229-0270 – Daylighting and Sunlighting of Buildings (DaPB)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Building Environment and Building Services
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Iveta Skotnicová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
229-0270/01 2013/2014 2020/2021 3
229-0270/02 2013/2014 2020/2021 5

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Students will deepen their knowledge and skills in the field of daylighting and sunlighting. After completing the subject the student can solve the basic tasks and perform calculations and assessments of daylight and sunshine. Learning outcomes of the course unit Students will get acquainted with simple graphical methods of calculation and with more complicated simulation calculation programs (BuildingDesign with WDLS, SunLis modules). And he also gains practical knowledge about measurement of indoor daylighting.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

Students will be acquainted with the issue of building lighting technology. They learn how to work with basic variables in the field of daylighting calculations and building shedding. They will gain insights from the field of legislation and assessment of daylight buildings.

Compulsory literature:

CHADERTON, D. Building Services Engineering. Son Přes New York, 2004. ISBN: 0-203-56343-3 CEN EN 12665 Light and Lighting - Basic Terms and Criteria for Specifying Lighting Requirements BSI BS EN 12464-1 Light and lighting — Lighting of work places — Part 1: Indoor work places

Recommended literature:

Ficker T. Handbook of Building Thermal technology, Acoustics and Daylighting. CERM Brno 2004. ISBN 80-214-2670-5

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.