Course Details
Enviromental Engineering
Academic Year 2023/24
NTB033 course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-SIS Winter Semester 2nd year
The factors affecting the quality of indoor microclimate. Effect of sun on the buildings. Thermal comfort and balance of human. Hygrothermal microclimate of buildings. Air quality. Hygienic requirements for the workplace. Energy performance of buildings. Low-energy, passive and zero energy houses.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Improving the knowledge of making internal microclimate with systems of enviromental technique.
Knowledge
Student upgrade his knowledge of indoor climate in building, air quality. Student will be able to use method to optimise indoor climate with enviromental technique.
Syllabus
1. Quality of interior space in buildings.
2. Thermal comfort.
3. Humidity in buildings. Evaluation of thermal comfort.
4. Air that we breathe. Evaluation and improvement of air quality.
5. Hygienic requirements on working space.
6. Buliding and energy – Czech legislation.
7. Buliding and energy – Heating and Cooling, Ventilation.
8. Buliding and energy – Lighting, Hot water preparation.
9. Low-energy buildings.
10. Other components of indoor climate.
2. Thermal comfort.
3. Humidity in buildings. Evaluation of thermal comfort.
4. Air that we breathe. Evaluation and improvement of air quality.
5. Hygienic requirements on working space.
6. Buliding and energy – Czech legislation.
7. Buliding and energy – Heating and Cooling, Ventilation.
8. Buliding and energy – Lighting, Hot water preparation.
9. Low-energy buildings.
10. Other components of indoor climate.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge about heating system, cooling system and air conditioning.
Secondary school knowledge about physics, especially thermomechanics.
Knowledge about thermal engineering.
Secondary school knowledge about physics, especially thermomechanics.
Knowledge about thermal engineering.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
5 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, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Quality of interior space in buildings.
2. Thermal comfort.
3. Humidity in buildings. Evaluation of thermal comfort.
4. Air that we breathe. Evaluation and improvement of air quality.
5. Hygienic requirements on working space.
6. Buliding and energy – Czech legislation.
7. Buliding and energy – Heating and Cooling, Ventilation.
8. Buliding and energy – Lighting, Hot water preparation.
9. Low-energy buildings.
10. Other components of indoor climate.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Insolation of buildings.
2. Orientation of building and its heat balance.
3. Human heat production.
4. Air humidity and microclimate of buildings. Evaluation of hygrothermal microclimate.
5. Air quality and ventilation Workplace.
6. Working space.
7. Energy consumption for hot water preparation.
8. Energy consumption for heating.
9. Energy consumption for lighting.
10. Energy consumption for ventilation.