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Module 2 Building environmental engineering

Module leader:- Martin Wilkinson Lecture room:- 6E3.11 Lecture times:- Tuesdays 9.30 -12.30 and 13.30 - 16.30

Week 1

Date 24-09-02

Topic Overview of building environmental engineering Shelter, comfort, efficiency, the well tempered building. [T] Design of facades - Role of facade designer, building services engineer and architect, appropriate climates and performance.[T] Conduction and convection- Basic principles, equations, effects. [T1] Radiation - Basic principles and equations, radiation between surfaces, cooling. [T1] Thermal Active and passive systems - Heating and cooling systems, artificial lighting, performance and specification, energy use. [T] Development of buildings and the facade - Historical overview of windows and facades, conservatories and modern day buildings. [T] Perception of light - Physical impingements, senses, stimulus, sensation, comfort. [L] Electromagnetic spectrum - Long wave infra red, short wave infra red, visible, ultra violet, full radiators, emissivity. [L] Lighting Fundamental acoustics - Principles of sound and noise, sound transmission. [A] Light climate - Effects on buildings, natural light, sunlight, daylight, models of natural lighting, variability, simulation. [L] Sunlight - Altitude, azimuth, sunpath diagrams, availability. [L] Daylight - Average daylight factors, graphical determination of daylight factors at a fixed position. [L] Acoustics

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Reading: 2 01-10-02

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Reading: 3 08-10-02

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Week 4

Date 15-10-02

Topic Reaction to noise - Noise measurement, noise levels, noise exclusion, noise containment. [A] Thermal resistance - Electrical and fluid analogues. [T1] Thermal resistance - U-values and simple structures. [T1] MB Thermal resistance - Point temperatures and complex structures, example calculations. [T1] Thermal Sound insulation - Walls, windows, testing, calculation, performance conflicts. [A] Air-filled cavities - Glazing units, U-values of windows, typical glazing analysis. [T1] Calculation exercise - BS EN 673:1 glazing units, fenestration rating systems. [T1] Analysis tools - Therm, Cobra, Bisco, Ansys. [T2] NPL and CWCT reports, NFRC Sound insulation - Design, manufacture, testing, calculation. [A] Lighting units - cd, cd/m2, illuminance from point and extended sources, scalar and vector Illuminance, types of reflectance, equivalence of diffuse sources. [L] U-values of complex components - Methods of assessment, effects of modified sections. [T1] Thermal bridging - Causes, effects, methods of assessment. [T2] Acoustics/Lighting/Thermal Non-teaching week Air infiltration - Principles, contribution to heat loss. [T2] Ventilation - Need for ventilation, ventilation levels, effective ventilation. [T2] Thermal calculation for complex elements - Analysis exercise, curtain wall, rainscreen, windows. [T2] Interpretation of results - Validity, accuracy, calibration, hot-box tests. [T2] Calculation: Ventilation and U-value analysis Condensation - Basic hygrometrics, psychrometric chart, surface and interstitial condensation, condensation risk assessment simple constructions. [T2] Condensation - Condensation risk assessment complex structures. [T2] Qualitative aspects of light - Glare, modelling, views, window shape. [L] Design of solar shading - Sunpath diagrams: total exclusion shading masks. [L] Calculation condensation and Lighting analysis

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Analysis: 5 22-10-02

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Analysis: 6 29-10-02

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Reading: 05-11-02 7 12-11-02

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Week 9

Date 26-11-02

Topic Vapour transfer - Basic theory, materials, effect in real facades. [T2] Dynamic heat transfer - Thermal capacity, methods of assessment. [T2] Transmittance of shading devices - Specular, diffuse, form factors, light balance equations, radiosity simulation programs. [AF] Electric lighting - Combined electric and natural lighting, PSALI, top up systems, effects on energy consumption. [AF] Total energy loss Solar irradiation - theory, effects, calculation. [T1] Combined energy measures - Total energy loss, energy use. [T1] Fundamentals of fire - Causes, effects, risks, building regulations and codes. [T3] Insulation and integrity - Objectives, materials, systems, testing. [T3] Lighting Control of Blinds - Personal control of environmental variables. [AF] Innovative daylighting - Main intentions, light shelves, optical fibres, prismatic panels, transparent insulation. [AF] Advanced glazings - Photochromic, photoelectric, thermochromic, body tinted, surface tinted and films, coatings, low emissivity, photo electric glass. [AF] Advanced facades - Inclined glazing, adaptive glazing, multiple skins, control strategies. [AF] Advanced glazings Aesthetic considerations - Proportion, arithmetic, geometric, harmonic, golden mean, plastic ratio, scale, colour appearance. [AF] Faade in the design of green buildings - Affect on building services, environmental control, embodied energy. [AF] Reaction to fire - Evacuation, fire fighting, damage, venting, compartmentalisation. [T3] Design solutions - Windows, rainscreen, curtain wall, atria, firescreens. [T3] Fire Revision

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Reading: 10 03-12-02

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Reading: 11 10-12-02

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Reading: 12 17-12-02

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Reading: 13 14-01-03

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21-01-03 28-01-03

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