Civil Engineering

THERMAL COMFORT AND ACOUSTIC OF BUILDINGS

General Data

Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 6.00
Status: Mandatory
Type: Course
Academic Year: 2º
Term: 1º
Languages: English, Portuguese
Available for Mobility Students: No
Restricted to alliance: No
Code: Sin codigo

Coordination

Description

Theory/Practice
4

Instructors

Eunice Vilaverde Fontão


 

Contents

P1 Thermal behaviour of residential buildings (heat transfer, losses and gains, climate, comfort, interaction between environment and building, passive solar building and passive solar design).
P2 Hygrothermic comportment of buildings (humidity, heat losses and condensation).
P3 Natural ventilation.
P4 Thermic projects of buildings.
P5 Environment acoustics.
P6 Acoustics of buildings.
P7 Acoustics projects of buildings.
P8 The special circumstance of old buildings´rehabilitation.

Learning Outcomes

O1 Knowledge and principles of bioclimatic architecture.
O2 Create technical skills regarding the thermo-hygrometric comfort of buildings.
O3 Create technical skills regarding the natural ventilation of buildings.
O4 Create technical skills regarding environmental and building acoustics.
O5 Knowledge about construction solution technologies to be implemented, within the scope of projects of the specialties covered in the UC.