Course detail

Energy Evaluation of Buildings

FAST-5T1Acad. year: 2020/2021

Statutory requirements on energy consumption
Energy consumption in buildings - building structures, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, heat water, fans and pumps, lighting, cooling, technological processes and other.
Performance characteristics of building, building type, low-energy buildings, climatic conditions, passive energy systems, hygienic requirements.
Indoor environment quality.
Energy intensiveness ratio, specific energy consumption.
Energy, "Keynumbers".
Optimisation of energy consumption, basic economic assessment

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jiří Hirš, CSc.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

building structures, building services, heating

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction: history, philosophy, goals, bibliographical references, ENCON process (ENergy CONservation), Keynumbers method.
2. Energy conservation measures: building envelope, heating, indoor climate
3. Energy conservation measures: ventilation and airconditioning, heat water
4. Energy conservation measures: fans and pumps
5. Energy conservation measures: lighting, cooling
6. Project Energy assessment of building: introduction, analysis
7. Project Energy assessment of building: building inspection, input data preparation
8. Project Energy assessment of building: simulation of energy consumption, energetic calculations, discussion, check-out
9. Project Energy assessment of building: technical and economical calculations (theory), cost of energy, methods of payback calculation
10. Project Energy assessment of building: economical calculations, discussion, check-out
11. Project Energy assessment of building: Energy audit - final report elaborate
12. Energy management: measuring, analyse, E-T curve, operating and management, final test
13. Credit: final test evaluation, Project presentation

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Energy evaluation of buildings
ENCON process and Keynumbers method of analyse of energy conservation measures
Evaluation of economic effectiveness of the measures

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

M. Jokl: Energetika envirosystémů budov. ČVUT Praha 1998
M. Meckler: Retrofit Buildings for Energy Conservation. Faimont Press, Lilburn 1995
T. Dahlsveen, D. Petráš, J. Hirš: Energetický audit budov. Jaga, Bratislava 2003
Vaverka J., Hirš J., Skotnicová I. a kol.: Stavební tepelná technika a energetika budov. VUTIUM 2006

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jiří Hirš, CSc.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jiří Hirš, CSc.