summer

course-unit credit

Knowledge

• Understands principles of building physics (thermal performance, acoustics, daylight).
• Familiar with laws and standards (ČSN, decrees, etc.).
• Knows evaluation procedures for thermal protection, acoustic comfort, and indoor environment quality.
• Understands simulation tools for thermal, moisture, acoustic, and daylighting performance.
• Understands the relationship between design and physical properties.

Skills

• Can perform basic building physics assessments.
• Identifies critical construction details.
• Designs improvements for energy, acoustic, and lighting performance.
• Uses simulation tools independently.
• Interprets and applies analysis results in design.

Competences

• Designs and evaluates construction solutions independently.
• Proposes construction modifications to meet physical parameters.
• Communicates results effectively.
• Collaborates on integrated project teams.
• Adapts to new trends in building physics and sustainable design.

Building Act No. 283/2021 Coll. (en)
Decree No. 131/2024 Coll. on building documentation (en)
Decree No. 146/2024 Coll. on construction requirements (en)
Valid ČSN and EN standards (en)
DARULA, S. et al. Daylight Illumination. ČKAIT, 2024 (en)
VAVERKA, J. et al. Building Physics I & II. VUTIUM, Brno (en)

BOŠOVÁ, D. Building Physics II, ČVUT, 2019 (en)
KÜNZEL, H.M. Simultaneous Heat and Moisture Transport…, Fraunhofer IBP (en)
Green Roofs: Ecological Design & Construction, Earth Pledge (en)
PETRÁŠ, D. Low-Temperature Heating…, Jaga (en)
PREGIZER, D. Passive House Principles, Grada (en)
TYWONIAK, J. Low-Energy Houses, Grada (en)
CHMURNÝ, I. Thermal Technology of Buildings, STU (en)
Straube, J., Burnett, E. Building Science for Building Enclosures. Building Science Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-9755127-1-2. (en)
Hens, H., Building Physics – Heat, Air and Moisture: Fundamentals and Engineering Methods with Examples and Exercises. Ernst & Sohn, 2012. ISBN 978-3-433-03041-4. (en)
Baker, N., Fanchiotti, A., Steemers, K., Daylighting in Architecture: A European Reference Book. James & James, 1993. ISBN 978-1873936525. (en)
Cowan, H. J., Building Acoustics. CRC Press, 2017 (reprint of 1993 edition). ISBN 978-1138470132. (en)
Hopkins, C., Sound Insulation. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. ISBN 978-0750669246. (en)
ASHRAE Handbook – Fundamentals., ASHRAE, most recent edition (updated every 4 years). (en)
CIBSE Lighting Guide LG10: Daylighting and Window Design. Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, UK. (en)

To offer to students of all faculties