2024
Construction Technology I
Name: Construction Technology I
Code: ARQ02539I
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Architecture
Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
With the focus on the understanding of phenomena insteed of calculation and dimensioning, the thermal and acoustic behavior of buildings and the potential of natural lighting are studied
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Subject: Principals of buildings physics and energy transference.
Introduction of concepts and notions of buildings physics allows the student to complement knowledge
previously acquired in Constructions and Structures subjects, comprehension of interactions of the building
with the environment, the principles of transference of heat, the property of material, the principles of
buildings acoustics and the systems of natural and artificial lighting.
Introduction of concepts and notions of buildings physics allows the student to complement knowledge
previously acquired in Constructions and Structures subjects, comprehension of interactions of the building
with the environment, the principles of transference of heat, the property of material, the principles of
buildings acoustics and the systems of natural and artificial lighting.
Contents
1. Buildings thermic
- Understand the principles of transmission of heat.
2. Properties of non transparent materials
- Understand the notion of thermic resistance (U value).
- Identify thermic bridges of buildings;
- Understand the principle of thermic inertia.
3. Properties of transparent materials
- Compare performances of different kinds of windows through its main parameters (U,g,t,a);
- Understand the conditions for solar profits and thermic losses;
- Recognize and manipulate the impact of different shading systems;
4. Buildings acoustics
- Understand the generic principals and the nature of acoustic field and dissemination of sound in open and
closed spaces;
- Understand the resonant reduction effect consequence of distance and the effect of different screens;
- Generic principals of acoustic quality of a determined built space;
5. Lighting
- Recognize the contribution of natural lighting in several points of a place and deduce complementary needs
of artificial lighting
- Understand the principles of transmission of heat.
2. Properties of non transparent materials
- Understand the notion of thermic resistance (U value).
- Identify thermic bridges of buildings;
- Understand the principle of thermic inertia.
3. Properties of transparent materials
- Compare performances of different kinds of windows through its main parameters (U,g,t,a);
- Understand the conditions for solar profits and thermic losses;
- Recognize and manipulate the impact of different shading systems;
4. Buildings acoustics
- Understand the generic principals and the nature of acoustic field and dissemination of sound in open and
closed spaces;
- Understand the resonant reduction effect consequence of distance and the effect of different screens;
- Generic principals of acoustic quality of a determined built space;
5. Lighting
- Recognize the contribution of natural lighting in several points of a place and deduce complementary needs
of artificial lighting
Teaching Methods
Theoretical classes and practical work.
Visits to repairs ongoing.
The evaluation system is based on continuous evaluation (assiduity and participation), individual exercises
from programmatic contents and two written tests accomplished in the middle and in the end of the semester.
Visits to repairs ongoing.
The evaluation system is based on continuous evaluation (assiduity and participation), individual exercises
from programmatic contents and two written tests accomplished in the middle and in the end of the semester.
Teaching Staff
- Luís Duarte Ferro [responsible]
Certificações
