This course is aimed at providing students with a basic knowledge of thermal-hygrometric, fluid-dynamic, visual and acoustical physical phenomena with particular attention to the correlated user perception (comfort) and energy related aspects.
Students will acquire a body of knowledge to make conscious choices and define ‘sustainable’ strategies to address the building physics design options and to calculate building/component performances so as to verify thermal, energetic, lighting and acoustical requirements concerned with the building envelope and the indoor spaces.
Students are requested to have the basic concepts of physics at a high-school level as well as of notions of mathematics which are taught within the course “mathematics”

The course deals with four main topics as described in the following table, for a total of 10 credits.

A
THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PHENOMENA (4 credits) A.1. Mechanics of fluids
A.2. Thermodynamics
A.3. Psychrometry
A.3. Thermokinetics

B
BUILDING THERMAL-PHYSICS (2 CFU)
B.1. Building thermal and energetic behavior
B.2. Design of building envelope from a thermal point of view

C.
LIGHTING (2 credits)
C.1. Physical properties and perception of light C.2. Daylighting and electric lighting

D.
ACOUSTICS (2 credits)
D.1. Physical properties and perception of sound D.2. Environmental and building acoustics

BIBLIOGRAPHY in Italian. Further and specific references in English will be provided during the course.

- Corrado V., Fabrizio E., Applicazioni di Termofisica dell’Edificio e Climatizzazione, CLUT, Torino, 2009.
- Astolfi A., Bottalico P., Corrado V., Applicazioni di Illuminazione e Acustica, CELID , Torino, in press.
- Corrado V., Fabrizio E., Fondamenti di Termofisica dell’Edificio e Climatizzazione, CLUT, in press.
- AA.VV., Schede di Fisica tecnica ambientale, Politeko, c.so Einaudi 55, Torino, 2010.
(Slides will be available on-line on the teacher page)
Books for further readings
- Corrado V., Conoscenze di Base: unità di misura, fonti energetiche e fondamenti di termodinamica, Quaderni di bioedilizia, vol. 3, Forte Chance Piemonte, Torino, 2009.
- Capozzoli A., Gorrino A., Caratterizzazione energetica e tecnologie costruttive dell’involucro edilizio, Quaderni di bioedilizia, vol. 6, Forte Chance Piemonte, Torino, 2010.
- Oliaro, P., Corrado, V., Appunti delle lezioni di fisica tecnica, Politeko, c.so Einaudi 55, Torino, 1999.
- Cengel, Y.A., Termodinamica e Trasmissione del Calore, III edizione, McGraw-Hill, 2009.
- Fracastoro G.V., Fisica tecnica ambientale, Torino, 2003, www.mondovi.polito.it/ebook/pubbl.html.
- Lo Verso V.R.M., Aghemo C., Guida alla progettazione dell'illuminazione naturale, Torrazzi Editore, 2003.

EXAM
The final exam consists of two parts:
- Part I: THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PHENOMENA + BUILDING THERMAL-PHYSICS
- Part II: LIGHTING + ACOUSTICS,
The final mark is calculated as the credit-weighted average of the two marks obtained in the two parts (part I → 6 CFU, part II → 4 CFU).