House Building Technology

The course covers the following:
- building materials
- environmental assessment of building materials
- the structure and function of foundation, structure, structure completion, and climate shell
- the fire resistance and acoustic aspects of buildings
- exterior and interior climate
- heat and moisture transport in buildings
- energy consumption in buildings
- reading building drawings
- laboratory work including concreting and compressive test of concrete, tensile test of steel, and compressive test of wood
- computer exercises in the software SundaHus and VIP energy

Instruction is in the form of lectures, calculation exercises, four mandatory group laboratory exercises, field trips, and computer exercises.

Progressive specialisation: G1F (has less than 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: Registered for Sustainable development for engineering (7.5 ECTS credits), Thermal and fluid sciences for building and construction engineers (10 ECTS credits), and Introduction to building engineering (12.5 ECTS credits), or enrollment in the study programme in Building and Construction Engineering, or equivalent

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Study Programme in Building and Construction Engineering (studied during year 2)