Duration
9h Th, 6h Pr, 3h AUTR
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims to educate to buiding physics and special techniques in order to control indoor climate while limiting energy consumption and creating a healthy living environment. Agricultural buildings are covered but the subject is broaden to residential and commercial buildings
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Choose and size heating and air conditionning equipments
Master physical quantities and phenomenon involved inside buildings
Model physical processes involved in buildings
Design an energy efficient infrastructure
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Environment physics
Applied fluids mechanics
Energy
Cooling and drying processes
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theoretical background and practical work
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
flipped classroom and basic practical training in Energy plus building energy system software package
Recommended or required readings
Mandatory reading : Energie Plus, reference www.energieplus-lesite.be
Suggested reading : Santé et qualité de l'environnement intérieur dans les bâtiments Roulet, Claude-Alain, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes x, 362p.
ISBN9782880747930
Available at the central library
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination: One specific question with 20 minutes preparation and general questions on the whole matter to evaluate theoretical knowledge and professionnal expertise
Written examination: Perform simulations using Energy plus software with questions of increasing difficulty to evaluate skills and rigor in a professionnal situation
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
f.lebeau@ulg.ac.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
The 6 parts of the theoretical course will be translated into video podcasts. The topics covered are summarized below:
(1) The building and its occupants: outdoor and indoor climate, thermal comfort, other types of comfort, ...
(2) The envelope: the functions of the envelope, materials, heat and mass transfer in a multi-layer wall, ...
(3) The systems : principles of ventilation and heating
(4) Sustainable energy design of buildings: design principles, current regulation and its limits, designing the insulation, designing the ventilation, ...
(5) Energy modelling: types of models, geometry transcription, model calibration, ...
(6) Investigation for existing buildings: why investigate, available tools, digital tools (3D scanning and wireless sensors) for diagnosis, ...
- All the written documents will be released on 15/04/2020, as well as the podcasts of parts 1 and 2 (via eCampus, via Unicast links).
- The rest of the podcasts will be released in the following days, 20/04/2020 for parts 3 and 4 and 22/04 for parts 5 and 6.
- On April 27th, 2020 at 10 am an introduction session to the use of the software 'Openstudio' will be given (Via Blackboard). It will follow just after the instructions for the submission of an individual project to be submitted by May 18th using this software.
- On May 04th at 10am there will be a Q&A session on the theoretical aspects (via Blackboard).
Assessment subjects
For the theory, the students will be evaluated according to their ability to :
- Understand the general principles of 'Building Physics' and sustainable design.
- Understand the criteria of comfort or optimum hygrothermal conditions for the occupants or contents of a building.
- Know the functions of the envelope and the main hygrothermal mechanisms that take place within it.
- Know the general principles of operation and sizing of ventilation and heating systems To know how to define the main quantities related to the thermal properties of the building.
- Understand the operation of the most common tools used for the hygrothermal study of buildings (simulation and on-site measurement tools).
For the practical part, the students will have to show their ability to use a software for the dynamic simulation of heat exchange in a building (OpenStudio software), for simple problems (calculation of the net heating demand and simulation of thermal comfort in a room).
Assessment methods
The evaluation will be conducted through a one-on-one interview via a teleconference platform. The student will be asked to answer several questions related to the theory, a part with and a part without preparation. The outcome of this interview will cover 2/3 of the total evaluation.
The second part of the assessment will take the form of a practical exercise, the instructions for which will be given during the introductory session on the use of the OpenStudio software. Each student will have to submit an individual report on this exercise, which will represent 1/3 of the total assessment.
The evaluation will be conducted through a one-on-one interview via a teleconference platform. The student will be asked to answer several questions related to the theory, a part with and a part without preparation. The outcome of this interview will cover 2/3 of the total evaluation.
The second part of the assessment will take the form of a practical exercise, the instructions for which will be given during the introductory session on the use of the OpenStudio software. Each student will have to submit an individual report on this exercise, which will represent 1/3 of the total assessment.
Contacts
If you have any questions, please first contact Mr. Samuel Dubois via one of the following email addresses:
sdu@bbri.be / samuel.dubois@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Unchanged
Assessment methods
Unchanged evaluation method
Contacts
samuel.dubois@bbri.be
f.lebeau@uiege.be