Energy efficiency in buildings – Εnergy audits

Learning Outcomes:

The course aims at:

• Familiarization with the Greek and European energy legislation for buildings
• Comprehension of the main principles and systems of energy efficiency at buildings
• Comprehension of the main principles of energy assessment calculations
• Familiarization with elaboration of an energy assessment report
• Familiarization with performing an energy audit at buildings and systems

General Skills:

• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use
• Decision making
• Autonomous work
• Teamwork
• Production of new research ideas
• Design and management of projetcs
• Respect for the natural environment
• Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

Course Content:

• Building energy consumption fundamentals: Analysis per activity, per building category, etc.
• Building energy policy: European and national energy legislation – Building energy efficiency regulation (KENAK), Technical Guides of TEE.
• Energy efficiency and rational use of energy in buildings: envelope, heating – cooling systems, heat recovery systems, cogeneration systems.
• Artificial lighting: Energy savings at lighting systems, lighting control.
• Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS). Low energy consumption appliances.
• District heating / cooling of building complexes / settlements
• Users energy behavior
• Calculation of energy performance of buildings: basic principles, energy balance, energy requirements for space heating-cooling-DHW–lighting, energy consumption, heat transfer equations, thermal insulation calculations. National – European principles for the energy performance of buildings.
• Energy audit procedure : Buildings, Systems
• Energy study report: specifications
• Buildings energy certification and energy rating
• Buildings’ energy performance software: Energy audits – energy study.
• Energy calculation software (structure, inputs, databases, energy efficiency scenario design etc.)
• Examples of energy design report for different building categories
• Measurement of thermal performance of buildings, thermal performance of boiler / burner Measures for energy renovation of buildings and systems
• Developing an energy audit / energy study report

Suggested Bibliography:

The section of ‘Energy Efficiency in buildings’ is covered by the following textbooks / books:
1. Structures Physics and Environmental Design of Buildings, Papamanolis N. (2016), Kallipos

and the following textbooks:

• Guide of energy efficiency in residential buildings
• Energy efficiency technologies at buildings
• Energy behavior of consumers – Energy efficient equipment

The ‘Energy Audits ‘ section is covered by the following textbooks / books:

• Teachers’ notebooks (uploaded at course website
• Guide for Energy Audit of Buildings
• Guide of techniques and instruments for energy measurements
• Technical Guides of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TOTEE )