TE4012 Energy Efficient Buildings Syllabus:

TE4012 Energy Efficient Buildings Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. To learn the green buildings concepts applicable to alternate design
2. To be familiar with basic terminologies related to buildings
3. To learn the building (air) conditioning techniques
4. To know the methods to evaluate the performance of buildings
5. To incorporate Renewable energy systems in buildings

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Climate and Building, Historical perspective, Aspects of green building design – Sustainable Site, Water, Energy, Materials and IAQ, ECBC Standards

UNIT II LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING ENVELOPES

Energy efficient Landscape design – Microclimate, Shading, Arbors, Windbreaks, Xeriscaping, Building envelope – Thermal comfort, Psychrometry, Comfort indices, Thermal Properties of Building Materials – Thermal Resistance, Thermal Time Constant (TTC), Diurnal Heat Capacity (DHC), Thermal Lag, Decrement Factor, Effect of Solar Radiation – Sol-air Temperature, Processes of heat exchange of building with environment, Insulation

UNIT III PASSIVE HEATING AND COOLING

HVAC introduction, Passive Heating – Solar radiation basics, Sun Path Diagram, Direct Heating, Indirect Heating and Isolated heating, Concept of Daylighting, Passive Cooling – Natural Ventilation (Stack and Wind), Evaporative Cooling and Radiative Cooling.

UNIT IV THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS

Heat transfer due to fenestration/infiltration, Calculation of Overall Thermal Transmittance, Estimation of building loads: Steady state method, network method, numerical method, correlations, Thermal Storage integration in buildings

UNIT V RENEWABLE ENERGY IN BUILDINGS

Introduction of renewable sources in buildings, BIPV, Solar water heating, small wind turbines, standalone PV systems, Hybrid system – Economics.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of this course, the students:
1. Will be familiar with climate responsive building design and basic concepts
2. Will Know the basic terminologies related to buildings
3. Will Know the passive (air) conditioning techniques
4. Will be able to evaluate the performance of buildings 5. Gets acquainted with Renewable energy systems in buildings

REFERENCES:

1. ASHRAE Handbook -2009 – Fundamentals.
2. Baruch Givoni: Climate considerations in building and Urban Design, John Wiley & Sons, 1998
3. Baruch Givoni: Passive Low Energy Cooling of Buildings by, John Wiley & Sons, 15-Jul-1994
4. JA Duffie and WA Beckman: Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
5. Jan F. Kreider, Peter S. Curtiss, Ari Rabl, Heating and Cooling of buildings: Design for Efficiency, Revised Second Edition, CRC Press, 28-Dec-2009.