Intelligent Building Control

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	450-8201/01
Abbreviation	ŘPIB
Course title	Intelligent Building Control
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jan Vaňuš, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to building management.
2. Sensors
3. Actuators
4. Control and regulation
5. Control of cooling, heating, and indoor air quality, microclimate management
6. Generation, transmission, and storage of electrical energy. Renewables
7. Network resources for communication
8. Transmission and distribution of data in building control systems: KNX / LonWorks
9. Telecommunication services
10. Building automation systems
11. Centralized and decentralized control and monitoring technology
12. The human–building interface, visualization of building management. Remote management and monitoring of buildings.
13. Smart green buildings, transport infrastructure, Electromobility

Exercise:
1. Introduction to the laboratory, laboratory safety, fire and alarm guidelines.
2. Introduction to software and HW equipment designed for automation of Intelligent Buildings.
3. Presentation of an example of a solution for managing operational and technical functions in Intelligent Buildings.
4. Project design in terms of green or Intelligent building structure.
5. Project design in terms of HW components used in Intelligent Buildings.
6. Lighting control (on/off)
7. Lighting control (dimming)
8. Blind control (up, down, stop/step)
9. Heating control
10.Cooling control
11. Project diagnostics and fault finding
12.Excursion to the Intelligent Building facility
13.Submission of assigned projects, Final test

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

MERZ, Hermann. Building automation. New York: Springer, 2009, p. cm. .

JAYAMAHA, Lal. Energy-efficient building systems: green strategies for operation and maintenance. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2007, xvii, 288 s. .

Advised literature

KNX cetification. Memmingen: Schneider Electric 2010, interní studijní materiál.

KNX Association [online]. 2015 [cit. 2015-02-17]. KNX. Dostupné z WWW: .

LEVERMORE, G. Building energy management systems: applications to low energy HVAC and natural ventilation control. 2nd ed. New York: E & FN Spon, c2000, xvii, 519 p. ISBN 0419225900.

KÖHLER, Wolfgang. Simulation of a KNX network with EIBsec protocol extensions Building a KNX network with a simulation framework. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010. .

HERSENT, Olivier, David BOSWARTHICK a Omar ELLOUMI. The internet of things: applications to the smart grid and building automation. Hoboken: John Wiley, 2012, xxv, 344 s. .

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