Energy Design and Airconditioning of Buildings
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge
• Familiarity with energy-saving techniques.
• Understanding Solar Passive Systems.
• Understanding the fundamental principles of energy conscious design of buildings
•Understanding the fundamental principles of natural cooling
•’Understanding systems of passive heating
• Understand ambient temperature reduction techniques.
• Understanding thermal insulation adequacy calculations.
• Understanding of thermal and cooling loads.
•Understanding calculations of thermal comfort conditions and of indoor air quality
• Design of heating-cooling systems.
• Psychrometry, procedures for changing the state of moist air.
• Design of air conditioning systems.
• Understanding heat pump operation for heating and cooling, combined with shallow geothermy, solar energy and other sources.
Skills – Abilities:
• Ability to elaborate bioclimatic design studies.
• Ability to elaborate heat insulation, heating and cooling studies.
• Ability to elaborate air-conditioning studies for buildings (residences, industries etc.)
• Seek, analyze and synthesize data and information, though the use of the necessary technologies
• Adaptation to new situations
• Decision making
• Individual work
• Team work
• Production of new research ideas
• Project planning and execution
• Respect for the natural environment
• Promotion of independent, creative and inductive thinking
COURSE CONTENT
Climate, building and energy.
Heat transmission in the building shell.
Energy Conscious Design of Buildings : theoretical principles of bioclimatic architecture
Passive cooling of buildings : natural ventilation
Passive cooling of buildings : shading and solar control
Passive cooling of buildings : Natural cooling (ground cooling, radiative cooling, evaporative cooling)
Passive heating-glazing
Thermal comfort conditions in indoor and outdoor spaces. Thermal comfort indices.
Thermal protection of the building: The shell of the building and its energy behavior. Thermal balance. Thermal revenues and losses.
Heat insulation materials. Thermal capacity of building elements. Thermal insulation of building. Energy efficiency regulations. Energy saving in buildings. Requirements for heating and cooling of buildings. Heating and refrigeration loads. Heat management, the role of thermal mass.
Modern methods of calculating the energy behavior of buildings and building sections. Heating and cooling systems. Moist air properties. Psychrometry. Mollier moist Air Diagram – Psychometric chart. Moist air treatment processes. Air conditioning processes and applications. Air conditioning of industrial and residence spaces. Heat pumps and their operating cycles.
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes