Description:

Introductory Course of Building Services is focused on sanitary installations, gas supply system and heating systems. Sanitary installations - introduction, hydraulic pipes, water supply facilities, balance water needs. Internal water supply systems - installation, materials, calculation, waste water and disposal, sewage systems, internal drainage, types of fixtures. Gas - external pipelines, connections, balance of gas, internal pipeline systems, flue gas. Central heating and design of heating surfaces. Calculation of heat balance. Heating system. Preparation of hot water. Heat sources - boiler, electric heating, district heating, renewable sources.

Contents:

Introduction into building services
Building drainage
Water supply
Gas supply
Applied thermomechanics, thermal comfort
Heating systems,Principle of Heating system, Heat loss calculation
Heating systems - hydraulics, geometry
Heating systems
Heat sources
Renewable sources

Seminar contents:

1 Introduction to tasks, Sanitary appliances,
2 Sanitary appliances, Building drainage 1,
3 Building drainage 2
4 Water supply
5 Water supply 2
6 Gas supply
7 Consultation of the first three assignments
8 Heat Losses Calculation and Radiators Design
9 Heating system design 1
10 Heating system design 2
11 Central heating system - gas boiler plant
12 Final consultation and credits

Recommended literature:

Harris C.M. :Handbook of utilities and services for buildings (McGraw-Hill 1990)
ASHRAE Handbook 2000 HVAC Systems and Equipment
Details of plumbing fixtures you can find at http://www.laufen.cz/
Catalogue of the drainage pipes and fittings you can find at http://www.ekoplastik.cz/
Building control systems (faculty library C7529)
Services & environmental engineering ( faculty library C6391/1)
Chadderton David V. Building Services Engineering (E&FN SPON 1995)

Keywords:

heating, sewerage, water supply, gas pipeline, thermodynamics, heat loss, renewable energy sources hydraulics

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