Course Details
Academic Year 2026/27
CZV-2EUOE course is not part of any programme in the faculty
The Impact of the European EPBD IV Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings in the Czech Republic. Methods of building energy assessment, legislative requirements. The use of energy performance certificates, energy assessments, and energy audits to reduce the energy consumption and carbon footprint of buildings. Practical examples in the preparation of energy performance certificates.
Basic renewable energy systems, principles and classification, description of individual technologies utilizing renewable energy sources (sun, wind, water, waste heat, and others). Possibilities for utilizing individual renewable energy sources in buildings in the Czech Republic in connection with reducing energy performance and CO2 emissions.
Credits
3 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
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. Analysis of a renewable energy system.
Professional skills
The student compiles an energy balance to calculate the building’s energy performance certificate using renewable energy sources.
Professional Competence
The student gains an understanding of building energy performance certificates and renewable energy systems.
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. EPBD IV – The Situation in the EU and Its Impact on the Czech Republic; Energy Performance of Buildings in the Czech Republic – EA, PENB, EP, and Others
2. EPBD IV, Energy Performance of Buildings in the Czech Republic, Part I
3. EPBD IV, Energy Performance of Buildings in the Czech Republic, Part II
4. RES – Basic principles of RES use in the EU and the Czech Republic, practical applications
5. RES – RES Design, Part I
6. RES – RES Design, Part II
7. EPC - Creating an Energy Performance Certificate using DEKsoft software
8. Practical EPC calculations - general specifications
9. Practical EPC calculations - building section
10. Practical EPC Calculations – Heating
11. Practical EPC Calculations – HVAC, Cooling
12. Practical EPC Calculations – Other
13. Conclusion, Evaluation
Seminar
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective