ZNS Health Safety of Buildings

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Kristýna Prušková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Michaela Středová
Department of Civil Engineering – Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Civil Engineering – Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
ZNS/X01: Wed 1. 3. 9:40–11:10 B2, Wed 5. 4. 9:40–11:10 B2, K. Prušková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim is to provide an overview of the internal microclimate of the building and the factors influencing it, the requirements that must be fulfilled to meet the health standards and ways to improve quality of the internal air quality to eliminate and/or reduce the health hazards. Upon successful completion of the course, student will be able to: Define the internal microclimate of buildings and explain the reasons of pollution or deterioration of quality of internal air due to construction defects or poor choice of materials and other processes occurring in the indoor environment; Describe the characteristics of pollutants in indoor air and characteristics of harmful building materials from health point of view; List the basic legislation on air protection, health, suitability of building materials in relation to safety and health and demonstrate the ability to orient in legislative conditions; To evaluate the indoor air in terms of quality, to find the causes of pollution and recommend measures; Design methods and procedures to eliminate or reduce adverse impacts in terms of health
Syllabus
  • 1st lecture Man and his environment.
  • 2nd lecture Factors of indoor environment of buildings and general hygienic requirendments.
  • 3rd lecture Indoor environment, factors affecting individual components microclimate.
  • 4th lecture Moisture and mold in the building, safeguards against these phenomena.
  • 5th lecture Other biological factors harmful to health in buildings.
  • 6th lecture Pollutants (pollutants) in indoor air - sources and minimization, sanitary requirements.
  • 7th lecture Principles of determination of indoor environment parameters and concentrations of selected pollutants.
  • 8th lectureBuilding materials as a source of toxic substances - formaldehyde and other volatile substances, asbestos, heavy metals, phthalates, radionuclides, from building materials and construction waste from   health perspective.
  • 9th lecture Characteristics of radon, radon risk, source of radon, radon, radon map.
  • 10th lecture.Protection measures against radon in   new buildings, radon measures in existing buildings  
  • 11th lectureAsbestos in construction. The risk of manipulation   asbestos. Asbestos survey.
  • 12th lecture  Working with asbestos and safety measures, including data collection, removal and disposal of asbestos waste.
  • 13thlecture Existing legislative measures that protect human health from the adverse effects of buildings, structures and materials.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HYNKOVÁ, Alena and Petra BEDNÁŘOVÁ. Plísně v interiérech zateplených budov. PSM - stavební infozpravodaj. Praha: PSM CZ, s.r.o., 2010, roč. 10, 2-3, p. 28-29. ISSN 1802-6907. info
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Petra. Zdravotní nezávadnost staveb : studijní opora pro kombinované studium. 1. vyd. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích, 2010, 74 pp. info
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Petra and Jana KREJSOVÁ. Kvalita vnitřního ovzduší v budově - měření formaldehydu. TZB-info. Praha, 2009, vol. 2009, No 6, 3 pp. ISSN 1801-4399. info
  • KREJSOVÁ, Jana, Petra BEDNÁŘOVÁ and František POPP. Jak zabezpečit zdravotní nezávadnost staveb? (Buildings' unwholesomeness protection). In Stavebné materiály a skúšobnictvo = Building materials and testing 2008 : zborník = The conference proceedings. Stupava: Orgware, 2008, 6 pp. info
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Petra, Jana KREJSOVÁ and František POPP. Protiradónové opatrenia pri rekonštrukciách a ich vzťah k vnútornému prostrediu stavieb (Antiradon Precautions). Stavebné materiály. 2008, No 8, 2 pp. ISSN 1336-7617. info
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Petra and Jana KREJSOVÁ. Zdravé domy pro zdravé lidi (Healthy houses for healthy people). In Dřevostavby 2008. Volyně: Vyšší odborná škola a Střední průmyslová škola Volyně, 2008, 2 pp. ISBN 978-80-86837-18-5. info
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Petra and Jana KREJSOVÁ. Zdravé domy pro zdravé lidi (Healthy houses for healthy people). České Budějovice: Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích, 2008, 116 pp. ISBN 978-80-903888-9-5. info
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Petra and Jana KREJSOVÁ. Formaldehyd ve vnitřním ovzduší půdních vestaveb a střešních nástaveb (Formaldehyde inner environment soiled construction and lookum). In Konference Střešní nástavby a vestavby : sborník příspěvků : Skalský Dvůr 2007. Praha: Sekurkon, 2007, 6 pp. ISBN 978-80-86604-34-3. info
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test1313
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 20
Preparation for the exam2626
Writing an essay1313
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 6
Total:7878
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Exam – written 70 %
Test – mid-term 15 %
Essay 15 %
Exam conditions
An essay on a given topic is to be submitted by 12th week and mid-term test will be given ~ 9th week. The exam is written. A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 - 0. Questions of attendance in all form of instructions have been dealt with in separate internal norms of VŠTE (Evidence of attendance of students at VŠTE). For full-time students , in case of contact teaching, is everything except the lectures, 70% attendance is coémpulsory.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
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The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2010, Winter 2010, summer 2011, winter 2011, summer 2012, winter 2012, summer 2013, winter 2013, summer 2014, winter 2014, summer 2015, winter 2015, Summer 2016.
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