Course detail

Building Services (M)

FAST-BTA012Acad. year: 2020/2021

Introduction to the subject, principles of sanitary equipment design. Drainage systems inside buildings. Water sources and water supply systems for buildings. Preparation of domestic hot water. Gas installation for buildings. Problems of thermal comfort in building. Types of water heating systems. Heat losses of buildings. Type of radiators. Source of heat and their space arrangement. Boiler rooms. Ventilation and air conditioning for buildings.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Helena Wierzbická, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student gets overview of plumbing systems and heating systems for buildings.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge about constructional systems of buildings, fundamentals of hydromechanics, fundamentals of heat transfer.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the subject Building Services.
2. Principles of sanitary equipment design.
3. Sorts of waste waters and designing of drainage systems inside buildings.
4. Rainwater management. Water supply systems and their designing.
5. Domestic hot water supply systems.
6. Gas installation for buildings.
7. Problems of designing of thermal comfort in building through heating and air conditioning systems.
8. Heat losses calculation.
9. Overview of heating system, choice and design.
10. Heat losses of building and heat balance.
11. Determination of type and size of radiators.
12. Heat sources and their dispositional arrangement .
13. Renewable energy of HVAC systems.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Building services systems. Indoor climate creation. Types of systems. Design, service, energy and economy factors of indoor climate creation by building services systems.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization M , 4 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Helena Wierzbická, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the subject Building Services. 2. Principles of sanitary equipment design. 3. Sorts of waste waters and designing of drainage systems inside buildings. 4. Rainwater management. Water supply systems and their designing. 5. Domestic hot water supply systems. 6. Gas installation for buildings. 7. Problems of designing of thermal comfort in building through heating and air conditioning systems. 8. Heat losses calculation. 9. Overview of heating system, choice and design. 10. Heat losses of building and heat balance. 11. Determination of type and size of radiators. 12. Heat sources and their dispositional arrangement . 13. Renewable energy of HVAC systems.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Helena Wierzbická, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Design of hygiene facilities, situation Design of sanitary drainage system, Design of water distribution system and hot water supply systems Calculation of heat losses Determination of type and size of radiators Design of heat source Gas piping installation