There seminar is structured by 8 lectures on:

1.humans as thermodynamic systems   2.sick building and the architecture of well being a.thermal comfort (P.O.Fanger) b.visual comfort c.acoustic comfort d.humidity, mould and decay   3.climate and climate change (Arrhenius, Tyndall) a.greenhouse effect and gases b.IPCC scenarios, Radiative Forcing   4.losses and gains a.architecture and its environment b.solar architecture and internal gains c.architecture as a thermodynamic system   5.what is energy (Joule, Clausius, Maxwell) a.laws of thermodynamics b.entropy c.enthalpy d.atoms and energy (Mach, Boltzmann, Planck, Einstein)   6.ecology and life of a building a.embodied energy b.life cycle analysis   7.systems of energy conversion a.fire and steam b.wind, sun, biogenic c.the carnot cycle and environmental heat d.photovoltaics (Becquerel) e.cooling systems   8.politics and physics a.EU Taxonomy b.Energy Performance of Buildings Directive  

The lectures relate to the main fields of building physics:

1 Energy, 2 Heat Transfer and Thermal Comfort

3 Humidity, 4 Climate, 5 Daylighting, 6 Sound, 7 Acoustics

fields 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are introduced in Bauphysik 1.

In Bauphysik 2, the focus is on fields 6 and 7, fields 1 to 5 are further deepened.

Frequent and active participation is obligatory. Each student adopts one of the above sub-chapters and contributes (responds) by an illustration that describes a process, an interdependancy or sorts scales and relationships.

Building Physics 1+2 initially was intended for students whose Bachelor degree has gaps in the field of building physics, yet, is open to all Master students and goes beyond fundamentals, see description. The aim of the course is to provide a deeper understanding of the impact of architecture and its inhabtants on the physical environment and vice versa.

The teaching methode will connect the theory to instant application in design by
hands-on teaching of Ladybug-Honeybee tools.

This seminar is part of the teaching of the Energy Design department. Take a look at the work of our students and our projects and research:
https://energy-design.tumblr.com/