Course detail

Low energy houses (S-PST)

FAST-CH07Acad. year: 2024/2025

Designing of low-energy houses with the use of passive solar systems. An introduction to the utilization of active solar systems and renewable energy sources. Students will be given a general layout of a family or residential house to adjust and design a low-energy or a passive house. The balance of energy losses and gains will be calculated for the heating period as well as energy savings, heating expenses and rough calculation of the economic indexes.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Miloš Kalousek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of the thermal protection of buildings, knowledge of the basic physical quantities and thermal properties of building materials.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

To master correct designing and evaluation of a building as a low-energy, passive or the zero-energy house.
Student will design and evaluate the building, which fulfil criteria for low-energy or passive house. Including evaluation of critical details.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Cihelka: Solární tepelná technika. 1994. (CS)
Feist, Klein: Nizkoenergetický dům. 1994. (CS)

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloš Kalousek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Principles of low-energy buildings.
2. Design fundamentals of a low-energy house.
3. Requirements for Nearly zero and Passive buildings.
4. Thermal insulation design of a building (wall, roof, floor, windows).
5. Thermal joints of constructions (foundations, floor, corner, jamb and cap).
6. Windows anad doors for passive houses.
7. Ventilation, heating and hot domestic water.
8. HVAC systems and renewable energy.
9. Computer programmes and simulations of the annual heat and cold consumption.
10. Energy legislation and certificate.
11. Air-tightness of a building.
12. Practice examples of buildings.
13. Defects, failures and renovation of buildings.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloš Kalousek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Principles of low-energy buildings 2. Design fundamentals of a low-energy house and its thermal balance 3. Thermal insulation design of a building (wall, roof, floor, windows) 4. Ventilation, heating and air-tightness of a building 5. Thermal joints of constructions (foundations, floor, corner, jamb and cap) 6. Computer programmes and simulations of the annual heat and cold consumption 7. Void infill elements for low-energy houses 8. Economic and utility assessment of low-energy buildings 9. An excursion to a low-energy house 10. Energy legislation