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Building Environment 1 is a first year course.
The subject is taken by students reading for :
B.Eng. degree in Civil Engineering,
M.Eng. degree in Civil Engineering,
M.Eng. degree in Civil and Architectural Engineering,
BSc. degree in General Architectural Studies.
| BE 1 Syllabus | The Modules Aims and Objectives with a fairly detailed Syllabus |
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| Chapter 1 Preamble | 201 KB, open access | Studying Building Environment 1 |
| Chapter 2 Introduction | 194 KB, open access | An introduction to the course |
| Chapter 3 Climate | 579 KB, open access | The description of climates |
| Chapter 4 Comfort | 329 KB, open access | Experiencing the world |
| Chapter 5 Thermal Env. | 890 KB, open access | Thermal comfort and heat losses |
| Chapter 6 Natural Light | 632 KB, open access | Natural Lighting and design for sunlight |
| Chapter 7 Sunlight position | 548 KB, open access | Geometry of sunlight and sunpath diagrams |
| Chapter 8 Solar gain | 555 KB, open access | Radiation and the effects of solar gain on buildings |
| Chapter 9 Basic sound | 407 KB, open access | Measurement of sound and introduction of decibels |
| Chapter 10 Room acoustics. | 426 KB, open access | Transmission of sound through partitions, reverberation time |
| Chapter 11 Light. | 700 KB, open access | Nature of light and units of measurement |
| Chapter 12 Daylight | 347 KB, open access | Introduction to daylighting and calculation of average Daylight Factor |
| Data Sheet | A summary of general formulae, provided in examinations |
| Thermal properties | Thermal properties of some building materials |
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| Observing climate | Introductory exercise to draw attention to the physical environment |
| Sunlighting | Establishing sun's position in sky and sketching sunpath diagrams |
| Answers to Sunlighting | Restricted access to answers on sunlighting questions |
| Heat Losses | U-Values and calculating the fabric heat loss from buildings |
| Answers to Heat Losses | Restricted access to heat loss answers |
| Basic Lighting units | The lighing quantites, the Lumen and Luminous Efficacy |
| Average illuminance | Calculating the average illuminance within rooms |
| Average Daylight Factors | Calculating the average daylight factor in a room |
| Answers to Daylight | Restricted access to answers to some daylight questions |
| Solar gain questions | Solar irradiances and storage factors |
| Answer to Solar gain | Answers to solar gain questions |
| Acoustic questions A | Basic acoustic quantities |
| Acoustic questions B | Questions on Sound transmission loss and reverberation time |
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