LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
- ILO1: Use a related software for building energy modeling (IDA-ICE).
- ILO2: Describe imperatives for an energy efficient building.
- ILO3: Choose phases and principal techniques of the design process concerning energy efficient buildings.
- ILO4: Analyze, simulate and evaluate the resource consumption and overall energy efficiency of buildings with main focus on the role of different aspects of building physics.
- ILO5: Demonstrate the role, techniques, integration and control of building services systems in creating and maintaining energy efficient buildings.
- ILO6: Learn to work in a team through groupwork, and to disseminate the results clearly and efficiently by means of written reports (conference papers) and seminars in front of an audience.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 22.10.2024 - 05.12.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Andrea Ferrantelli
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
This course deals with the tools, methodologies, and processes required for designing, building and operating sustainable buildings, as well as for evaluating their energy efficiency and environmental performance in various stages of their operation and life. The course is intended to cover the followings subjects: the design process, generic design strategies for low-carbon buildings, energy efficient HVAC-systems, low energy approaches for thermal control of buildings, energy efficient electrical systems, controls and metering, electric power load assessment, energy modelling, indoor conditions and energy.
This is a research-oriented course: heat transfer as well as building design fundamentals are assumed to be already known. The students will engage in reading specific journal articles, solving some energy balance calculations, participating in group work aimed at writing conference papers. They will also perform individual computer simulations of energy efficiency.
Content:
- Introduction to Load Calculations
- Load and annual energy calculations
- Thermal comfort and radiation
- Principles of NZEB design
- Technical solutions for energy efficient buildings
- EPC and Energy policy, Exergy
A comprehensive training of a software for building energy modeling (IDA-ICE) is an important part of the course.
Study load:
- Contact teaching = 27h (6×2h+5×3h)
- Weekly Assignments = 24h (8×3h)
- Student group seminar = 27h (group work + student seminar + report preparation)
- Simulation software = 44h (3×3h tutoring sessions + 35h simulation project)
- Learning diary blog = 10h (5×2h)
- Additional reading = 3h
Total: 135h.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
No final written examination. The assessment is cumulative continuous.
Lectures, weekly exercises, learning diary blog, individual simulation report, group project. The final mark (0-5, on a non-linear scale) will be shared as follows:
30% from calculation and reading assignments given at lectures.
25% from the software project.
25% from the group report and Energy efficiency group seminar.
10% from the weekly learning diary blog.
Extra points will be given for full attendance to teaching events, extra reading, extra exercises, course feedback.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
1. Teaching sessions are divided into 3 groups: theory lectures, exercise sessions and software sessions. The IDA-ICE software sessions are hands-on tutorials which cover the software rudiments as well as exercises and assignments. The software training will culminate in an individual simulation project.
2. The students are arranged into groups to which specific topics according to the core content are assigned. Such groups have to carry out some review work on the assigned topic, also adding computer simulations with IDA-ICE if possible. They will then prepare a written report in the form of a proper scientific conference article, which will be presented with a group presentation during the last lecture “Energy efficiency group seminar”.
3. After each theory lecture, every week one topic will be selected, and a corresponding learning blog entry will be created. The students will contribute to the discussion, expanding on the topic and also elaborating about what was clear, what was not so
clear and should be covered also the next time.
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lecture slides and selected parts of several related textbooks including but not limited to the following:
- Lecture notes
- Software tutorials
- Web-based information
- Research papers
Reference book:
Heating and Cooling of Buildings : Principles and Practice of Energy Efficient Design, Third Edition, by T. Agami Reddy, Jan F. Kreider, Peter S. Curtiss, and Ari Rabl
Available as a ebook:
http://libproxy.aalto.fi/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aalto-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5652948
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
3 Good Health and Well-being
7 Affordable and Clean Energy
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
13 Climate Action
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language: English
Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn II
2025-2026 Autumn IIRegistration:
Registration for the course will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi).