Course Details

Principles of envelope design for low energy buildings

Academic Year 2025/26

BHA028 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-EVB Winter Semester 3rd year

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Milan Ostrý, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Structures

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289993

Lecture

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Motivation, terminology, definition of categories of energy-efficient buildings, overview of related laws, regulations and standards.
  • 2. Architectural solution - orientation to the world sides, recommended layout solution, recommended shape solution, influence of shape solution on energy performance.
  • 3. Constructional design - variants of load-bearing structures and pratitions (advantages, disadvantages), importance of thermal bridges.
  • 4. Envelope of energy-efficient buildings - principles of design of vertical structures including material variants.
  • 5. Envelope of energy-efficient buildings - principles of roof and floor design including material variants.
  • 6. Envelope based on the renewable building materials.
  • 7. Modern thermal insulation materials.
  • 8. Wall openings- used types, methods of anchoring.
  • 9. Principles for the solution of details of building structures.
  • 10. Air-tightness of buildings - legislation, ways of provision and tests on site.
  • 11. Passive and active use of solar radiation, influence of building solution on thermal stability.
  • 12. Energy rehabilitation of the envelope - differences compared to new buildings.
  • 13. Examples of good practice.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Assignment of semestral work
  • 2.-3. Design of building layout, modifying of an existing object
  • 4. Design of the size and location of wall openigs
  • 5. Design and calculation of the properties of wall openings
  • 6.-7. Design of vertical structures and their assessment
  • 8. Design of roof structure and structures in contact with soil
  • 9. Calculation of average thermal transmittance
  • 10.-12. Design and assessment of selected design details
  • 13. Consultations and credit