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 | Monday 15:00-17:50 | |||||
Prerequisite | None | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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Lecturer | Benjamin Duraković | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Tuesday: 15:30-17:00 Wednesday: 15:30-17:00 Thursday: 16:00-17:00 Friday: 16:00-17:00 |
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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: 09/11/2023 |