Course Details

Management and Operation of HVAC

Academic Year 2026/27

NTB031 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIS Winter Semester 2nd year

Design of basic measurement and control systems for heating, ventilation and cooling applications. Sensors for measuring physical quantities, controllers and actuators. Preparation of diagrams and functional descriptions of measurement and control systems. Operation, servicing and maintenance of ventilation, heating and cooling systems.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Ing. Olga Rubinová, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Physics - Fundamentals of electrical, HVAC systems

Aims

Professional Knowledge

The student understands the principles of measurement and control of heating, ventilation and cooling systems, the functions of sensors, controllers and actuators, and the basic principles of preparing measurement and control diagrams.

Professional Skills

The student is able to design a basic measurement and control system, select suitable measuring and control components, prepare a functional diagram and description, and assess basic requirements for system operation and maintenance.

Professional Competence

The student is able to apply the principles of measurement and control in the design and operation of building services systems and professionally assess their basic functionality.

Prerequisites

Physics - Fundamentals of electrical, HVAC systems

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/303713

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Introduction to basic physical laws in electrical engineering and computing.
2. Fundamentals of electrical and lightning conductor equipment, safety work on electrical equipment.
3. Low voltage equipment and wiring, basic measurement and control systems.
4. The elements and components of regulatory circuits.
5. Measurement of electrical and non-electrical quantities, design of control systems.
6. Superior systems of measurement and control, the design, use.
7. Technical drawing in electrical and low voltage distribution.
8. Control systems for ventilation, air conditioning equipment.
9. Control systems for heating and cooling equipment.
10. Operation and maintenance of HVAC.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Introduction to basic physical laws in electrical engineering and computing.
2. Fundamentals of electrical and lightning conductor equipment, safety work on electrical equipment.
3. Low voltage equipment and wiring, basic measurement and control systems.
4. The elements and components of regulatory circuits.
5. Measurement of electrical and non-electrical quantities, design of control systems.
6. Superior systems of measurement and control, the design, use.
7. Technical drawing in electrical and low voltage distribution.
8. Control systems for ventilation, air conditioning equipment.
9. Control systems for heating and cooling equipment.
10. Operation and maintenance of HVAC.