Course Details
Enviromental Engineering
Academic Year 2024/25
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.
Credits
5 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
winter
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Entry Knowledge
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.
Aims
Improving the knowledge of making internal microclimate with systems of enviromental technique.
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.
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.
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.