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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
ARCH0117-1  Introduction to building thermals

Duration :  15h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering, Teaching Focus, 2nd yearToute l'année2,5
Lecturer :  Jean‑Marie Hauglustaine
Language(s) of instruction :  
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.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
To familiarize the student with the energy balance of a building
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
No one
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
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 .
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Successive sessions of theoretical course, then of exercise (1 h 30' to 2 h each)
Recommended or required readings :  
Copy of the slides shown during the theoretical course.
Practical guides for architects written by the professor, for the Walloon Region.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
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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