Course detail

Energy Audit of Buildings

FAST-CT013Acad. year: 2022/2023

Legislative requirements for the use of an energy audit and energy assessment
Energy balance in audit
Energy balance in the assessment
Environmental impacts in the audit and in the assessment
The economy in the audit and in the assessment
Energy audit in the EU

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Horák, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Energy Rating of Buildings,heating, ventilation, building physics, sanitary, cooling and wiring.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Legislative introduction, energy law, energy audit and assessment.
2. The structure of the energy audit.
3. The structure of the energy assessment.
4. Balance of energy flows in an energy audit.
5. Balance of energy flows in an energy assessment.
6. Systems for energy management.
7. Evaluation of environmental impact.
8. Economic calculations, investment return.
9. Energy evaluation within the EU. Evaluation of BIM method.
10. Energy evaluation within the EU. Evaluation of BREEAM method.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ASHRAE GreenGuide The Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings Collective of authors American Society of Heating, refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. 2010 ISBN 978-1-9337 42-85-4 (EN)
Stavební tepelná technika a energetika budov Vaverka J., Hirš J., Skotnicová I. Vutium 2006 ISBN 80-214-2910-0 (CS)
Tepelná akumulace budov Jaroslav Řehánek ČKAIT 2002 ISBN 80-86364-59-3 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch S , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch S , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch S , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Horák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Legislative introduction, energy law, energy audit and assessment. 2. The structure of the energy audit. 3. The structure of the energy assessment. 4. Balance of energy flows in an energy audit. 5. Balance of energy flows in an energy assessment. 6. Systems for energy management. 7. Evaluation of environmental impact. 8. Economic calculations, investment return. 9. Energy evaluation within the EU. Evaluation of BIM method. 10. Energy evaluation within the EU. Evaluation of BREEAM method.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Horák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Entering the building, the choice of input data and boundary conditions, a description of the initial state 2. Development of curricula energy audit. 3. Development of curricula energy assessment. 4. The calculation of the balance of energy flow in an energy audit. 5. The calculation of the balance of energy flow in the energy assessment. 6. Monitoring, measurement and analysis. 6. Calculation of emissions and environmental impact. 7. Economic evaluation of an energy audit and assessment. 8. Basic skills in BIM methodology. 9. Basic skills in BREEAM method.