Welcome!

This small course will give you an introduction to Bioclimatic design as well as providing some inspirational activities. The forms of teaching and examination will differ from most other courses. You will have an assignment and a task that has to be presented for the class. Some activities are mostly to get to know each other and a workshop is specifically on scientific writing.

Most lectures will be held in classroom and possible to follow on-campus. All lectures will also be streamed online and recorded. See TimeEdit for the time schedule. 

Content of the course
Bio-climatic refers to the relationship between climate and living matter. Accordingly, bioclimatic design is about designing for human beings by considering this relationship. The relationship between climate and living matter is also central to the pursuit of reduced energy usage in buildings without sacrificing human comfort needs. The amount of energy used for heating and cooling a building is determined by (i) the local climate; (ii) the thermal preferences of the occupants and (iii) by the form and fabric of the building.

Within this framework, the primary course focus of this course is climate, human thermal comfort and the fabric of the building. The course starts with the introduction of the theoretical principles of human thermal comfort, the means of micro-meteorological measurements and thermal comfort assessments. Students will put to use this knowledge and learn the basics of field measurement, thermal comfort assessment and reporting. The course concludes with lectures on common Swedish wooden construction technologies.

Forms of Assessment
Your knowledge and understanding of the subject will be assessed via two assignment and a presentation. You will receive a grade on a Swedish scale (U, 3, 4 or 5) of the course based on a 1.0 weight for the presentation and 1.5 weight for the written assignments.

Good luck with the course!

Best regards

Jonn Are

	Course Syllabus			Course information
	Reading List			Jonn Are Myhren Course Coordinator jam@du.se
				Co-lecturers Jingchun Shen is senior lecturer in construction technology. Email: jih@du.se Tomas Persson is senior lecturer in energy technology Email: tpe@du.se Alaa Khadra is a lecturer in construction technology. Email: akd@du.se   Sarah Ramsay will hold a workshop in presentation technique. Email: sbr@du.se