Course Details

Building Services in Residential Buildings

Academic Year 2026/27

BTA030-A course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPA-SIS Winter Semester 3rd year

General requirements and current legislation for residential buildings. Concept of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems ensuring a suitable thermal and humidity microclimate in these buildings. Overview of basic parameters for the design of HVAC components and concepts. Cooling of residential buildings. Heating units and surfaces suitable for low temperature heating systems. Domestic hot water (DHW) preparation options. Heat sources suitable for heating systems. Equipment and design of electrical installations in residential buildings. Rainwater management. Basic control of HVAC systems. Thermal solar collectors and hybrid photovoltaic power plant options.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

English

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Aleš Rubina, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Aims

Professional knowledge
  • The student will gain an overview of the heating, ventilation and electrical systems used in residential buildings with respect to the EU taxonomy conditions. He/she will also gain an overview of the methods of rainwater management, hot water treatment and the use of renewable energy sources in these buildings.
Professional skills
  • After completing the course, the student will be able to design standard solutions for heating, air conditioning, electrical installation, hot water preparation and rainwater management in relation to the layout and design of the building. In addition, the student will be able to incorporate renewable energy sources suitable for residential buildings into the design.
Qualification
  • The student will gain qualification for follow-up courses and education necessary to obtain authorization within Czech Chamber of Authorized Engineers and Technicians Active in Construction at the level of authorized technician.

Basic Literature

Principles of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers; 9th edition (2021), ISBN 9781947192706 (en)
McQUISTON F. C.: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, John Wiley & Sons Inc (2023), ISBN 9781119894148 (en)
GARRETT R. H.: Hot and Cold Water Supply, Wiley-Blackwell, 3rd edition (2008), ISBN 978-1405130028 (en)
MEP Guide For Planning Engineers, Planningengineer.net, available from: https://www.mepwork.com/2018/07/mep-guide-for-planning-engineers.html (en)

Offered to foreign students

To offer to students of all faculties

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/299111

Lecture

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  1. Requirements for residential buildings according to the current legislation of the Czech Republic from the perspective of the building services professions. Concept of MEP systems and energy sources in residential buildings with regard to energy performance.
  2. HVAC - Basicoverviewofsuitabledistributionelements.
  3. HVAC - HVACductrouting, HVAC unit configuration and placement.
  4. HVAC –Thermalload and thermal stability oftheroom - buildingorientation, shadingelements.
  5. HVAC – Coolingoptionsforresidentialbuildings.
  6. Heating - Choice of heating surfaces with regard to the temperature gradient of the heating system.
  7. Heating - Variants of DHW preparation. Thermal solar collectors for residential houses.
  8. Sources of heat and cold with regard to the temperature gradient of the heating system and the possibility of using renewable energy sources.
  9. Electricalinstallations - Balanceofelectricityconsumption. Parametersofthemaincircuitbreaker and the house switchboard.
  10. Electrical installations - PV power plants for residential buildings.
  11. Electricalinstallations - Internalelectricalwiring.
  12. Plumbing - Rainwater management and itsfurther use.
  13. HVAC systems control and facility management. Consumption accounting in residential buildings.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to theexercise. Determinationofheatloss by theenvelopemethod.
  2. HVAC – Determinationof air flows in rooms and design of air distributionelements.
  3. HVAC – Design of HVAC ductroutes and HVAC unit.
  4. HVAC – Design ofshadingelements, orientationofthebuilding to thecardinalpoints and calculationoftheheatloadoftheroom.
  5. HVAC – Design ofthecoolingsystem and locationofitselements.
  6. Heating – Selectionofheatingsystemtemperature gradient and design ofconvectionheatingsurfaces.
  7. Heating – Design of radiant heatingsurfaces.
  8. Heating – DHW preparation proposal. Thermal solar collectors.
  9. Design of the heat and cold source with regard to the temperature gradient of the heating system and taking into account the primary energy conversion factor.
  10. Electrical installations – Balance of electricity consumption. Design and calculation of the main circuit breaker.
  11. Electricalinstallations – Design of a hybrid PV power plant.
  12. Plumbing –Design oftherainwaterharvesting tank and seepagesystem. Rainwaterharvesting.
  13. Final inspection and evaluation of work, credit.

Self-study

26 weeks, 1 hours/week

Individual preparation for an ending of the course

39 weeks, 1 hours/week