Degree in Architecture Studies

In La Salle you will be trained to become a responsable architect. Likewise, you will acquire the capacity to respond to the needs of society using the most advanced knowledge and technologies

ENERGY 2. Installations and Energy I

Description
1.1. Code: YY024 1.2. Type of course: Mandatory 1.3. Duration: Semester 1.4. ECTS Credits: 3 1.5. Responsible Professor: 1.6. Language: Catalan - Spanish - English
Type Subject
Tercer - Obligatoria
Semester
Second
Course
3
Credits
3.00
Previous Knowledge
Objectives

· Ability to create architectural projects that satisfy both aesthetic and technical requirements.

· Understanding the relationships between people and buildings, as well as between buildings and their surroundings, and the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them based on sustainability principles, health, and human scale.

· Knowledge of research methods and the preparation of installation projects.

· Understanding of structural design, construction, and engineering concepts related to building projects. Interdisciplinary knowledge.

· Adequate knowledge of physical problems and various technologies, as well as the function of buildings, to provide them with internal conditions of comfort, fire safety, and protection against climatic factors.

Contents

Introduction to fire safety. Parking.

Indoor air quality.

Heating installations: Concepts of comfort, inertia, and thermal insulation. Needs: estimation of loads.

Heating systems: Concepts, fundamental systems, elements, implementation, pre-dimensioning.

Air conditioning pre-installation: Concepts, fundamental systems, elements, implementation, pre-dimensioning. Services, space provision.

Plumbing installations, domestic hot water, and conventional and renewable hot water. Drainage installations. Performance, design, and construction. Practical application: sizing.

Fuel installations. Concepts, design, schematic. Practical application. Sizing.

Electrical installations. Concepts, design, schematic. Practical application. Sizing.

Common telecommunications infrastructures.

Methodology

Problem-solving and exercise classes

Seminar

Self-paced learning

Project-based learning

Flipped classroom

Peer instruction

Challenge-based learning

Just-in-time teaching

Lectures

Evaluation
Evaluation Criteria

Exams

Assignments

Internal/External Reports

Exercises, problems, practices

Projects

Group/Individual Presentations

Self-evaluation

Class participation/attendance

Project corrections: tutoring

Critiques by a panel/jury

Basic Bibliography
Additional Material