COURSE TITLE: Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Introduction to the Course/课程介绍:

This Course provides an introduction regarding energy performance and comfort in buildings.

Course Aims/课程目标: The aims of this Course are to:

·         Study physical phenomena influencing the energy performance and comfort in buildings, particularly heat transfer, renewable energy, and solar radiation.

·         Develop engineering tools helping to design energy efficient and comfortable buildings.

·         Practice such tools in a project.

Learning Outcomes/学习结果

By the end of this Course students should have gained:

·         Knowledge and Understanding/知识理解:

Heat transfer in buildings, lighting, renewable energy, life cycle.

·         Intellectual Skills/智力技能:

Modeling of buildings using dynamic thermal simulation, energy system simulation life cycle assessment.

·         Professional Practice Skills/专业技能:

Practice of simple annual calculation of energy consumption and environmental impacts, use of thermal simulation, evaluation and dimensioning of renewable energy systems.

·         Transferable Skills/迁移技能:

Energy efficient building concepts and technologies, applicable for new buildings and also for the renovation of existing buildings.