Course Details

Energy Assessment of Buildings

Academic Year 2026/27

BTB006 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-SI / S Summer Semester 4th year

Methodology of energy evaluation of buildings, legislative, regulations and standards. Energy evaluation for design and for PENB. Method of energy certification. Auditing of heating systems, ventilation systems, hot water systems, lighting systems, fans and pumps, technology equipment and other devices. Design of energy conservation measures. Economy profit calculation for energy conservation measures. Software for energy and economy calculation. Energy management. Control systems for operation and maintenance of building services systems.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Horák, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Building thermal technique, basics of building services.

Aims

Professional knowledge

The student carries out an analysis of the current condition of a building in terms of energy flows and the thermal properties of the building envelope, taking into account the standardised use of the building.

Professional skills

The student compiles an energy balance to calculate the building’s energy performance certificate.

Professional Competence

The student is able to prepare a building energy performance certificate.

Basic Literature

Stavební tepelná technika a energetika budov Vaverka J., Hirš J., Skotnicová I. Vutium 2006 ISBN 80-214-2910-0 (cs)
ASHRAE GreenGuide The Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings Collective of authors American Society of Heating, refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. 2010 ISBN 978-1-9337 42-85-4 (en)
Tepelná akumulace budov Jaroslav Řehánek ČKAIT 2002 ISBN 80-86364-59-3 (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/303889

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Methodology of energy evaluation of buildings, law, regulations and standards.
  • 2. Energy evaluation for design and for energy certification, energy reports.
  • 3. Method of energy audit,certificate of building energy demand
  • 4. Auditing of heating systems.
  • 5. Auditing of ventilation systems.
  • 6. Auditing of hot service water systems.
  • 7. Auditing of lighting systems, fans and pumps.
  • 8. Auditing of cooling and technology.
  • 9. Design of energy saving measures.
  • 10. Economy profit calculation for energy conservation measures.
  • 11. Principles of thermography and practical applications of thermography in the energy assessment of buildings.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Building specifications, definition of input parameters and boundary conditions.
  • 2. Definition of the energy-related area, floor areas and volumes, and zoning of the building.
  • 3. Calculation of the thermal parameters of the building envelope.
    4. Energy assessment of heating systems.
  • 5. Energy assessment of ventilation systems.
  • 6. Energy assessment of hot water systems.
  • 7. Energy assessment of lighting systems, pumps and fans, and renewable energy sources.
  • 8. Energy assessment of cooling systems and technology.
  • 9. Design of energy-saving measures.
  • 10. Economic calculations for energy-saving measures, finalisation of the EPCB.
  • 11. Fundamentals of thermography, practical applications of thermography in the energy performance assessment of buildings, assessment.