Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the module:

• Must have knowledge of heat balance of buildings

• Must be able to understand heat and moisture transfer in the building envelope
• Must be able to account for the hygro thermal functional demands regarding materials and constructions used in the building envelope
• Must have knowledge of calculation methodology for building energy use
• Must have knowledge of legislation requirements regarding building energy use
• Must have knowledge of numerical solutions of mathematical problems

Skills

Students who complete the module:

• Must be able to set up hygro thermal functional requirements regarding the building envelope and materials
• Must be able to size the building envelope according to hygro thermal functional demands
• Must be able to conduct a blower door test of a building
• Must be able to set up a steady state heat balance for a building including in and external loads
• Must be able to document the building energy requirements using appropriate methods
• Must be able to perform dynamic simulation of heat flows in building using building energy simulation tools

Competences

Students who complete the module:

• Independently be able to define and analyse scientific problems
• Must be able to apply proper terminology in oral, written and graphical communication and documentation of problems and solutions within sizing the building envelope
• Be able to qualitative quantify the importance of boundary condition, user behaviour and detail level of mathematical models to estimate energy use and indoor environment
• Must be able to discus and evaluate the preconditions and results of building energy use

Type of instruction

Lectures, etc. supplemented with project work, workshops, presentation seminars, lab tests.

Extent and expected workload

The module is 5 ECTS which is corresponding to 150 hours of study.

Exam

Exams