MEBS6004 Built Environment

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Introduction

1. Course background

2. Built environment

3. Human factors

4. Science principles

5. Engineering fundamentals

(Powerpoint file in PDF format)

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Video Presentation:

• 等阿Sirs話過你知，HKU學生如 何取得HKIE的Building Services專業資格。(4:11) https://youtu.be/LusdQ48pfSs
  
• Introduction to Built Environment (11:34) https://youtu.be/tlsJwhWmtA0
  
• 01_Designing A Building For Comfort (5:22) https://youtu.be/bKO3ZstpThM
  
• 02 Thermal Comfort (6:41) https://youtu.be/BTdiimklSqo
  
• 03 Acoustic Comfort (6:02) https://youtu.be/ZAIRH1aZ668
  
• 04 Visual Comfort (7:56) https://youtu.be/fsjVlzIV1DQ

Further Reading:

• Built environment - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Built_environment
  
• Building Science Concepts https://www.wbdg.org/resources/building-science-concepts
  
• Human comfort in buildings - Designing Buildings Wiki https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Human_comfort_in_buildings

References:

• Bradshaw V., 2006. The Building Environment: Active and Passive Control Systems, 3rd Edition, Wiley. [HKALL]
• Heerwagen D., 2004. Passive and Active Environmental Controls: Informing the schematic designing of buildings, McGraw-Hill Higher Education. [HKALL]
• McMullan R., 2017. Environmental Science in Building, 8th ed., Palgrave Macmillan. [HKALL]
• Pinterić M., 2024. Problems in Building Physics, Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47668-6
• Pinterić M., 2021. Building Physics: From physical principles to international standards, Second Edition, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland. [HKALL][https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67372-7][https://www.pinteric.com/books/]
• Shukuya M., 2019. Bio-Climatology for the Built Environment, Chapman and Hall/CRC, Milton. [HKALL]
  
• Szokolay S. V., 2014. Introduction to Architectural Science: the Basis of Sustainable Design, Third edition, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon and New York, NY. [HKALL]

Web Links:

• Related professional institutions:
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) http://www.cibse.org
  
• CIBSE Hong Kong Region http://www.cibse.org.hk/
  
• Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) http://www.sll.org.uk/
  
• Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) 香港工程師學會 http://www.hkie.org.hk/
  
• Building Services Division 屋宇裝備分部 https://www.hkie-bsd.org/
• Admission requirements for HKIE Building Services Discipline https://hkie.org.hk/en/membership/download_mem2/
• Built environment - Designing Buildings Wiki https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Built_environment
  
• Building engineering physics - Designing Buildings Wiki https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Building_engineering_physics
  
• Building science - Designing Buildings Wiki https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Building_science
  
• Environmental Noise 環境噪音 https://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/noise_education/

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| Created: Jul 2022 | Update: 3 Sep 2024 |