After successful completion of the course, students are able to apply fundamental knowledge of Building Physics and to utilize domain-relevant tools and instruments to answer questions pertaining to building performance.

Students will gain competences as follows:

Technical and methodological competences: This course focuses on teaching the required fundamentals of building physics (thermal, visual and acoustical performance of buildings). In-depth knowledge of physical phenomena regarding mass and energy transfer in and around buildings is the focus. In terms of the qualification profile of the Master's program, this module/course thus contributes significantly to the acquisition of competences to perform normative calculations on the one hand and numerical simulations on the other hand and analyses in the field of structural building physics.

Cognitive and practical competences: Basic acquisition of the ability to apply contemporary, building physics evaluation, calculation and simulation methods and tools in a goal-oriented manner. Basic understanding of the areas of application and limitations of such tools, acquisition of the corresponding vocabulary as well as the ability to independently expand the basic content taught in the module / course by consulting appropriate resources, literature as well as in-depth modules.

Social competencies and self-competencies: Training of innovation competence and creativity to open up solution spaces by expanding the assessment tools for subject-specific questions; linking to state-of-the-art research and teaching in the domain of building physics; understanding the needs of different groups of people with regard to the technical module content.

Theoretical Foundations and practical appliances in the most relevant domains of Building Physics:

• Hygro-thermal Aspects of Building Physics & Energy-related Aspects of Building Physics (hygro-thermal building performance, energy efficiency, thermal comfort, Benchmarking, Normative calculation, numeric simulation, interfaces to HVAC-Technologies and Building Systems, as well as to Fire Safety and Protective Ecology)
• Visual Aspects of Building Physics (Daylight, artificial lightings, visual comfort, visual indoor space quality, environmental psychology, interfaces to energy efficiency).
• Acoustical Aspects of Building Physic (Building acoustics, Room Acoustics, Aureability, acoustical quality of indoor spaces, noise reduction),
• Overview about other relevant subdomains of Building Physics (e.g. Building Systems, Fire Safety)

Presentation and Discussion of relevant course material, exercise tasks, application of simple and advanced tools and instruments relevant in the domain.

+++Mandatory introductory course in the first semester of the Master Curriculum Building Sciences and Environment+++

+++Course can only be attented by Students enrolled in the programme+++

+++Lecture in english language.+++

Schedule: Wednesdays, from 04.10.2023, 09:00 - 12:00/13:00 in Seminarraum EA U1-5

Grading will be conducted via

• participation
• timely delivering of exercise tasks and homeworks
• a final test or multiple intermediate tests.