BUILDING SCIENCE 2 _ ARC 3413

THIS MODULE PROVIDED AN UNDERSTANDING OF BUILDING ACOUSTICS IN RELATION TO BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. THEY ARE INTRODUCED TO THE FIELD THROUGH ACOUSTIC HISTORY, PRACTICAL MEASUREMENTS, SOUND INSULATION, REVERBERATION, AND NOISE, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TO THE BUILDING. STUDENTS ARE ALSO GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE LUX METER AND SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL METERS TO EXPERIENCE ILLUMINANCE AND SOUND LEVEL. WE ARE EXPOSED TO DAY LIGHTING STRATEGIES, PERMANENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING OF INTERIOR, VARIOUS TYPES OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT SOURCES, THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR RENDERING INDEX (CRI) AND SIMPLE CALCULATION TO DETERMINE UNIFORM LIGHTING FOR INTERIORS. THIS MODULE IS ALSO INTEGRATED TO ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 5 (ARC3118) TO ENABLE US TO DEMONSTRATE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH APPLICATION.