Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality audits

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Lessons with detailed exposition, using audiovisual media, concepts, theories and fundamental tools. Presentation of real data and case studies that meet all the needs of students with guidelines on the matter. Visit ambulatory chosen as a case study building. Information gathering and monitoring data. Preparation and review of report. The final evaluation the individual course work covering issues related to the course syllabus (case study report (70%), oral presentation & discussion 30%).

Learning Outcomes

Provide the students with knowledge and skills related to:

- Legal and regulatory framework related to energy audits and indoor environmental quality

- Planning and preparing energy  and indoor environmental quality audits in buildings;

- Equipment used for testing and monitoring of data;

- Different power supply vectors and the respective tariffs

- Procedures to implement during the phases of audit

- Data Reduction, Processing  and analysis of  information and communication of results

- The main corrective measures that can be applied

-  Elaboration  of audit reports

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Introduction: Definitions. Type of audits. Audits plan. Gathering information. Necessary resources. Data acquisition. Data analysis and report.

 

Tariffs and energy consumptions

 

Data Acquisition systems

 

Procedures

 

Energy saving measurements

 

Indoor Environmental quality corrective measurements

 

Audit report

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

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