Course Details

Indoor environment in buildings

Academic Year 2026/27

BTB022 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-EVB Summer Semester 4th year

Basics of climatology. The factors affecting the quality of indoor microclimate. Effect of sun on the buildings. Thermal comfort and balance of human. Hygrothermal microclimate of buildings. Air quality. Hygienic requirements for the workplace.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Ing. Olga Rubinová, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Basic knowledge about heating system, cooling system and air conditioning
Secondary school knowledge about physics, especially thermomechanics
Knowledge about thermal engineering

Aims

Professional Knowledge

The student understands the basic principles of climatology and the factors affecting indoor environmental quality. The student understands the principles of thermal comfort, human thermal balance, thermal and moisture conditions, and indoor air quality.

Professional Skills

The student is able to assess basic indoor environmental parameters and apply methods for optimizing thermal, moisture and air quality conditions using building services systems.

Professional Competence

The student is able to evaluate indoor environmental conditions and propose basic measures to achieve the required quality of the indoor environment.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge about heating system, cooling system and air conditioning
Secondary school knowledge about physics, especially thermomechanics
Knowledge about thermal engineering

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/303277

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1.Meteorological instruments, measurement of selected meteorological variables and their evaluation. Atmospheric pollution.
  • 2.Summary of basic knowledge of meteorology and climatology
  • 3.Climate change and their impact on buildings
  • 4.Sun and thermal balance of buildings
  • 5.Thermal comfort
  • 6.Humidity in buildings
  • 7.Evaluation of thermal comfort
  • 8.Evaluation and Improovment of air quality
  • 9. Microbes in the environemnt
  • 10. Hygienic requirements on working space
  • 11. Other parts of indoor environments. Indoor environment in certification of buildings

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Statistical processing of climatic data
  • 2. Evaluation of climatic data
  • 3. Solar radiation in buildings
  • 4. Insolation of buildings
  • 5. Orientation of building and its thermal balance
  • 6. Human heat production
  • 7. Air humidity and environment in buildings.
  • 8. Evaluation of thermal comfort
  • 9. Air quality and ventilation
  • 10. Evaluation of working environment
  • 11. Assessment of students work