Course detail

Building Services (E)

FAST-BT03Acad. year: 2011/2012

Introduction to the subject, principles of sanitary equipment design. Drainage systems inside buildings. Water sources for buildings, water supply systems. Domestic hot water supply systems. Gas installation for buildings. Electrical equipments.
Problems of thermal comfort in buildings. Types of water heating systems. Heat losses for buildigs and heat balance. Type of radiators. Heat sources and their space arrangement. Boiler rooms of the central heating. Hydraulics of heating systems.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student obtains overview of plumbing systems, electrical equipments and heating systems of building.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge about constructional systems of buildings, fundamentals of hydromechanics, fundamentals of water supply and sewerage, basic theoretic knowledge of direct and alternating current, fundamentals of heat transfer.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the subject of Building Services. Principles of sanitary equipment design
2. Sorts of waste waters and designing of drainage systems inside buildings
3. Water sources for water supply for buildings. Water supply systems and their designing
4. Domestic hot water supply systems. Equipment for fire-water supply
5. Fuel gas properties. Gas installation for buildings
6. Electrical equipments - building electric wiring installation, artificial lighting, electrical service connections, lightning conductors
7. Problems of designing of thermal comfort in building
8. Overview of heating systems, choice and design
9. Heat losses of buildings and heat balance
10. Determination of type and size of radiators
11. Heat sources and their dispositional arrangement
12. Equipments of boiler rooms.
13. Pipes sizing of heat systems

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Overview of plumbing systems. Bases of electrotechnics. Bases of heating systems.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bárta, L., Čupr, K.: TZB I (S) - M01, M02, M03, M04. Fakulta stavební VUT v Brně - elektronická podoba, 1996. (CS)
Dvořáček, K. a kol.: Elektroinstalace v bytové a občanské výstavbě I.II.. IN-EL Praha, 1996. (CS)
Počinková, M.: TZB II - M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07. Fakulta stavební VUT v Brně - elektronická podoba, 1996. (CS)
Stein, B.: Building Technology. John Wiley & Sons Inc., NY, USA, 1997. (EN)

Recommended reading

Počinková, M., Treuová, L.: Vytápění. Era, Brno, 2003. (CS)
Žabička, Z., Vrána, J.: Zdravotně technické instalace. Era, Brno, 2009. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch E , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer