HS1730 Building Physics 7.5 credits
This course will be discontinued.
Last planned examination: Spring 2023
Decision to discontinue this course: No information inserted

Course offering missing
Course offering missing for current semester as well as for previous and coming semestersContent and learning outcomes
Course contents
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Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Explain the various ways that heat is transported
- Provide examples and describe standard construction materials and their properties, areas of use, manufacture, and durability
- Calculate moisture in air and materials
- Calculate heat and moisture transfer in buildings
Course disposition
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Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Students in year 1 of the Higher Education Diploma programme in Construction Management
Recommended prerequisites
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Equipment
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Literature
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Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- TEN1 - Examination, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- ÖVN1 - Exercises, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
Passing grade on written exam (TEN1, 4.5 credits). Grading scale A-F
Passing grade on Practical assignment (ÖVN1, 3 credits). Grading scale P/F
Overall course grade is based on grading scale A-F
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course web
Further information about the course can be found on the Course web at the link below. Information on the Course web will later be moved to this site.
Course web HS1730Offered by
Main field of study
Built Environment, Technology
Education cycle
First cycle
Add-on studies
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Contact
Annika Gram (annika.gram@byv.kth.se)
Supplementary information
Recommended prerequisites (until VT19)
AF1717 Technical Work, Methods and Tools
HF1700 Mathematics
HS1721 Building Technology