Course Details
Specialized project
Academic Year 2025/26
NHA067-A course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-EVB Winter Semester 2nd year
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
English
Credits
2 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
- 1. BIM: Fundamental terminology in Building Integrated Modelling. Introduction to complex (computer) modelling of building life cycle.
- 2. Building energy concepts: Introduction to fundamental terminology encountered in both European and Czech standards and laws. European requirements on energy performance of buildings (EPBD). Optimization of energy consumption during the life cycle of a building. Assignment of a part of building energy certification (based on students' bachelor projects) in English.
- 3. Multi-criteria assessment of buildings. Environmental impacts of construction industry and other human activities. Reasons and options for multi-criteria assessment of buildings. Discussion of examples. Assignment of a partial multi-criteria assessment of students' bachelor projects in English.
- 4. Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA): A method for evaluation of environmental impacts.
- 5. Consultations. Assignment of presentations describing students' master projects.
- 6. Renewable and alternative energy sources. Introduction of available energy sources and their applications in buildings.
- 7. Natural construction materials. History and contemporary state-of-art applications.
- 8. Smart buildings, cities and regions. Introduction of contemporary "smart" concepts and their application in construction industry.
- 9. Facility management: Definitions, descriptions, terminology development.
- 10. Classification. Presentation of students' master projects. Final submission reports and presentations.