Study Programmes 2016-2017
WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications
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Introduction to building thermals
Duration :
15h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in electro-mechanical engineering (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Jean-Marie Hauglustaine
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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 learning unit :
To familiarize the student with the energy balance of a building
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
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