3 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Bodart Magali;
Language
French
Prerequisites
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
This teaching unit cover the basic concepts of the physics of walls, hygrothermal comfort and air quality. In particular, it is designed to make students familiar with the notions of mechanical and thermal energy, interior thermal comfort and heat and steam transfer through ventilation and within the walls of a building.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | This teaching unit focuses particularly on two dimensions of the profile of a Bachelor level graduate in Architecture: developing a technical dimension and making use of other disciplines. Specific learning outcomes: By the end of this course, students will be able to
Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework: Make use of other subjects
Use the technical dimension
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course starts with the quantification of energy involved during the shifting of a load and the heating of some material. The emphasis is put on the differentiation of the notions of energy and power, taking the units into account for each quantification.
The different heat propagation modes and the parameters of thermal comfort are then accurately described before tackling the chapter regarding heat exchanges through building walls.
The notion of thermal bridge is then introduced. Their influence on energy losses in buildings are then quantified. This allows to switch from the scale of a wall to the building, in order to calculate the energy requirements of the building in static mode.
The final chapter addresses the water vapor transmission in a wall.
For that purpose, the moist air diagram is very accurately studied. The students are then taught how to draw the curve of vapor pressure within a wall and how to accurately assess when the risks of internal condensation are present and to determine the protection methods to prevent this condensation.
The chapter ends with the surface condensation phenomenon.
The different heat propagation modes and the parameters of thermal comfort are then accurately described before tackling the chapter regarding heat exchanges through building walls.
The notion of thermal bridge is then introduced. Their influence on energy losses in buildings are then quantified. This allows to switch from the scale of a wall to the building, in order to calculate the energy requirements of the building in static mode.
The final chapter addresses the water vapor transmission in a wall.
For that purpose, the moist air diagram is very accurately studied. The students are then taught how to draw the curve of vapor pressure within a wall and how to accurately assess when the risks of internal condensation are present and to determine the protection methods to prevent this condensation.
The chapter ends with the surface condensation phenomenon.
Teaching methods
The course is taught in auditorium.
All theory notions reviewed are very extensively illustrated by real cases, from the simplest to the most elaborated, for which the relevant physical phenomenon are quantified.
All theory notions reviewed are very extensively illustrated by real cases, from the simplest to the most elaborated, for which the relevant physical phenomenon are quantified.
Evaluation methods
The evaluation is a written exam based on applications of theory to cases ranging from simple to more elaborated, as practiced during the term.
Bibliography
Matériel d'enseignement
- Syllabus
- Copies des présentations powerpoint
Faculty or entity
LOCI
