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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
ARCH0117-1  Introduction to building thermals
Duration :  15h Th, 15h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering, Teaching Focus, 2nd yearToute l'année3
Holder(s) :  Jean‑Marie Hauglustaine
Language :  French language
Course contents :  General information about thermal comfort. Energy balance of a building: coefficient of thermal transmission through walls, ventilation thermal losses, solar and internal gains, efficiency of the heating and domestic hot water systems.
Course objective :  To familiarize the student with the energy balance of a building
Prerequisites :  No one
Workshops :  With an actual building as support of the exercise: calculation of the thermal transmission coefficient of the walls (U-value), of the hygienic ventilation needs, evaluation of the primary energy consuption and of the energy performance regulation criteria .
Organization :  Successive sessions of theoretical course, then of exercise (1 h 30' to 2 h each)
Written notes :  Copy of the slides shown during the theoretical course.
Practical guides for architects written by the professor, for the Walloon Region.
Assessment :  Oral + exercise in writing

The practical exercises are evaluated and intervene in the final cotation.
Contacts :  Jean-Marie HAUGLUSTAINE
ULg - Faculty of Sciences
Department of Sciences and of
Environmental Management
Avenue de Longwy 185
B-6700 ARLON
Phone: +32 (0) 63 230 900
or +32 (4) 366 94 83
Mobile: +32 (0) 486 24 86 28
E-mail: jmhauglustaine@ulg.ac.be


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