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.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge about heating system, cooling system and air conditioning.
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.