Pontifical Catholic University of Parana
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program
International PhD School
Heat, Air and Moisture Transfer through Insulated
Envelopes and Risk Assessment of Building Energy
Performance
Supported by
International Association of Building Physics
Curitiba, Brazil
10-26/April/2013
INTRODUCTION
The Mechanical engineering Graduate Program at the Pontifical Catholic University of
Parana has the pleasure to invite graduate students (preferably PhD students) to attend the
2nd PhD international school on Buildings Physics, which is an initiative to internationalize
research in the area of hygrothermal and energy modeling of buildings, including risk
assessment of energy performance.
This school is supported by the International Association of Building Physics and the focus is
on the state-of-the-art knowledge about heat, air and moisture response of materials,
components and whole buildings. Topics of the advanced building physics course include the
physics behind porous materials, design methods and system behavior, biological growth
(mould, rot), material deterioration, comfort assessment, methods to solve building physics
problems, statistical methods for total energy use in buildings, energy use, reliability of
retrofitting measures.
Topics will be split into knowledge input and hands-on examples during the lessons.
Graduate students might be interested to know that this international school is valid for 6
credits in the Brazilian graduate system and 5 ECTS (2.5 ECTS for attending the school and
2.5 for the additional work) in the European system.
LOCATION and IMPORTANT DATES
Location: Pontifical Catholic University of Parana - PUCPR, Curitiba, Brazil
Lessons Period: April 10th to April 26th 2013, totalizing 90 h.
Application Period: January 20th to March 1st 2013
Selection period: from January 28th 2013
Confirmation of acceptance: from January 28th 2013
Registration Period: from January 28th 2013 to March 8th 2013
Registration Cost: Enrollment without charge
Aerial view of PUCPR Campus at Curitiba
Aerial view of the city of Curitiba and the Museum Oscar Niemeyer
LECTURERS
Achilles Karagiozis
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Andreas Holm
Forschungsinstitut für Wärmeschutz e.V. München, Germany
Munich University of Applied Sciences (MUAS), Germany
Angela Sassic-Kalagasidis
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Carl-Eric Hagentoft
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Carsten Rode
Technical University of Denmark- DTU, Denmark
President of the International Association of Building Physics
Helcio Rangel Barreto Orlande
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
John Grunewald
Dresden University of Technology – TUD, Germany
Luís Mauro Moura
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná – PUCPR, Brazil
Marcus Bianchi
Owens Corning, USA
Nathan Mendes
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná – PUCPR, Brazil
Thomas Bednar
Vienna University of Technology - TUV, Austria
Vasco Freitas
University of Porto, Portugal
SCHOOL STRUCTURE
Day
(Apr. 2013)
10-11
12
Lecturer
Title of the course
Carsten Rode/Nathan
Mendes
Transport Phenomena Applied to Buildings
Thomas Bednar
Design of Lowest Energy Buildings - Total Energy Use in Buildings
- System
13-14
Week-End (Free activities)
15-16
Angela Kalagasidis,
Carl-Eric Hagentoft
Vasco Freitas
17
18-19
20-21
22-23
24-26
Risk assessment of heat, air and moisture - controlled
performances
MGR and pathologies
Transport Phenomena Applied to Building Envelope: Radiative heat
Luís Mauro Moura
transfer in insulation materials
Inverse Methods applied to Heat Transfer Problems in Porous
Hélcio Orlande
Elements
Independent activities, deliverables/exercises
Week-end
Andreas Holm
Achilles karagiozis,
Marcus Bianchi
John Grunewald
Insulation: Measurement techniques, types, guidelines and trends
Heat, air and moisture transfer: basics, Calculation Methods,
Numerical Techniques and property Measurements.
Energy Efficiency and moisture issues via Simulation and student
competition on the application of insulation materials
John Grunewald/
Nathan Mendes
*Subject to slight changes
Number of students: 20 (50% from Brazil and South America)
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APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION
The selection of students will be based on the CVs of applicants and their affinity to the
theme of this school. Both CV and application form should be sent to the following email
address: [email protected]. Selection will start on January 28th and finish on March 8th
2013. Please be aware there is a limit of 20 students.
A letter of acceptance will be sent to all selected participants.
Updated information can be found at www.pucpr.br/ppgem
PHD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL APPLICATION FORM
SURNAME
Name
Affiliation
Passport
Address
Email
Phone
If MSc or PhD student, indicate research subject and/or program
Date: _____/_____/___
Signature_____________________________________
To be sent to [email protected]
PHD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM
SURNAME
Name
Affiliation
Advisor(s)
Nationality
Passport
Address
Email
Phone
Arrival
date/time
Date: _____/_____/___
To be sent to [email protected]
Signature_____________________________________
ACCOMODATION
We suggest the Lira hotel (http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Lira_Hotel.htm) which is
located beside the PUCPR campus and charges around R$ 180 for a triple room (~23 Euros
per student). For other hotels, students will need to take a bus.
Some hostel options:
Roma Hostel: http://www.hostelroma.com.br/hostel/indexptg.php
Motter Hostel: http://www.motterhome.com.br/?lang=en
Obs. 1: Up to 2 students with financial difficulties may receive financial aid for
accommodation.
WEEK-ENDS
Week-end tours will be organized by Singular Turismo Agency. Soon, we will post more
information on packages from this Travel Agency.