Indoor climate (5 cr)

Objective

1. You are consistent in using the terms and concepts of indoor climate and ventilation in buildings.
2. You are able to choose the appropriate category of indoor climate and air quality and air flow rates in the design phase of a building. Furthermore, you are able to justify the choices you have made.
3. You are able to support various activities during the design, building construction, and maintenance that minimize the possibility for indoor climate and air quality problems in buildings. You can plan the ways how the existing indoor climate problems should be studied and remediated with appropriate methods way.

Content

* What is meant by the concept indoor climate?
*Which regulations and guidelines handle the indoor climate, air quality, and ventilation of buildings? How should we apply those regulations and guidelines?
*How do we measure the indoor climate parameters? How should the measurements results be interpreted and used?
*What are the most typical complaints and problems in different types of buildings?
* What kind of procedures and methods are used in studying indoor climate problems?
* What kind of effect does indoor climate have on productivity of employees?

Evaluation

a) You use professional vocabulary systematically

e) You can use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field

f) You work as team member in a goal-oriented way

Course material

Achieving the desired indoor climate and Swegon Air Academy are used as the coursebooks. Information on the course content can also be found in other literature and on the Internet.

Study forms and methods

Performing tasks independently.

RDI and work-related cooperation

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Timing of exams and assignments

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Course part description

1. You are consistent in using the terms and concepts of indoor climate and ventilation in buildings.
2. You are able to choose the appropriate category of indoor climate and air quality and air flow rates in the design phase of a building. Furthermore, you are able to justify the choices you have made.
3. You are able to support various activities during the design, building construction, and maintenance that minimize the possibility for indoor climate and air quality problems in buildings. You can plan the ways how the existing indoor climate problems should be studied and remediated with appropriate methods way.

Further information

* What is meant by the concept of indoor climate?
*Which regulations and guidelines handle the indoor climate, air quality, and ventilation of buildings? How should we apply those regulations and guidelines?
*How do we measure the indoor climate parameters? How should the measurements results be interpreted and used?
*What are the most typical complaints and problems in different types of buildings?
* What kind of procedures and methods are used in studying indoor climate problems?
* What kind of effect does indoor climate have on the productivity of employees?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

a) You use professional vocabulary systematically

e) You can use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field

f) You work as team members in a goal-oriented way

Qualifications

No prerequisities