| Learning programme | Solar Shading Systems | |||
| Goals/Objectives | ||||
| Total number of hours | 14 | Total number of credits | N/A | |
| Minimum EQF for participants | 6 | |||
| Pre-curriculum conditions | Degree in Architecture, Civil and Mechanical Engineering | |||
Learning Outcomes
| Learning unit/ topic | Knowledge | Skills | Responsibility & autonomy |
| 1 | Fundamentals of climate solar radiation and effects on buildings | ||
| Knowledge on climatic condition and solar radiation | Interpret and evaluate solar conditions in a certain location required to evaluate the impact of solar radiation on building façade | Responsibility for advice the client and ensure the project design of solar systems according with the building location and conditions | |
| 2 | Solar shading system overview | ||
| Knowledge on facts and general concepts of the impact of orientation of buildings
Knowledge on facts of the influence of building compactness Knowledge on facts, principles and general concepts regarding properties of types of shading systems |
Cognitive and practical skills required to explain effective solar shading devices and give hints for their usage
Cognitive and practical skills required to explain the importance of shading automatization. Cognitive and practical skills required to show differences between internal and external shading systems |
Responsibility for completion of tasks related to installation of shading systems on different types of building elements and different types of systems on the market
Adaptation of own behaviour to circumstances in solving problems |
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| 3 | Effect of shading on indoor comfort | ||
| Knowledge on facts and
principles of comfort in buildings and healthy indoor climate, including indoor air quality, thermal comfort, daylight and lighting |
Cognitive and practical skills required to explain the
importance of comfort in buildings and healthy indoor climate Cognitive and practical skills required to present the criteria for thermal comfort Cognitive and practical skills required to understand visual comfort and present criteria for lighting and glare Cognitive and practical skills required to Identify the main factors influencing indoor comfort during summer and describe their importance |
Responsibility for for the dentification of indoor environment related issues,
– Adapt own behaviour to circumstances in solving problems, |
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| 4 | Design and architectural solutions for solar shadings | ||
| cognitive and practical skills required to explain effective solar shading devices and give hints for their usage
– cognitive and practical skills required to explain the importance of shading automatization. – cognitive and practical skills required to show differences between internal and external shading systems |
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| 5 | Regulatory requirements | ||
Detailed content of the topic (module)
| Learning unit/topic | Teaching methods
(classical, video presentation, ppt presentation) |
Type of activity
(course, applied activity, practical activity) |
No. of hours |
1.1 Nature and components of solar radiation 1.2 Solar geometry 1.3 Solar gains and daylighting in buildings |
ppt presentation | Course | 2 |
2.1 General concepts 2.2 Different types of shading systems 2.3 Benefits and constraints of use |
ppt presentation | Course | 2 |
3.1 Overview of fundamental thermal and optical properties 3.2 Thermal comfort and HVAC energy demand 3.3 Visual comfort and electric lighting energy demand 3.4 Metrics and experimental techniques for performance assessment |
ppt presentation | Course | 4 |
| 4. Design and architectural solutions for solar shadings
5.1Tools and methods 5.2Practical examples of shading devices |
ppt presentation | Course (D) | 4 |
| 5. Regulatory requirements | ppt presentation | Course (D) | 2 |
| Total no. of hours | 14 | ||
| References: Hottel, H.C. A simple model for estimating the transmissivity of direct solar radiation through clear atmospheres. Solar Energy, vol.18Energy Research Group, University College Dublin, Solar shading for the European climates– Editor(s): F. Garde, J. Ayoub, L. Aelenei, D. Aelenei, and A. Scognamiglio, Solution Sets for Net Zero Energy Buildings-Feedback from 30 Net ZEBs worldwide, ISBN 978-3-433-03072-1– Editor: Masa Noguchi, ZEMCH: Towards the Delivery of Zero Energy Mass Custom Homes, ISBN 978-3-319-31965-0– Editor(s): Francesco Asdrubali, Umberto Desideri, Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2019, ISBN 9780128128176 |