Syllabus academic year 2007/2008
BUILDING SERVICEABK606

Higher education credits: 6. Grading scale: TH. Level: G2 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. ABK606 overlap following cours/es: ABK630 och ABK630. Compulsory for: IBYA2. Course coordinator: Mats Dahlblom, mats.dahlblom@hvac.lth.se, Installationsteknik. Recommended prerequisits: Byggnadsmaterial VBM611, Byggnadsfysik VBF605. The course might be cancelled if the numer of applicants is less than 15. Assessment: Written examination with one theoretical part and another one concerning calculations. To pass the course the students also have to be approved on the project exercise and the computer exercises. A well accomplished project exercise can raise the final grade with a maximum of half a grade. Further information: The course includes a project exercise called "villan Villan" in which a one family house should be provided with necessary engineering systems. The exercise, with several handing in, is a part in the three courses Building materials, Building technology and Building services. Home page: http://www.hvac.lth.se/utbildning/ABK606.html.

Aim
To give the student a basic knowledge of indoor environment and requirements on it and basic knowledge on how the most common building servicies systems functions, i. e. systems for water supply, waste water, heating and ventilation.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

have gained elementary knowledge about indoor environment and its demands.

be able to identify and solve elementary problems within building services.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to design systems for tap water, waste water, heating and ventilation in living houses.

be able to coordinate building services with framework and layout.

be able to perform elementary drawings and interpret more advanced.

be able to calculate and valuate energy needs for a building.

Contents
The course deals with general building services, demands on the thermal climate and the indoor air quality and criteria, design of systems for tap water, waste water, heating and ventilation, coordination of building services with layout and framework, performing elementary drawings and estimation of energy needs.

Literature
Warfvinge, C: Installationsteknik AK för V. KFS 2006.
Warfvinge, C: Övningsuppgifter i installationsteknik. LTH 2007.