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Intelligent Building Control

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Course Unit Code450-8201/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
VAN72doc. Ing. Jan Vaňuš, Ph.D.
VAL47Ing. David Vala, Ph.D.
Summary
Subject introduces with the area of control of offices, residential and industrial building. The subject is focused to students who expect to work in design, innovations and reconstructions of buildings. The subject is also suitable for students focused on home automation and remote control.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students will be introduced in the problems of building control system. Students will work with technical tools for building control and building equipment. Graduates can evaluate the technical level of innovative projects in building control systems, will be able to design technical solutions according to individual customers requirements.
Course Contents
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, Safety in the laboratory, fire and alarm directive.
2. Sensors, demonstration of time constant of the sensor, the temperature dependence of the sensor. Demonstration measurements with a Thermo camera.
3. Actuators. Demonstration of the time constant of the actuator, electric heating.
4. Controllers. Example of calculating a simple controller. Design of a regulation circuit.
5. Temperature control. Interior temperature control example.
6. Tour to photovoltaic power plants at VSB-TU Ostrava.
7. Ethernet - demonstration of the technology, TCP / IP communication example
8. KNX - ETS 4 - Introduction to System Design
9. KNX - Basic functions
10. KNX - Basic Functions - continued
11. KNX - environmental control, presence detectors, control loop
12. KNX - IP interface - visualization
13. KNX - Independent Project - Final Test
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
MERZ, Hermann. Building automation. New York: Springer, 2009, p. cm. ISBN 978-354-0888-284.

JAYAMAHA, Lal. Energy-efficient building systems: green strategies for operation and maintenance. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2007, xvii, 288 s. ISBN 0-07-148282-2.

MERZ, Hermann. Automatizované systémy budov. 1.vyd. Praha : Grada, 2009. 264 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2367-9.

Garlík Bohumil. Inteligentní Budovy. 1. vydání. Praha " BEN Technická literatura, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7300-440-8

VAŇUŠ, Jan. Komplexní řízení budov - základní přehled KNX systémů. Ostrava: VŠB – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2014. ISBN 978-80-248-3529-7

VAŇUŠ, Jan. Komplexní řízení budov - Sběrnicové systémy v budovách - vybrané legislativní problémy. Ostrava: VŠB – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2014. ISBN 978 - 80 - 248 - 3527 - 3.

VAŇUŠ, Jan. Komplexní řízení budov – projekce a instalace sběrnicových systémů v budovách. Ostrava: VŠB – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2014. ISBN 978 - 80 - 248 - 3528 – 0

VALA, David. Komplexní řízení budov – aplikace KNX. Ostrava: VŠB – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2014.

Recommended Reading:
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. ISBN 978-363-9249-514.

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. ISBN 978-1119994350.
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. ISBN 978-363-9249-514.

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. ISBN 978-1119994350.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work, Field trip, Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial), Field data collection
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit45 10
        ExaminationExamination55 15