Course detail

Building Acoustics and Daylighting

FAST-H35Acad. year: 2019/2020

The course presents the fundamentals in room acoustics and daylighting in buildings. Knowledge of this subject will be practically used for the following study - in seminars, projects, master degree projects.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Protocols.

Prerequisites

Fundamentals in Building constructions, Fundamentals in Acoustics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Acoustics
1. Acoustic waves, sound field.
2. Physiological acoustics, basic notions, loudness level and loudness.
3. Measurement of sound, frequency band, frequency band analysis, assessment of noise, hygienic limits.
4. Outdoor acoustics, attenuation due to distance, air attenuation, meteorological conditions, vegetation attenuation.
5. Attenuation of thin and thick barriers, overall attenuation.
6. Indoor acoustics, diffuse sound field, components of acoustic field.
7. Absorptive structures, membranes and oscillating plates, Helmholtz resonators.
8. Air-born sound insulation, Watters method.
9. Structure-born sound insulation, rating of structure-born sound insulation.
Daylighting
10. Insolation, requirements for insolation.
11. Photometry.
12. Daylighting in buildings, indoor illuminance, winter overcast sky, daylight factor, components of daylight factor, transmission of light through windows.
13. Daniljuk’s nomograms, Waldram’s diagram, BRS nomograms, mean value of the overall daylighting factor, correction for geographical orientation, designing windows, quality of daylighting, qualitative and quantitative requirements.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Fundamentals in room acoustics, determination of air-borne and impact sound insulation index for building constructions, design of rooms and their interiors with respect to reverberation time, determination of requirements for indoor acoustic comfort and design of building protection against exterior noise.
Methods for the evaluation of visual comfort in buildings, daylighting and insolation of buildings.

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

Maekwa Z.: Environmental and Architectural Acoustics. Ea FN SPON, London 1994
Pritchard D.C.: Lighting. Longman, Singapore 1996
Reid E.: Understanding Buildings. Addison Wesley, Singapore 1996

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.