INS 318E - Insulation & Protec. of Buildings

Course Objectives

-Emphasizing the importance of protecting and insulation of buildings
-The importance of efficient use of energy in thermal insulation
-Effect of waterproofing on service life of structure
-Effect of waterproofing on reinforcement corrosion
-With examples of the application, promote of insulation materials and develop the sense of isolation

Course Description

The importance of insulation and protection of buildings, thermal conductivity, climatic comfort, heat gains and losses, heat flow and cross-sectional determination at the outer shell of the buildings, thermal inertia, storage and cooling of heat, cold bridges, thermal expansion, thermal insulation materials, vapour transfer, condensation and evaporation, control of sweating and condensation, water affecting the structure, surface tension, sorptivity, permeability of water under pressure, corrosion of reinforcement, waterproofing materials and construction details, propagation of sound, noise control, air-borne sound insulation, impact sound insulation, room acoustics