Thermal Protection of Buildings

Course code: 124TPBU
Course guarantor: doc. Dr. Ing. Zbyněk Svoboda
Form of exams: A,EX
Number of credits: 4 credits
Weekly load: 1+2

Content 
1. Boundary conditions for calculations and governing equations
2. Thermal transmittance of windows, doors, skylights and curtain walling
3. Calculation of multidimensional temperature fields and their use in design (surface temperature, linear and point thermal transmittance)
4. Building energy performance certificate
5. Thermal stability of a room and protection against overheating
6. Moisture transfer in constructions with ventilated air layer and moisture sensitive constructions
7. Hygro thermal behaviour of historical heated and unheated buildings
Literature 
Compulsory literature:
[1]  EN ISO 52016-1 Energy performance of buildings - Energy needs for heating and cooling, internal temperatures and sensible and latent heat loads - Part 1: Calculation procedures, CEN 2017.
Recommended literature:
[2]  Hugo S. L. Hens: Building Physics - Heat, Air and Moisture: Fundamentals and Engineering Methods with Examples and Exercises, Ernst & Sohn, 2012, ISBN 978-3-433-60235-5.
[3]  Knaack U. - Koenders E.: Building Physics of the Envelope (Principles of Construction), Birkhauser, 2018, ISBN 978-3-035-61145-8.
Study materials:
[4]  Study documentation (lectures and other information) available after login to web page of the course.
[5]  Study documentation on web pages of lecturers.
Prerequisities 
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Studijní plány 
Předmět je zařazen do následujících studijních plánů:

- studijní plán Buildings and Environment (NY2023), skupina Buildings and Environment, 1st semester (NY20230100), dop. semestr 1 (valid from 2023/24, in 2023 not opened )