BALV3400 European Union and EEA Law Emneplan

This course presents and discusses the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) from a legal perspective. The focus is on the institutions, the decision-making processes, the sources of law of the European Union, their effects in the national systems, etc. The aim is to provide knowledge on the EU/EEA dimension, shedding light on Norway's relationship with the European Union.

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Knowledge

The student will have knowledge of:

• The development of the EU and the EEA, and their main principles and aims
• Fundamental topics of EU/EEA law such as sources of law, decision making-processes, institutions, etc.
• Topical issues such as the effects of EU law in the national legal systems and Norway's relationship with the European Union

Skills

The student will be able to:

• Understand the scope of the European integration process
• Illustrate how the decision-making processes within the EU/EEA dimension work
• Identify and utilize legal sources of EU/EEA law
• Solve basic issues of EU/EEA law independently
• Discuss critically the connection between the EU and the Norwegian legal systems

General competence

The student will be able to:

• Reflect and write on topics such as legal sources, institutions, etc., and on the relationship between national and supranational legal systems
• Use English legal terminology connected to the topics studied

The course is based on lectures, group work, homework assignments, and literature.

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A written digital examination of four hours. The students must write their exam in English.

The goal of the course is to gain thorough knowledge of building physics processes and mechanisms so that these principles are taken into account in the design of integrated, energy efficient and climate-resilient building envelopes. The effects of the outdoor and indoor climate, relevant mechanisms relating to heat and moisture transfer and not least their impact on energy efficiency and the degradation of building materials will be addressed. The following topics are addressed in particular:

• combined heat and moisture transport in the airtight parts of the building envelope;
• sources of heat loss, for example air leakages, thermal bridges;
• heat transfer through transparent components (for example windows);
• air infiltration in buildings and detail design of an air-tight building envelope.

Fire safety and noise control are also addressed, but to a lesser extent.

A grade scale with five grades from A to E for pass and F for fail is used as the assessment form.

All the exam papers will be assessed by an internal examiner. A selection of at least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. An external examiner will also be used when there is doubt about whether an exam paper should be awarded a pass grade. The grades awarded to exam papers assessed by the external examiner will be used to determine the level of all exam papers.

Diego Praino