Subject: Environment and

University of Babylon
College of Engineering Architecture I (En Ee Ea 4 49 6)
Environmental Engineering Dep. Max. Time: Three Hours
Class: 4th
Second semester\ Final exam, …Attempt
Date: / /2020
2019\ 2020 Max. mark:70 %

Q1: Answer by True or false: (Answer eleven only, 2 Marks for each one )
1. Vegetation can have an adverse effect on solar gain in the winter?
2. Radon 222Rn is the decay product of Lead (210Pb)?
3. Shading devices need to be considered as autumn techniques?
4. If choice is possible, the orientation of a building should face north to take advantage of the Sun's
energy?
5. In the winter, it was prefered to remove heat.by ventilation?
6. Landscaping. reduce wind speeds but may cause a loss of solar gain and natural light?
7. Thermochromic glasses include clear films which , when heated above a certain temperature, turn an
opaque green?
8. Any trees selected should not be suited ecologically to the site?
9. Materials of high radioactivity can obviously be used without health hazard?
10. Purpose is the key criteria for selecting building materials?
11.Trees and other vegetation have an important role to play in site layouts?
12. If we choose deciduous tree , it will block out the Sun’s radiation when in bare in the winter?

Q2: What are the factors effecting the selection of materials (Key materials) in building? (5 Marks)

Q3: Define the fellowing: (Answer one only, 10 Marks for each)
1. Sustainable development 2. Deforestation 3. Photovoltaics

Q4: A single – story home with infiltration rate of 0.5 ach has 200 m2 of floor space and a total volume
of 500 m3 . If 0.6 pCi/m2 . s of radon is emitted from the soil and enters the house, Estimate the
steady- state indoor radon concentration. ( K = 7.6 × 10-3/ hr) (16 Marks)

Q5: Calculate the air flow caused by natural draft in a normal family house with two floors. The
height of the hot air column from ground floor to outlet air above roof is approximately 8 m . Opening
area is 1.6 m2 and 1.0 m2 for the roof ; the outside temperature is -10oC, and the inside temperature is
20oC? (17 Marks)

, Q = 0.025 A u , g =9.81 m/s2 ,

Q = 0.61 Aw u ( ∆ Cp ) 1/2 , ,
∆ P= 0.043h , , Q = 0.827 A (∆p ) 0.5

Examiner: Head of Department

Lecturer. Ahmed Talib Sahib Assit. Prof .Dr.Nesrin J. Al-Mansori

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