The aim of the course is to provide building-plant system knowledge for energy consumption reduction. Thermo-hygrometric indoor conditions: comfort and IAQ. Acoustic applied to building physics. Lighting design (natural/artificial lighting), perception and visual comfort. Interaction between building structure and components with the ambient and climatic conditions. Cooling and heating and ventilation plant system for different buildings
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Learning Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide building-plant system knowledge for energy consumption reduction. Thermo-hygrometric indoor conditions: comfort and IAQ. Acoustic applied to building physics. Lighting design (natural/artificial lighting), perception and visual comfort. Interaction between building structure and components with the ambient and climatic conditions. Cooling and heating and ventilation plant system for different buildings
Prerequisites
Knowledge: Algebra and Mathematics, Physics and Thermodynamics and Heat and Mass Transfer
Teaching Methods
Lessons and exercises
Type of Assessment
Oral examination and written text
Course program
THERMO-HYGROMETRIC COMFORT; Metabolism and human thermoregulation ;Thermal comfort conditions and limits; Reference standards; Temperature and perception indexes; Comfort diagrams; ASHRAE global approach to the thermal comfort
INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS; Plant systems for natural and mechanical ventilation; Reference Standards
Heating energy need of building and power peak load for winter; Evaluation methodologies and reference standards; Cooling energy need of building and power peak load for summer; Evaluation methodologies and reference standards; Fundamental typologies and design of heating and cooling and ventilation plants; Energy design and reference standards
SOLAR RADIATION AND MICROCLIMATE
FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS; noise and sound diffusion in the air and through building materials; Passive acoustical requirements of building; Reference standards
Thermo-physical properties of building materials and components; Transparent and opaque materials; Thermal and acoustic insulation; Ventilated façades; Condensation processes on surface and inside building materials (Glaser Diagram).
FUNDAMENTAL OF ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; The human eyes; the human vision; the human visual perception; spectral sensibility curves; Fundamentals of Colorimetry and colour models; Natural lighting: basic natural lighting design and calculation method, Artificial lighting: basic artificial lighting design and calculation method; The Sun and the Sky; Artificial lighting sources: properties and photometric parameters of different lamps; Disability and discomfort glare
Reference standards.