Energy Engineering

SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCES IN CIVIL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

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DAVIDE ASTIASO GARCIA Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program

The course deals with the main theoretical and basic aspects, jointly with some practical and innovative criteria for achieving its defined aims. Furthermore, environmental mitigation strategies for an eco-friendly plan of building systems will be analyzed. Lastly, tools, software and the regulation frameworks at national and European scale will be examined. In particular, the following topics will be included: Heat transfer Psychrometrics Ventilation requirements for buildings; Building energy performance and heat – cool loads assessment; Energy systems selection and technical spaces assessment; Energy efficiency strategies and Renewable Energy Sources analysis; Regulation framework analysis at European and national scale; Indoor comfort: IAQ (indoor air quality), noise analysis and mitigation strategies, lighting and thermal comfort.

Prerequisites

Not required

Books

Robert McDowall, Fundamentals of HVAC Systems

Teaching mode

The course includes theoretical lectures, practical examples and exercises.

Frequency

recommended

Exam mode

The exam includes an oral exam and the presentation of a project of a technical system in a building.

Bibliography

Cumo F., Piras G., Sforzini V. Analisi energetica degli edifici. Elementi progettuali. Esculapio editore, 2019.

Lesson mode