Valid for:
Decided by: PLED C/D
Date of Decision: 2018-12-12
Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements.
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English
- Provide knowledge about the indoor environment and its effects on human health, comfort and performance.
- Provide knowledge about criteria and principals for design of safe and healthy indoor environments.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
- know how to identify hazards and problems of the indoor environment with respect to thermal factors, air quality, noise and lighting.
- know and understand the most important causes of such risks and problems.
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
- be able to identify risks and problems in the indoor environment
- be able to assess and interpret the problems
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
- be able to quantify and evaluate the severity of the problem on the basis of measurements
- be able to assess relevance, reliability and accuracy of method
- Health effects of indoor environmental factors
- Physical factors: aerosols, thermal factors, noise and lighting
- Principals and strategies for risk assessment
- Models for simulation of exposure conditions
- Design criteria for indoor environments
- Interaction between different factors
- Exercises and applications
- Interaction between building requirements, energy saving and indoor environmental quality
- National and international standards, rules and recommendations
Grading scale: UG - (U,G) - (Fail, Pass)
Assessment: Project work and examination.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
The course overlaps following course/s: TNM190
Course coordinator: Aneta Wierzbicka, aneta.wierzbicka@design.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.eat.lth.se/english/courses/separate-course-modules/
Further information: If the amount of students is less than 12 the course can be cancelled.