The purpose of this course is to discuss the energy utilization in society in
light of what is considered as (environmentally, and otherwise) sustainable
practice, with special focus on technologies used for satisfying a broad range
of cooling demands, as well as technologies used for space-conditioning
(heating/cooling, ventilating) in the built environment. The course indludes:
Part I: Energy Systems - Energy system definition - A deregulated European
electricity market - Duration graphs - Energy production, transmission and
utilization - National energy systems - Industrial energy systems - The building
as an energy system. Part II: Building energy systems - Indoor air quality and
thermal comfort - The energy balance of a building - Heat and moisture
transmission in buildings - Solar radiation, heating load and cooling load -
Power and energy calculations - Heating systems, principles and applications -
Ventilation systems, principles and applications - Air distribution in rooms,
displacement and mixing ventilation systems - Introduction to building energy
systems simulation.