Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Technologies
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE4105 | Architecture and Built Environment | 4 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ABEE4105
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module aims to provide students with a comprehensive grounding in renewable energy sources and allied conversion systems with the focus on their application within the built environment. Specifically the module will cover: 1) energy principles; 2) solar energy resources; 3) solar thermal collectors; 4) solar photovoltaics; 5) wind energy; 6) district heating and heat pumps; 7) biomass energy; 8) CHP; 9) efficient boilers; 10) heat recovery. For each of the renewable and energy efficient systems, the student will learn and develop an understanding of principle of operation, basic components, merit and limitations, and investigate the contribution they can make to a building's energy requirement with reference to their environmental impact.
Target Students
Only available for PGT OR PGR students• Only available for Architecture & Built Environment students
Classes
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
- One 2-hour laboratory each week for 8 weeks
Assessment
- 100% Coursework 1: One report comprising three separate lab reports with each lab report contributing equally.
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to provide students with a thorough grounding in the appropriateness, use and limitations of implementing/integrating renewable and energy efficient technologies/systems within buildings. It seeks to tackle key issues such as orientation, sizing and specification, how they operate and how they are integrated into the overall design process. It will highlight the importance of simple design tools (such as PVSyst) in this process and how these can be used to help optimise the design solutions.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
• An understanding and working knowledge of the role of energy within the built environment, issues around environmental impact and security of supply, the role played by renewable and energy efficient systems as alternatives to conventional energy generation as well as the regulatory and economic factors that influence their deployment
Intellectual skills
• The ability to relate building design and context to energy needs and from this develop and assess environmentally responsible approached to meeting these
Professional/practical skills
• Ability to operate and evaluate key renewable and energy efficient technologies
Transferable/key skills
• Ability to summarise complex concepts and communicate these through writing to a professional audience