AAE-E4001 - Comfortable and Healthy Indoor Environments, Lecture, 11.1.2023-22.2.2023

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

has a understand of entity of indoor environment and impact on health, perceived conditions and productivity
- can estimate the demand of outdoor air
- can calculate the whole body thermal sensation and local thermal comfort
- is aware of pollutants in room air and air cleaning technologies
- is able to analyze noise generation of ventilation system and acoustics in the room spaces
- is able to use evaluation methods, standards and volunteer-based classification methods of indoor climate

Credits: 5

Schedule: 11.01.2023 - 22.02.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Risto Kosonen, Heidi Salonen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Literature, contact teaching lectures and in-class calculation exercises:
    Contact 1: Comfortable and Healthy Indoor Climate
    calculation exercise 1
    Contact 2: Indoor Air Quality
    calculation exercise 2
    Contact 3: Thermal comfort
    calculation exercise 3
    Contact 4: Filtration
    calculation exercise 4
    Contact 5: Acoustics
    calculation exercise 5
    Contact 6: General indoor air pollutants and the role of fungi and fungal products in indoor air
    assignment of literature review

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Exam 70 %
    Calculation exercises 20 %
    Quick test before each lectures 10 %
    Scale 0-5; ~50 % of the maximum points are required for grade 1

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Contact hours (24 h):
    Lectures 12 h
    Visits in labs 2 h
    In-class calculation exercises 10 h
    Independent work (109,5 h):
    Calculation exercises 15 h
    Assignment of literature review 7 h
    Lecture notes and background material 60 h
    Preparation for examination 24,5 h
    Exam 3 h
    Total 133, 5 h

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    3 Good Health and Well-being

    11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language : English

    Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring III
    2023-2024 Spring III

    Enrollment :

    Registration for the course via Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi).

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