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Introduction to Lighting and Acoustics - BENV2720
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 4
 
 
EFTSL: 0.08333 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Lighting: Natural and artificial lighting. Quantitative and qualitative aspects of lighting design. Electric light sources, light control and prediction methods.Acoustics: Acoustics and noise control: design of rooms, basic shape and volume, acceptable ambient levels. Acoustic performance: properties and behaviour of sound, sound transmission loss, external noise levels, structural borne and impact sound, reverberation times, selection of building envelope elements, selection of interior building materials and elements. This course is not open to Architecture or Interior Architecture students.

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