Course Details
Principles of envelope design for low energy buildings
Academic Year 2022/23
BHA028 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-EVB Winter Semester 1st year
Suitable design of building shape of energy-efficient buildings.
Solution of vertical and horizontal structures of energy-efficient buildings.
Material solution of the composition of the envelopes for energy-efficient buildings.
Building envelope from renewable building materials.
Special thermal insulation materials.
Wall opening suitable for energy-efficient buildings.
Principles for solving the details of building structures.
Provisoin of airtightness of buildings.
Passive and active use of solar radiation.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Syllabus
1. Motivation, terminology, definition of categories of energy-efficient buildings, overview of related laws, regulations and standards.
2. Architectural solution - orientation to the world sides, recommended layout solution, recommended shape solution, influence of shape solution on energy performance.
3. Constructional design - variants of load-bearing structures and pratitions (advantages, disadvantages), importance of thermal bridges.
4. Envelope of energy-efficient buildings - principles of design of vertical structures including material variants.
5. Envelope of energy-efficient buildings - principles of roof and floor design including material variants.
6. Envelope based on the renewable building materials.
7. Modern thermal insulation materials.
8. Wall openings- used types, methods of anchoring.
9. Principles for the solution of details of building structures.
10. Air-tightness of buildings - legislation, ways of provision and tests on site.
11. Passive and active use of solar radiation, influence of building solution on thermal stability.
12. Energy rehabilitation of the envelope - differences compared to new buildings.
13. Examples of good practice.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of thermal engineering and building envelopes.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
4 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Motivation, terminology, definition of categories of energy-efficient buildings, overview of related laws, regulations and standards.
2. Architectural solution - orientation to the world sides, recommended layout solution, recommended shape solution, influence of shape solution on energy performance.
3. Constructional design - variants of load-bearing structures and pratitions (advantages, disadvantages), importance of thermal bridges.
4. Envelope of energy-efficient buildings - principles of design of vertical structures including material variants.
5. Envelope of energy-efficient buildings - principles of roof and floor design including material variants.
6. Envelope based on the renewable building materials.
7. Modern thermal insulation materials.
8. Wall openings- used types, methods of anchoring.
9. Principles for the solution of details of building structures.
10. Air-tightness of buildings - legislation, ways of provision and tests on site.
11. Passive and active use of solar radiation, influence of building solution on thermal stability.
12. Energy rehabilitation of the envelope - differences compared to new buildings.
13. Examples of good practice.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Assignment of semestral work
2.-3. Design of building layout, modifying of an existing object
4. Design of the size and location of wall openigs
5. Design and calculation of the properties of wall openings
6-7. Design of vertical structures and their assessment
8. Design of roof structure and structures in contact with soil
9. Calculation of average thermal transmittance
10.-12. Design and assessment of selected design details
13. Consultations and credit