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Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
MİMYL513	CRITICISM OF BUILDING PHYSICS APPLICATION		1	1	5,00

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Yüksek Lisans

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

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Objectives of the Course

It is aimed to research the existing structures within the scope of Building Physics topics, to examine the applications made by the student, to reveal their positive and negative aspects, and thus to give the student the ability to make systematic analysis.

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Name of Lecturer(s)

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Learning Outcomes

1	Awareness of the importance and effect of Building Physics elements in architectural design.
2	Gains information about the basic principles about the problems that may occur in visual, auditory and thermal comfort conditions inside and outside the building.
3	Collects, examines and classifies data on physical environmental elements.
4	Acquires basic skills in evaluating, measuring and applying building materials in terms of physical environmental elements
5	Gains the ability to examine and evaluate buildings and settlements in terms of all building physics elements.

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Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

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Prerequisities and Co-Requisities

NONE

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Recommended Optional Programme Components

NONE

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Content of the Course

Monitoring of all kinds of architectural, urban design and settlement applications based on on-site observations, examinations and researches in terms of Building Physics, taking photographs, making measurements, explaining them by drawing sketches, evaluating them in terms of thermal-audio-visual comfort.

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Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subjects (Theoretical)	Teaching Methods	Preparatory
1	Explanation of building physics topics. Determination of research topics and scope	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
2	Basic approaches to examination, research, impression	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
3	Systematic research methods	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
4	Examination in terms of thermal comfort, criteria	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
5	Examination in terms of thermal comfort, measurements	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
6	Investigation of the effects of water-moisture and material-construction element-comfort level, criteria, measurements	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
7	In terms of auditory comfort, examination, criteria, measurements	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
8	Inspection in terms of visual comfort, criteria, measurements	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
9	Mechanical effects and structural physics damages	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
10	Preparation of review preliminary reports	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
11	Preparation of technical report	Verbal expression, presentation and discussion	None
12	Student presentations	Presentation and discussion	Students are required to prepare presentations on their individual research topics.
13	Student presentations	Presentation and discussion	Students are required to prepare presentations on their individual research topics.
14	Student presentations	Presentation and discussion	Students are required to prepare presentations on their individual research topics.

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Text Book / Material / Recommended Resources

1. Eriç, M., ‘Yapı Fiziği ve Malzemesi’, Literatür Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1994. 2. B. Givoni, Man, Climate and Architecture, Applied Science Publishers Ltd, London, 1976. 3. Harris, C. M.,Handbook of Noise Control, Mc Graw Hill, 1979. 4. Iso, ISO Standards Handbook 4, Switzerland, 1980. 5. Evans, M.,Housing, Climate and Comfort, The Architectural Pres Limited, 1980. 6. Chijiwa, H.,Color Harmony, Bilimsel Eserler Koll. Şti., İstanbul, 1990. 7. Maekawa, Z., Rindel, J., Lord, P., Environmental and Architectural Acoustics, CRC Press, 2019. 8. Cavanaugh, W. J.,Wilkes, J. A., Architectural Acoustics, John Wilwy and Sons, INC., Canada, 1999. 9. IESNA, The Lighting Handbook, 9. Edition, ISBN: 0-87995-150 8, New York, USA, 2000. 10. Brooks, C.N., Architectural Acoustics, Mc Farland Company Inc., USA, 2003. 11. Karabiber, Z., Yüğrük Akdağ, N., Erdem Aknesil, A., “YALITIM-Isı-Nem-Ses-Su” Makine Mühendisleri Odası Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005. 12. ANSI/IESNA RP-29-06, Lighting for Hospitals and Health Care Facilities, 2006. 13. IES DG-20-09, Stage Lighting- A Guide to the Planning of Theatres and Auditoriums, 2009. 14. IES RP-30-96, Museum and Art Gallery Lighting: A Recommended Practice, 1996. 15. IES, The Lighting Design Process, DG-7-94, 1994. 16. CIBSE, Lighting Guide 7: Office Lighting, 2009. 17. CIBSE, Lighting Guide 12: Emergency Lighting Design Guide, 2006. 18. IEA, International EnergyAgency, Daylight in Buildings, A Source Book on Daylighting Systems and Components, A Report of IEA SHC Task 21/ECBCS Annex 29, July 2000. 19. Robert, B., Lighting Interior and Exterior, 2004.

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Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	50
Homework	1	50
Total		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
Total		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60

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Work Pacement(s)

NONE

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Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Self Study	14	2	28
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	2	2
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	4	4
Reading	13	2	26
Homework	1	8	8
Total Work Load (hours)			113

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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10
LO 1	5		3	4		4
LO 2	4		4	3	4	4				2
LO 3	3		3	4	3	3		3	2	5
LO 4				3	5				3	3
LO 5	4	2	5	5		4	3	5		5