Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 41)
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Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Nick Bamford.
Contact: Up to 6 hours of lectures, tutorials, site visits, and laboratory work per week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they:
- have developed an appreciation of the concepts of human comfort, heat flow, solar impact, energy use, natural and artificial lighting and acoustics, and their application to the buildings.
- are able to integrate, by qualitative and quantitative means, these concepts into design and construction, including the use of computer applications;
- have gained an appreciation technical report writing and of the role of consultants.
Content:
Thermal: Human comfort, heat flow, transmission, infiltration, control of solar impact, building envelope performance, heating and cooling loads, energy efficiency. Day lighting: perceptions, measurement and control; Artificial lighting: concepts, design calculations, modelling, use of technical data. Acoustics: Concepts and measurement of sound and noise, reverberation time, sound absorption and transmission, electro-acoustics. Materials: Embodied energy, sustainable resources.
Assessment:
Assignments (eg: exercises, essays, class presentations), equivalent to not more than 5,000 words, and one examination of up to 2 hours (which could take the form of a class test). Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first 2 weeks of semester. Exercises may relate to work being undertaken in other subjects.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 41)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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