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2024/2025

Building Physics 1

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124SF1 Z,ZK 5 2P+2C Czech
Relations:
In order to register for course 124KKR, the student must have registered for course 124KKR in a previous semester or in the same semester.
The course 124KKR can be graded only after the course 124SF1 has been successfully completed.
Course guarantor:
Zbyněk Svoboda, Jaroslav Vychytil
Lecturer:
Zbyněk Svoboda, Jaroslav Vychytil
Tutor:
Zbyněk Svoboda, Jaroslav Vychytil
Supervisor:
Department of Architectural Engineering
Synopsis:

Thermal Protection of Buildings

Heat transfer, Fourier laws, thermal resistance, thermal transmittance, mean thermal transmittance, energy performance of buildings, energy need for heating, energy use, primary energy, diffusion and condensation of water vapor, internal surface temperature, risk of mould growth, thermal bridges and joints.

Daylighting and acoustics

Solar radiation and its importance. Determining the position of the Sun in the sky using numerical and graphical methods. Insolation. Meaning of terms, requirements. Daylighting. Criteria and limits. Lighting systems. The principle of determining the daylight factor by calculation and measurement. Parts of the daylight factor. Qualitative aspect of daylighting (uniformity, direction of light incidence, etc.). Concepts of sound and noise. Criteria and limits. Acoustic quantities, symbols and calculation. Sound propagation outdoors and indoors. Sound attenuation due to aperture. Direct and diffuse sound field. Reverberation time and reverberation radius. Sound absorbing structures. Structural acoustics. Sound insulation. Sound reduction index. Impact noise. Indirect transmission.

Requirements:

Knowledge of physics at high school level.

Attendance according to the instructions of the teacher, submission of tasks from seminar within the prescribed time and scope. Successfully passing the exam.

Syllabus of lectures:

The order of lectures can be changed depending on the schedule of lecturers involved in the subject.

1) Importance of thermal protection of buildings, principles of low-energy building, thermal balance of space.

2) Energy performance of buildings, energy need for heating, energy use and primary energy.

3) Principles of heat transfer in constructions and buildings.

4) Thermal transmittance.

5) Internal surface temperature, temperature factor, risk of mould growth, thermal bridges and joints.

6) Moisture transport in constructions, interstitial water vapor condensation.

7) Annual moisture balance, risk of overheating.

8) Solar radiation and its meaning. Determining the position of the Sun in the sky. Sunlight.

9) Daylighting - quantities, methods of proof, influence of boundary conditions, quantitative and qualitative point of view

10) Daylighting of specific spaces. Introduction to the issue of daylight measurement.

11) Sound and noise, criteria and limits, quantities of acoustic emission and immission, their symbols and calculation. Sound propagation in outdoor space. Sound attenuation due to aperture.

12) Propagation of sound in a rooms. Sound absorbing construction.

13) Structural acoustics. Airborne sound insulation. Sound reduction index. Impact noise.

Syllabus of tutorials:

The order of tasks can be changed depending on the schedule of lecturers involved in the subject.

1) Mean thermal transmittance, thermal balance of space, energy need for heating

2) Energy use and primary energy, energy performance certificate

3) Consultation, results check

4) Moisture transport, space moisture balance, interstitial condensation

5) Annual cycle of condensation and evaporation in constructions

6) Consultation, results check

7) Assessment of the sun exposure of the selected apartment or family house using the shading diagram

8) Verification of the insolation of the selected apartment or family house using a rectangular solar diagram

9) Assessment of daylight in the living room and in the room with permanent residence of people.

10) Propagation of sound in outdoor space

11) Propagation of sound in a closed space

12) Sound insulation capacity of dividing structures

13) Completion, credit

Study Objective:

The student becomes acquainted with principles of heat and moisture transport in constructions and buildings, with main requirements on thermal protection of buildings and with basic principles of construction design from the point of view of thermal protection.

The ability to apply an engineering approach when solving selected tasks from the point of view of building lighting technology and from the point of view of building acoustics.

Study materials:

! KAŇKA, J. - NOVÁČEK, J.: Stavební fyzika 3 - Akustika pozemních staveb, ČVUT v Praze, Praha 2015, ISBN 978-80-01-05674-5.

! VYCHYTIL, J. - KAŇKA, J.: Stavební světelná technika - přednášky. ČVUT v Praze, Praha 2016, ISBN 978-80-01-06060-5.

! VYCHYTIL, J.: Stavební světelná technika - cvičení, ČVUT v Praze, Praha 2015, ISBN 978-80-01-05858-9.

? HALAHYJA, M. - STERNOVÁ, Z. - CHMÚRNY, I.: Stavebná tepelná technika, Jaga group, Bratislava 2001, ISBN 80-88905-04-4.

? KITTLER, R. - KOCIFAJ, M. - DARULA, S.: Daylight Science and Daylight Technology. Springer Science + Business Media, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-4419-8815-7.

? HAGENTOFT, C-E.: Introduction to building physics, Studentlitteratur, Lund 2001, ISBN 9789144018966.

? KAŇKA, J.: Akustika stavebních objektů, ERA, Brno 2009, ISBN 978-80-7366-140-3.

Note:
Further information:
http://kps.fsv.cvut.cz/index.php?lmut=cz&part=vyuka&sub=semestr&type=ZS&kod=124SF1
Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
roomTH:A-228

12:00–13:50
(lecture parallel1)
Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
A228
Tue
roomTH:A-534

08:00–09:50
(lecture parallel1
parallel nr.101)

Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
A534
roomTH:A-534

10:00–11:50
(lecture parallel1
parallel nr.102)

Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
A534
Wed
Thu
Fri
Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
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Data valid to 2024-10-10
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