EY4203 Energy Efficient Buildings Design Syllabus:

EY4203 Energy Efficient Buildings Design 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 LAND SCAPE 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 Day lighting, Passive Cooling–Natural Ventilation(Stack and Wind),Evaporative Cooling and Radiative Cooling.

UNITI- V 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, stand- alone PV systems, Hybrid system–Economics.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
1. Design climate responsive building
2. Discover various physical properties influencing passive building design
3. Apply the passive(air)conditioning techniques in energy efficient building
4. Interpret the energy performance of buildings
5. Appraise the adaptation of renewable energy systems in buildings

REFERENCES:

1. ASHRAEHandbook-2009-Fundamentals.
2. Baruch Givoni: Climate considerationsinbuildingandUrbanDesign,JohnWiley&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.