Course Details
Low Energy Houses
Academic Year 2022/23
NHB044 course is part of 3 study plans
NPC-SIS Summer Semester 1st year
NPA-SIS Summer Semester 1st year
NKC-SIS Summer Semester 1st 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.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
To master correct designing and evaluation of a building as a low-energy, passive or the zero-energy house.
Knowledge
Student will design and evaluate the building, which fulfil criteria for low-energy or passive house. Including evaluation of critical details.
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.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the thermal protection of buildings, knowledge of the basic physical quantities and thermal properties of building materials.
Language of instruction
Czech, English
Credits
4 credits
Semester
summer
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
To offer to students of all faculties
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Principles of low-energy buildings.
2. Design fundamentals of a low-energy house and its thermal balance.
3. Thermal insulation design of a building (wall, roof, floor, windows).
4. Ventilation, heating and air-tightness of a building.
5. Thermal joints of constructions (foundations, floor, corner, jamb and cap).
6. Computer programmes and simulations of the annual heat and cold consumption.
7. Void infill elements for low-energy houses.
8. Economic and utility assessment of low-energy buildings.
9. An excursion to a low-energy house.
10. Energy legislation.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Principles of low-energy buildings.
2. Design fundamentals of a low-energy house and its thermal balance.
3. Thermal insulation design of a building (wall, roof, floor, windows).
4. Ventilation, heating and air-tightness of a building.
5. Thermal joints of constructions (foundations, floor, corner, jamb and cap).
6. Computer programmes and simulations of the annual heat and cold consumption.
7. Void infill elements for low-energy houses.
8. Economic and utility assessment of low-energy buildings.
9. An excursion to a low-energy house.
10. Energy legislation.