ARCH408 Building Physics
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| Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
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| ARCH408 | Building Physics | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Prerequisite | None | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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| Lecturer | Benjamin Duraković | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Tuesday: 14:30-15:00 Thursday: 15:00-17:00 Friday: 15:00-17:00 |
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| bdurakovic@ius.edu.ba | ||||||||||
| Assistant | Assistant E-mail | |||||||||
| Course Objectives | To provide an introduction and develop knowledge in the following areas such as: Building and energy; Comfort issues, energy use, carbon emissions, and operational performance; Heat and Mass transfer; Light and humidity; and Airflow and temperature |
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| Textbook | 1. Steven Szokolay. Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of Sustainable Design. Burlington, MA: Architectural Press, 2nd edition 2008. | |||||||||
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| Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
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| Teaching Methods | Final exam is given at the end. In order to attract the attention of the students into the offered courses during the semester, some exams (midterms) are given and also some assignments are asked. The internal exams will encourage the students to study harder during the semester time. Learning delivery: 1. Lecture Discussion and review questions. 2. Power point presentations. 3. Short Reports and homework assignments. | |||||||||
| Teaching Method Delivery | Face-to-face | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | ||||||||
| WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
| Week 1 | Introduction: Physical Environmental Factors, Moisture and Sources Of Moisture | CHAPTER 1 | ||||||||
| Week 2 | Occupant Comfort: Forms of Occupant Comfort, Personal Parameters, Environmental Parameters, Psychrometry ; (HW1) | CHAPTER 1 | ||||||||
| Week 3 | Psychrometry ; (HW1) Air Comfort: Psychrometry; Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation, Design Criteria (HW2) | CHAPTER 2 | ||||||||
| Week 4 | Heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Ventilation (HW3) | CHAPTER 2 | ||||||||
| Week 5 | Heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Ventilation | CHAPTER 2 | ||||||||
| Week 6 | Heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Ventilation (HW4) | CHAPTER 2 | ||||||||
| Week 7 | Heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Ventilation (HW5) | CHAPTER 2 | ||||||||
| Week 8 | Midterm Exam | |||||||||
| Week 9 | Design Principles: Energy Conservation, Cold Bridges, Heat Loss Problems (HW6) | CHAPTER 2 | ||||||||
| Week 10 | Mass Transfer: Vapor diffusion and Moisture Transfer Infiltration Condensation in plane; Condensation in zone (HW9) | CHAPTER 3 | ||||||||
| Week 11 | Mass Transfer: Vapor diffusion and Moisture Transfer Infiltration Condensation in plane; Condensation in zone (HW8) | CHAPTER 3 | ||||||||
| Week 12 | Mass Transfer: Vapor diffusion and Moisture Transfer Infiltration Condensation in plane; Condensation in zone (HW9) | CHAPTER 3 | ||||||||
| Week 13 | Room Acoustics: Direct Sound, Reverberation, Sound Reflection, Sound Absorption Acoustical Performance | |||||||||
| Week 14 | Room Acoustics: Direct Sound, Reverberation, Sound Reflection, Sound Absorption Acoustical Performance | |||||||||
| Week 15 | Light Comfort: Illumination, Colormetry, Photometry Daylight Availability, Reflecting Components, Daylight Reflecting Surfaces Design Criteria. | |||||||||
| Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 | 1,2,3,4 | |
| Semester Evaluation Components | ||||
| Homework | 8 | 5 | 1,2,3,4 | |
| Mid-term exam | 1 | 30 | 1,2,3,4 | |
| Projects | 1 | 25 | ||
| *** ECTS Credit Calculation *** | ||||
| Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
| Lecture and application | 3 | 15 | 45 | Homework | 1 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Home study | 1 | 10 | 10 | Mid-term exam study | 8 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Final exam study | 8 | 1 | 8 | Project/presentation | 5 | 4 | 20 | |||
| Total Workload Hours = | 100 | |||||||||
| *T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 4 | ||||||||
| Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 18/10/2024 | |||||||||