Description:

The basic knowledge from architectural acoustics and daylight in architecture is given to students within this course. Students participating in this course will be able to design and evaluate buildings considering daylight and acoustic performance.

Contents:

Fundamentals of acoustics, basic definitions and quantities (sound as a physical phenomenon, spectral analysis, levels and decibels, weighing of sound, time factor and equivalent levels, sound sources, sound fields).Indoor and outdoor sound propagation (attenuation, absorption, reflection and geometrical spreading of sound). Noise and vibration control engineering (principles of noise and vibration control, elastic mounting of vibration sources, enclosures, barriers, room sound absorption). Introduction to room acoustics and sound insulation in buildings (sound reduction index of single and double leaf partitions, impact sound insulation, revereberation time).
Daylight in architecture (the Sun as a source of daylight, basic photometric quantities and calculation principles, transmission of daylight through windows). Insolation of buildings (fundamentals of spherical astronomy, sun paths diagrams, sun control).

Seminar contents:

Calculation with sound pressure levels
Outdoor sound propagation
Indoor sound propagation
Airborne and impact sound insulation
Seminar paper
Assessment of daylight and insolation of buildings

Recommended literature:

? Maekawa Z., Lord P.: Environmental and Architectural Acoustics, E a FN Spon, London 1994
? Beranek Leo L., Vér István L.: Noise and Vibration Control Engineering - Principles and Applications, John Wiley a Sons, Inc., 1992
? Ficker T.: Handbook of Building Thermal Technology, Acoustics and Daylighting, CERM, Brno 2004

Keywords:

Building acoustics, Room acoustics, Daylight in architecture, Sun control, Sound insulation in buildings, Sound reduction index, Impact sound insulation, Environmental noise

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar