Course Details

Energy Assessment of Buildings

Academic Year 2024/25

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

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Building thermal technique, basics of building services.

Aims

Evaluation of buildings by energy requirements and consumption. Energy certification of buildings.
Student get qualifications for evaluation of buildings by energy requirements and consumption.

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

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

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