Pontifical Catholic University of Parana Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program

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1 Pontifical Catholic University of Parana Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program Heat International PhD School Heat, Air and Transfer through Insulated Envelopes and Risk Assessment of Building Energy Performance Supported by International Association of Building Physics Curitiba, Brazil 10-26/April/2013

2 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-ofthe-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 (after March 1st ask for availability) 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 'Escola de Negócios' Coordinates: Lat , Long

3 Aerial view of the city of Curitiba and the Oscar Niemeyer Museum 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 Carsten Rode Technical University ofdenmark- 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 Paulo Schneider Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Thomas Bednar Vienna University of Technology - TUV, Austria Vasco Peixoto de Freitas Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto

4 SCHOOL STRUCTURE Day (Apr. 2013) Lecturer Carsten Rode/Nathan Mendes 12 Thomas Bednar Week-End (Free activities) Angela Kalagasidis, Vasco Peixoto de Freitas Luís Mauro Moura Title of the course Transport Phenomena Applied to Buildings Design of Lowest Energy Buildings - Total Energy Use in Buildings - System Risk assessment of heat, air and moisture - controlled performances - MGR and pathologies Transport Phenomena Applied to Building Envelope: Radiative heat transfer in insulation materials 17 Helcio Orlande Paulo Schneider Inverse Methods applied to Heat Transfer Problems in Porous Elements Inverse Methods Applied to Illumination Design Independent activities, deliverables/exercises Week-End (Free activities) Andreas Holm Achilles karagiozis, Marcus Bianchi John Grunewald 26 John Grunewald/ Nathan Mendes 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 *Subject to slight changes Number of students: 20 (50% from Brazil and South America) 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 address: [email protected]. Selection will start on January 28th and finish on March 8th 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

5 PHD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL APPLICATION FORM SURNAME Name Nationality Affiliation Advisor (s) Phone If MSc or PhD student, indicate research subject and/or program Date: / / To be sent to [email protected] ACCOMODATION We suggest the Lira hotel ( which is located beside the PUCPR campus and charges around R$ 185 for a triple room (~23 Euros per student), R$ 160 for a double room (~31 Euros per student), and R$ 130 for a single room (~ 50 Euros). For other hotels, students will need to take a bus. Some hostel options: Roma Hostel: Motter Hostel: Hotels in Brazil normally charge additionally 10% for taxes. Obs.: 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.