066-0420-00L Indoor Environment, Resources and Safety
| Semester | Spring Semester 2021 |
| Lecturers | A. Frangi, T. Larsen, S. M. Schoenwald |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | MIBS: This course must be taken in the first year of coursework. |
| Abstract | Principles of Building Acoustics, Water and Fire safety |
| Objective | Building Acoustics - Fundamentals of sound: Sound waves, Sound sources and free field sound propagation, Sound descriptors and sound levels - Sound fields in rooms: Reflection and absorption at boundaries, Diffuse sound fields (reverberation time), Room modes - Airborne sound transmission through building elements I: Homogenous structures: Monolithic elements, Double leaf elements (walls, windows, ), Linings, toppings and additional layers - Airborne sound transmission through building elements II: Assembled (lightweight) structures: Double leaf framed elements - Impact sound transmission through building elements: Impact sources, Floor elements and floor toppings, Introduction structure-borne sound and vibration - Sound transmission in buildings I: Composite elements, Flanking sound transmission I: Concept of flanking, Monolithic buildings - Sound transmission in buildings II: Flanking sound transmission II: Lightweight framed buildings, Outline prediction methods, Noise from building systems and installations - Measurement, Descriptors and Regulations: Standardized measurement techniques and protocols Water - Urban water management: The importance of water in an urban context and the interaction with households; climate change & urban water; water-sensitive urban design; urban planning and infrastructure performance - Blue-green infrastructure in buildings: Physical processes of blue-green systems and their influence on environmental benefits; design considerations of blue-green systems for buildings, especially bio-retention basins and green roofs - Challenges for water and wastewater management: Local and global drivers (water scarcity, sanitation crisis, planetary boundaries, dead zones, circular economy) and their influence on drinking water & wastewater management in Switzerland - Innovative building technology for water management: New paradigms; source separation; innovative handling of water and wastewater in buildings; new technologies; system design Fire and Safety - Fire safety objectives and regulations - Fire safety concepts and measures - Fire statistics - Human behavior and escape - Structural fire safety - Technical fire safety - Organizational fire safety - Risk and probabilistic - Economy of fire safety measures |