Lecture that meets 3 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks
Specific course information
Catalog description: This course is designed to provide students with the necessary skills to perform a full energy audit on commercial and residential buildings. Energy accounting procedures for electrical, mechanical and HVAC systems will be covered in detail, along with operational cost analysis of these systems. Students will learn fundamental techniques for analyzing thermal energy flows in buildings, and will apply these techniques to the energy auditing process.
Prerequisites: CCE 413 – Building Envelope Design and Thermal Loads (may be taken concurrently) CCE 414 – Building Mechanical and Electrical System Design or Graduate standing
Course status: Elective course
Specific goals for the course
Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
Analyze utility tariffs and rate structures for electricity and natural gas, and use the information to help guide energy audits.
Perform an energy audit of all major building subsystems, including the building envelope, electrical and lighting systems, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, internal thermal loads, and building maintenance and operation procedures.
Numerically model the energy consumption of each of the building subsystems, and run parametric studies to determine and recommend appropriate energy conservation measures.
Relationship of course to program outcomes
Outcome 1: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
Topics
Understanding utility bills
Energy conservation opportunity assessment
Energy audit procedures
Levels of effort
Site visit
Building envelope
Electrical system
HVAC system
Physical plant
Maintenance
Energy modeling software (TRNSYS)
Distributed generation and combined heat and power systems
