Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | ENERGY DESIGN OF BUILDINGS AND AUDITS | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | MES530 | ||||||||
Course Unit Details | MSc Energy Systems and the Built Environment (Electives Courses) - | ||||||||
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 7 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | � Climatic conditions, urban microclimate, solar radiation and daylight analysis
� Energy balance of buildings
o Heat transfer phenomena in buildings
o Solar and internal loads
o Daily, monthly and annual energy demand for heating and cooling
� Thermal insulation
o Insulation materials and their properties
o Insulation solutions for the various building elements
� Passive solar systems
o Direct gain, Thermal storage walls, Attached Greenhouse
� Sun protection
� Natural lighting
� Natural Ventilation and passive cooling
� Thermal, Acoustic and Visual Comfort
� Indoor air quality
� Integration of the building’s shell, the buildings’ services and the indoor environmental quality requirements.
o Thermal inertia of the building elements
o Thermal transmissivity and diffusivity of building materials
o Operational principles of heating and air-conditioning systems
o Operational principles of passive systems
o The impact of the user
� Energy design and simulation software tools
� Types of energy audits, data acquisition and measurements
� Strategy and procedure for energy audits for various building types
o Residential buildings
o Office buildings
o Commercial buildings
o Schools and Educational buildings
o Mixed Use buildings
� Design and completion of energy audit questionnaires
� Collection, processing and evaluation of energy consumption and buildings’ operational data
� Measurement and evaluation of indoor climate parameters
o Air temperature and relative humidity
o Radiative surface temperature
o Air Velocity
� Measurement and evaluation of indoor environmental quality parameters
o Air quality (CO2, CO, PMs, chemical pollutants, biological pollutants)
o Lighting (Luminance and lighting quality)
o Acoustics (Noise level)
� Measurement and evaluation of the building envelope’s thermal protection performance
o Infrared photography, Measurement of U-Value,
� Measurement and evaluation of the building envelope’s air-tightness
o Tracer gas analysis, Blower door method
� Measurement and evaluation of heating system’s efficiency
o Flue gas analysis, electrical heating systems, heat pumps
� Measurement and evaluation of air-conditioning system’s efficiency
o Central AC systems, Room AC, Hybrid Systems
� Energy performance evaluation by computational methods
o Asset based method
o Operational method
� Energy certification of buildings
o Procedures and software tools
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |