Course Details

Low Energy Houses

Academic Year 2024/25

BHB047 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-APS Winter Semester 4th year

Designing of Nearly zero energy houses and Passive houses with the use of passive solar systems. An introduction to the utilization of active solar systems and renewable energy sources. Students will be given a general layout of a family or residential house to adjust and design with satisfactory conditions. The balance of energy losses and gains will be calculated for the heating period as well as energy savings, heating expenses and calculation of the other technical indexes.

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Miloš Kalousek, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Structures

Forms and criteria of assessment

graded course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Basic knowledge of the thermal protection of buildings, knowledge of the basic physical quantities and thermal properties of building materials.

Aims

On specific task acquaints students with design methods and evaluation of the structure, which fulfil criteria for low-energy or passive house.


Student will design and evaluate the building, which fulfil criteria for low-energy or passive house. Including evaluation of critical details.

Basic Literature

Zákon č.406/2000 Sb., a jeho prováděcí vyhlášky ve znění pozdějších předpisů. 2000. (cs)
Směrnice Evropského parlamentu a rady 2010/31/EU O energetické náročnosti budov (EPBD II). 2002. (cs)
ČSN 73 0540-1 až 4 Tepelná ochrana budov. ČNI Praha. (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281787

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Principles of low-energy buildings.
  • 2. Design fundamentals of a low-energy house.
  • 3. Requirements for Nearly zero and Passive buildings.
  • 4. Thermal insulation design of a building (wall, roof, floor, windows).
  • 5. Thermal joints of constructions (foundations, floor, corner, jamb and cap).
  • 6. Windows anad doors for passive houses.
  • 7. Ventilation, heating and hot domestic water.
  • 8. HVAC systems and renewable energy.
  • 9. Computer programmes and simulations of the annual heat and cold consumption.
  • 10. Energy legislation and certificate.
  • 11. Air-tightness of a building.
  • 12. Practice examples of buildings.
  • 13. Defects, failures and renovation of buildings.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Principles of low-energy buildings, assignment of semester work by groups.
  • 2. Design of the building envelope, assessment of thermal joints and bridges.
  • 3. Calculation of windows.
  • 4. Overall assessment of the object in computer programs.
  • 5. Evidence of the energy efficiency of the building.
  • 6. Presentation of individual projects - credit.