Course Details
Enviromental Engineering
Academic Year 2026/27
NTB033 course is part of 2 study plans
NPC-SIS Winter Semester 1st year
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
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
Entry Knowledge
Basic knowledge about heating system, cooling system and air conditioning.
Secondary school knowledge about physics, especially thermomechanics.
Knowledge about thermal engineering.
Aims
Professional Knowledge
The student understands the factors affecting indoor environmental quality, the principles of thermal comfort and human thermal balance, thermal and moisture conditions, and indoor air quality. The student understands basic requirements for the working environment and the principles of energy-efficient buildings.
Professional Skills
The student is able to assess indoor environmental quality and apply methods for optimizing indoor environmental conditions using building services systems, taking into account the energy performance of the building.
Professional Competence
The student is able to comprehensively assess indoor environmental conditions and propose appropriate measures to achieve the required indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge about heating system, cooling system and air conditioning.
Secondary school knowledge about physics, especially thermomechanics.
Knowledge about thermal engineering.
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
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
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.