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Energy Performance of Buildings

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 229-0225/01
Abbreviation ENB
Course title Energy Performance of Buildings
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Building Environment and Building Services
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Iveta Skotnicová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction - energy efficiency of buildings, legislation, basic terms
2. Thermal technical assessment of building structures
3. Heat transfer through the building envelope - average heat transfer coefficient, standard requirement, energy label of the building envelope, classification classes of heat transfer through the building envelope
4. Relative loss through heat penetration - through the building envelope, unheated space, secondary unheated spaces, through penetration into the adjacent soil, linear and point coefficient of heat through the thermal bridge and thermal bond
5. Specific heat loss through ventilation, total heat loss, heat output according to ČSN EN 12831
6. Terms and definitions, energy balance, zones, rules for dividing zones, adiabatic boundary, heat flows between zones
7. Thermal gains – internal, external, calculation of heat losses and solar gains by passive elements of the outer shell (trombe wall, winter garden, opaque elements with transparent insulation)
8. Examples: specific heat loss, average heat transfer coefficient, solar gains through a conservatory, energy balance of glazing
9. Calculation of the need for heat for heating – daily degrees, materials, source efficiency, distribution efficiency, coefficients expressing actual operating conditions
10. Calculation of heat requirement for TV preparation
11. Calculation of total heat losses in special cases, examples of calculation of total heat losses using the envelope method and the room-by-room method
12. Energy assessment and certification, terms and definitions. Energy efficiency of the building
13. Smart buildings and smart cities. Simulation and modeling tools for theoretical knowledge of city functioning.

E-learning

Studijní opory k dispozici v IS edison a na lms.vsb.cz

Literature

Directive amending the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2018/844/EU)
Vahap Tecim, Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu. Artificial Intelligence Perspective for Smart Cities. Taylor & Francis Ltd. 2022. ISBN: 9781032136202 .
Mertens, K.: Photovoltaics: fundamentals, technology, and practice. Second Edition. Chichester: Wiley, 2019. ISBN 978-1-119-40104-9 .
Quaschning, V.: Understanding renewable energy systems. Earthscan/Routledge London 2016. ISBN 978-113878-196-2 .
Sam Kubba: Handbook of Green Building Design and Construction, 2017, ISBN 978-0-12-810433-0 .

Advised literature

Applicable regulations and standards in the energy sector buildings.
Foster, R., Ghassemi A. Solar energy: renewable energy and the environment. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2010. Energy and the environment. ISBN 978-1-4200-7566-3 .