Health, Environment and Leisure

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Objectives

1. Understanding the heat transfer processes.

2. Understanding the effects of thermal environment on thermoregulation.

3. Understanding the effect of the thermal environment in the comfort and welfare.

4. Raising awareness about the dangers and minimize risks of extreme thermal environments.

5. Understand the principles related control strategies of thermal environment.

6. Raising awareness of the attitudes of behavior to improve the physical and mental health.

7. Raise awareness about the risks of a sedentary lifestyle.

8. Raising awareness of holistic approaches to physical and mental health.

9. Promote contact with projects implemented in society

Program

1 Environment, comfort and welfare

1.1 Thermal environment and thermoregulation

1.2 Thermal Insulation

1.2.1 Coefficient of thermal conductivity

1.2.2 Thermal resistance

1.2.3 Coefficient of thermal transmittance

1.3 Processes of heat transfer

1.4 Psychrometric

1.5 Thermal environment

1.6 Heat Balance

1.7 Thermal Stress

1.8 Hyperthermia

1.9 Hypothermia

1.1 0UV

2 Environmental Control

2.1 Natural Ventilation

2.2 Artificial Ventilation

2.3 Fences and shelters

2.4 Clothing

2.5 Color

2.6 Evaporative Cooling

2.7 Solar Orientation

3 Health Education

3.1 Stress and welfare

3.2 Breathing, physical exercise and health

3.3 Body Mechanics and prevention of injuries

4 Projects

4.1 Seminar (lecture)

4.2 Seminar (visits)

4.3 Seminar (field)

5 Holistic approaches to health

5.1 Sedentarism vs physical activity

5.2 Relationship with nature

5.3 Leisure time

5.4 Techniques and Holistic Arts

5.5 Other techniques

5.6 Market potentialities

5.7 Acquiring skills

6 Project

6.1 Development of a project

Teaching Methodologies

The methods to be adopted in classes involve a combination of exposition and explanation of the contents, based on observation and image analysis (use of PowerPoint), by placing questions to students or clarify the questions asked by them. Reading and analysis of texts or documents, individually or in groups, as well as the interpretation and analysis of images and videos, promote discussion of the issues. The classes also include seminars where students can contact with business realities.

Bibliography

Almeida, M.A.B.; Gutierrez, G.L. e Marques, R. (2012). Qualidade de Vida: definição, conceitos e interfaces com outras áreas, de pesquisa. São Paulo: Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades– EACH/USP.

Frota, A.B. e Schiffer, S.R. (2001). Manual de conforto térmico. São Paulo: Studio Nobel.

Decreto Lei nº 80/2006 de 4 de Abril.

Viegas, J.C. (2010). Ventilação natural de edifícios de habitação. LNEC.

Seyle, H. (1976). Stress in health and disease. Boston: Butterworth.

Gomes, J.C.R. (2005). História e evolução do conceito de bem-estar subjectivo. Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 6(2): 203-214.

Vogelaere, P. e Pereira, C. (2005). Termoregulação e Envelhecimento. Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 24(5): 747-761.

Code

0105755

ECTS Credits

6

Classes

  • Teóricas - 30 hours
  • Teórico-Práticas - 30 hours

Evaluation Methodology

  • Frequency: 60%
  • Participation and assiduity: 5%
  • Preparation of a monograph: 35%