Chair of Buildings and Constructional Complexes

We teach at the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering as well as the Faculty of Health Sciences:We teach at the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering as well as the Faculty of Health Sciences:

• First cycle study program Civil Engineering (Buildings I and II, Introduction to Building Design, Bioclimatic Design, Building Renovation)
• First cycle study program Construction Management (Buildings)
• First cycle study program Sanitary Engineering (Constructional Complexes of Buildings, Bioclimatic Design)
• Second cycle study program Buildings (Daylight, Living Environment, Advanced Materials, Efficient Energy Use, Smart House)
• Third cycle study program Built Environment (Daylight, Bioclimatic Design, Design of Healthy Buildings, and Advanced Constructional Complexes)

Due to the nature of the scientific area covered by the Chair members, our teaching is mainly focused on building envelopes, internal environment, use of materials and interaction between users and the building. In the past in the traditional studies of civil engineering and architecture these areas were neglected. For this reason, the Bologna reform of higher education studies was an opportunity to accredit a new second cycle study program Buildings, with the aim to qualify experts with balanced knowledge about the main pillars that allow the design and implementation of the bioclimatic concept: conceptual design of space, conceptual design of load-carrying structure, design of protective structures (thermal and sound insulation, protection against water and humidity, psychophysical protection, etc.), energy efficiency, independent design, cooperation in the design and implementation of demanding buildings. Graduates of this study are equipped with in-depth theoretical and expert knowledge. They are able to find job and work independently at demanding expert and development tasks from the areas of constructional building physics and bioclimatic design.

The Chair’s research activity is primarily oriented towards the development and application of building design methodologies, their elements and constructional complexes considering bioclimatic conditions, stationary and dynamic analysis of thermal flows in buildings, analysis of solar radiation and illumination, design and application of control systems for the regulation and optimisation of internal environment in buildings, exergy analyses of thermal comfort for building users, development of simulation software for the analysis of thermal and lighting properties in buildings as well as study of interactions among users and the building with the emphasis on healthy and stimulating environment. With our research activity we deal with real environment experiments, with the purpose to check the simulation assumptions and develop applications of advanced systems for the regulation of inner environment. In the last few years our experimental activity has mainly been focused on the development and monitoring of holistic supervision systems for the regulation of thermal, lighting and olfactory characteristics of inner environment.

In the area of exergy analyses, the Chair members cooperate with the Technical University of Denmark, University in Tokyo, and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Our main activity is design of innovative LowEx systems for applications in built environment. The Chair is also strongly involved in the international and national networks of educational and research projects (TEMPUS, SARA, MARIE, TIGR, AWARD, JOULE II, etc.), and our members are also active in the International Solar Energy Society (ISES).