Course Details

Smart buildings

Academic Year 2025/26

NHA061 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-EVB Summer Semester 1st year

Understanding the principles of functioning and design of smart buildings.
Understanding the interaction between the basic elements, ie, the building, the facility, the operation and the interrelationships between them.
Integration and automation of processes in buildings.
The principles of interconnection and control of all the electronics in the building.
Description of components of smart buildings.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

fundamentals of wiring, fundamentals of light-current distribution systems, basics of measurement and regulation systems

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, general principles and definitions of smart buildings
  • 2. Smart building concept
  • 3. Technologies used in smart buildings
  • 4. Theoretical foundations of common and systemic electrical wiring in buildings
  • 5. Smart systems components - optimizing energy consumption
  • 6. Smart systems components - input and access control, closed television and security systems
  • 7. Smart systems components - fire protection systems, emergency technology control, back-up supplies
  • 8. Smart systems components -lighting control
  • 9. Telecommunication systems and IT infrastructure
  • 10. Interface in the system of electrical installation of buildings
  • 11. Communication in the system of electrical installation of buildings
  • 12. Communication channels in the system of electrical installation of buildings
  • 13. Visualization of functions control, system operation, examples from practice

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, rules, requirements. Work plan. Literature.
  • 2.-5. The concept of smart building systems
  • 6.-11. Design of individual systems
  • 12. Coordination with other professions. Completion.
  • 13. Credit