calculations of heat losses, heat gains, and the sizing of duct systems.
- Building Physics: Knowledge of the thermal properties of building structures.
- Ability to analyze architectural and structural solutions for buildings.
Advanced knowledge of software for creating project documentation. - Familiarity with basic Czech and European technical standards (ČSN, EN) and the Building Code.
- Ability to independently search for technical information and scientific articles, and the basic ability to defend a technical solution and create a clear presentation.
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Seminar
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
- Formal requirements for the final deliverable, legislation, selection of detailed specifications, and coordination with the thesis advisor.
- Analysis of the building’s architectural and structural design, review of critical structural details, and assessment of their relationship to the proposed system (heating or ventilation).
- Evaluation of structures and determination of the building’s base load (calculation of heat losses for heating, or calculation of heat gains and required air flow rates for ventilation).
- Selection of the system concept (heat sources, heating system, ventilation concept, and air-handling units).
- Design of specific components (selection of heating surfaces and valves for heating, or selection of distribution elements and terminal units for ventilation).
- Presentation of the building concept, basic load calculations, and conceptual overview of the selected system (heating or ventilation schematics).
- Design of piping networks.
- Coordination of routes with the structural design, resolution of penetrations and space requirements (design of a technical room for heating, or design of a mechanical room and sound insulation for ventilation).
- Basic design of the measurement and control system, operational diagram, and preliminary technical-economic evaluation of the selected solution (heating or ventilation).
- Principles for drawing building services engineering drawings (floor plans, functional diagrams, cross-sections for heating or ventilation), compilation of a written report, and citation ethics.
- Complete presentation of the final technical solution (heating or ventilation), discussion of shortcomings in the documentation and drawings.
- Preparing arguments for the presentation, rhetoric, and the formal conclusion of the seminar.