066-0418-00L Whole Building Simulation
| Semester | Spring Semester 2024 |
| Lecturers | G. Mavromatidis, J. Allan |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | Limited number of participants. MIBS: This course must be taken in the first year of coursework. Priority will be given to Integrated Building Systems MSc students. |
| Abstract | This course discusses the application of whole building simulation in the design, operation, and retrofitting process of buildings and districts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | - Understand energy and mass conservation principles in the analysis of energy performance of buildings; - Use of building simulation in design, operation, and retrofitting process of buildings and districts; - Integrating HVAC, renewable energy, storage technologies and district energy systems - Annual simulations, system selection and sizing, heating and cooling calculations, summer comfort calculations - Understand differences between building and district scale simulation - Obtaining and interpreting simulation results, parametric studies and optimization results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Only a restricted number of places is available for this course. Priority will be given to MIBS students. Please send an email to the lecturer after signing up in mystudies (if you are not a MIBS student). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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