Building Envelope StructuresLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

After completing the course students are able to:
-Identify different building envelope structures in buildings
-Rename different possible solutions for envelope structures to be constructed in some building types
-Determine how building envelope structures have been built in different time periods
-List materials that have been used and will be used in the future in construction of envelopes
-List climate (heat, moisture, wind etc.) and other factors (sound, day light, indoor air quality etc.) that have effect on designing of building envelope structures and their importance
-Identify importance of detail designing of connections to air tightness of structures and energy efficiency of a building
-Calculate U-value for a structure
-Calculate heat and humidity physics of a structure to evaluate the possibilities for structures to dry
-Calculate pressure differences over a structure in simple cases
-List prerequisites and initial data when using computer programs in analyzing of envelope structures
-Calculate moisture distribution of a structure with a computer program
-Write a report of modern envelope structures in energy efficient buildings

Content

Building envelope structures and their materials
Climate and other factors effecting on designing of building envelope structures
Designing of building envelope structures against moisture and heat loads
Air flows and calculation of pressure differences over a simple structure
Calculating moisture physics with a computer program

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to:
-Rename building components, materials and structures used in envelope structures
-List some climate and other factors that have effect on designing of building envelope structures and their importance
-Calculate U-value for a structure
-Calculate heat and moisture distribution for a simple structure
-List prerequisites and initial data needed in analyzing with computer programs
-Present in essay some important factors effecting on designing of building envelopes

Assessment criteria, good (3)

In addition to previous ones
The student is able to:
-Determine history of envelope structures built in different time periods
-Use a computer program in calculating moisture physics in a simple envelope structure
-Present in essay almost all important factors effecting on designing of building envelopes

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to:
In addition to previous ones
The student is able to:
-Analyze meaning of a calculation results computed by simple methods or computer program
-Present and analyze in essay all important factors effecting on designing of building envelopes