Course Details
Water management in buildings
Academic Year 2023/24
BPA015 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-EVB Summer Semester 3rd year
The course focuses on the basic concepts in the field of (waste) water management.
Students will learn about environmentally efficient solutions for drinking water supply in buildings.
Students will be able to design reuse of rainwater and grey water in buildings and sewage purification.
Students will learn how to minimize water consumption in buildings and gain insights into island systems from the point of view of water management.
Students will learn about environmentally efficient solutions for drinking water supply in buildings.
Students will be able to design reuse of rainwater and grey water in buildings and sewage purification.
Students will learn how to minimize water consumption in buildings and gain insights into island systems from the point of view of water management.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Syllabus
1. Introduction, legal background (Water act).
2. Types of water in buildings and their disposal.
3. Sources of drinking water in buildings, types of waste water in buildings.
4. Storage and subsequent use of rainwater.
5. Filtration and reuse of rain water and gray water.
6. Accumulation and drainage system for rainwater, technical systems, slowing of rainwater runoff.
7. Rainwater infiltration (soil, permeability, ...), calculations, evaporation from water level.
8. Green and blue roofs, water town squares and water accumulation.
9. Natural ways for waste water treatment (root waste water treatment), advantages and disadvantages of natural ways for waste water treatment.
10. Minimization of water consumption, use of rainwater, water recycling (use of gray water), heat recycling (gray water energy, heat recovery units).
11. Rainwater management in municipalities and towns.
12. Sustainable water management, island systems in buildings without access to fresh water supply.
13. Microclimate stability: water, greenery.
2. Types of water in buildings and their disposal.
3. Sources of drinking water in buildings, types of waste water in buildings.
4. Storage and subsequent use of rainwater.
5. Filtration and reuse of rain water and gray water.
6. Accumulation and drainage system for rainwater, technical systems, slowing of rainwater runoff.
7. Rainwater infiltration (soil, permeability, ...), calculations, evaporation from water level.
8. Green and blue roofs, water town squares and water accumulation.
9. Natural ways for waste water treatment (root waste water treatment), advantages and disadvantages of natural ways for waste water treatment.
10. Minimization of water consumption, use of rainwater, water recycling (use of gray water), heat recycling (gray water energy, heat recovery units).
11. Rainwater management in municipalities and towns.
12. Sustainable water management, island systems in buildings without access to fresh water supply.
13. Microclimate stability: water, greenery.
Prerequisites
Wastewater
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
3 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
graded course-unit credit
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, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Introduction, legal background (Water act).
2. Types of water in buildings and their disposal.
3. Sources of drinking water in buildings, types of waste water in buildings.
4. Technical solution and overview of equipment for rainwater and greywater management.
5. Rainwater and gray water quality, mechanical pre-treatment of rainwater.
6. Retention rainwater and gray water.
7. Rainwater infiltration (soil, permeability, ...), calculations, evaporation from water level.
8. Green and blue roofs, water town squares and water accumulation.
9. Wastewater treatment methods, root and domestic wastewater treatment plants.
10. Minimization of water consumption, use of rainwater, water recycling (use of gray water), heat recycling (gray water energy, heat recovery units).
11. Rainwater management in municipalities and towns.
12. Sustainable water management, island systems in buildings without access to fresh water supply.
13. Microclimate stability: water, greenery.
Exercise
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Assignment of a project "Re-use of waste water in a single-family house". Input data for the building site: legal documents, maps, hydrological and, hydrogeological data, data from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.
2. Calculation of the amount of waste water and rainwater, calculation of the demand for gray water, determination of the amount of water for irrigation.
3. Design of waste water treatment technology, design of accumulation tank, possibilities of water utilization.
4. Machinery for water use.
5. Drawing: A technological scheme for the use of rain and waste water.
6. Technical report
7. Credit