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Environmental Technical Physics
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Overview
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Syllabus
Course Objectives
Qualifying training objectives
The course of Energy Systems for Buildings aims to provide the necessary knowledge for modern energy design in compliance with environmental comfort and methods aimed at minimizing energy consumption, increasing energy efficiency, in terms of consumption of resources and performance of the building-plant system, with particular attention to European standards and the Italian legislation in force. It deals with the issues of dimensioning and designing a series of plant systems present in buildings as well as integrating the laws of technical physics, relevant standards and national legislation.
In particular, the systems taken into consideration will be those that have a considerable influence on the energy balance of the building, as well as on the characterization of the energy efficiency class of the same; therefore the part of the theoretical lessons will be aimed at the preparation of a series of technical papers that will cover the following topics: winter and summer air conditioning, production of electricity from renewable sources, production of domestic hot water from renewable sources.
Specific training objectives:
- study of the typical applications of thermophysics of buildings, for the analysis of the thermal behaviour of building envelope elements, through the acquisition of the laws governing the heat exchange mechanisms in steady state;
- acquisition of the necessary knowledge to identify solutions for improving the energy performance of buildings, in accordance with current legislation;
- acquisition of the necessary knowledge on methods aimed at minimizing energy consumption, increasing energy efficiency, in terms of resource consumption and performance of the building-plant system, with particular attention to European standards and the Italian legislation in force and in the compliance with environmental comfort criteria.
Course Prerequisites
It is suggested to take the exam after passing the Engineering Physics and thermal plants for architecture course.
Teaching Methods
COURSE STRUCTURE AND TEACHING
Lectures (h/y in classroom): 36
Exercises (h/y in classroom): 24
Guided exercises outside of class time:10
AUTONOMOUS LEARNING OF THE STUDENT
The student's self-study will consist of the following activities (90 hours):
- study and deepening on the textbooks of the theoretical and applicative topics dealt with during the hours of frontal teaching;
- use of software for the development of an energy efficiency project with reference to current regulations.
Assessment Methods
Only students who have reached a frequency of not less than 70% will be able to access the exam (Article 14 of the Didactic Regulations).
The final exam will consist of an oral interview, concerning questions of both an applicative and theoretical nature, concerning the topics covered in the course. The exam is aimed at verifying the student's ability to apply the knowledge acquired during the course.
The exam is based both on the evaluation of the exercises assigned during the course, and on the evaluation of the oral exam, both aimed at ascertaining the possession of the disciplinary skills and knowledge required by the integrated course.
The evaluation is expressed out of thirty; the maximum score is obtained if the candidate demonstrates that he has accrued the following three requirements:
- critical judgment in the sector in question;
- ability to represent the impact of the course contents within the sector / discipline in which the contents are registered;
- mastery in the ability to represent innovative ideas and / or solutions in the context of the discipline.
The student will answer specific questions on the topics covered during the course.
The questions, both open and semi-structured and specially designed to test the expected learning outcomes, will tend to verify a) the knowledge acquired; b) processing skills, c) possession of adequate display skills.
In detail:
a) As regards the test of knowledge, the ability to establish connections between the theoretical and applicative contents of the course will be required.
b) As regards the verification of processing skills, the following skills of the candidates will be assessed:
- provide independent judgments on the disciplinary contents;
- understand the applications or implications of the same in the framework of the discipline;
- place the disciplinary contents within the professional and technological context of reference.
c) As regards the test of the exhibition skills, a minimum evaluation will be given, if the candidate demonstrates a language property adequate to the professional context of reference, but this is not sufficiently articulated, while the evaluation will be maximum for those who demonstrate full command of the language and logic of the sector.
The vote, expressed out of thirty, will be assigned based on the level of achievement of the expected results according to the Dublin indic.
With regards to the students who get not suitable results or retire during the test, the teacher will evaluate whether they will be able to attend the test in the same session or at the next session.
The vote will be assigned by the professor, according to the following scale of judgment:
Excellent 30 - 30 cum laude: Exceptional knowledge of the topics, excellent ownership of language, good analytical skills, the student can apply the knowledge to solve the proposed problems.
Exceptionally good 26 - 29: Good command of subjects, full ownership of language, the student can apply knowledge to solve the problems proposed.
Good 24 - 25: Basic knowledge of the main topics, fair language properties, with limited ability to autonomously apply the knowledge to the solution of the proposed problems.
Satisfactory 21 - 23: Does not have full command of the main teaching topics but possesses the knowledge, satisfactory language properties, poor ability to independently apply the acquired knowledge.
Sufficient 18 - 20: Minimum basic knowledge of the main teaching topics and technical language, very little or no ability to independently apply the acquired knowledge.
Insufficient: Does not have an acceptable knowledge of the contents of the topics covered in the teaching.
Texts
1) Impianti termici negli edifici residenziali ad elevate prestazioni energetiche. P. Savoia, Maggioli Editore
2) Progettazione degli impianti di climatizzazione. L. De Santoli, F. Mancini, Maggioli Editore
Sitografia di riferimento; Altro materiale didattico
Contents
1_DESCRIPTION
The course of Technical Systems for Architecture will deal with issues relating to the choice and sizing of thermal systems, combining the notions deriving from Technical Physics with the themes of energy efficiency and reduction of consumption, with particular attention to the provisions of current national legislation. Therefore, the part of theoretical lessons will be aimed at drafting a series of technical papers that will cover the following topics: winter and summer air conditioning, production of electricity from renewable sources, production of domestic hot water from renewable sources. These topics will be applied during the exercises held in the classroom.
2_COURSE PROGRAMME
Thermal analysis of buildings. Thermophysical performance of the envelope elements, criteria and reference values for the calculation of the transmittance. Energy balance of the building and determination of heating and cooling thermal loads. Concepts of primary energy requirement and useful thermal energy requirement. UNI TS 11300 standards.
European directives relating to the energy efficiency of buildings. Energy certification of buildings: objectives, description of an energy performance certificate, calculation method used and reference legislation.
The Italian legislation on the energy needs for the air conditioning of buildings and the related energy classification.
Heating and cooling air conditioning systems, operating schemes and characteristics of the main types of thermal power plants used in residential buildings.
Photovoltaic plants to produce electrical energy.
Solar plants to produce thermal energy using solar sources.
The course also includes an exercise consisting in the development of an energy efficiency project for a building, with the aim of applying the theoretical elements envisaged by the course. One of the main objectives of the work is to verify the students' ability to determine the energy needs of the building and to identify those interventions of various kinds that lead to the maximum energy class, i.e. that of a Nearly Zero Energy Building.
The analysis will be carried out with the support of a technical software dedicated to energy analysis and the determination of the energy class of buildings.
3_EXPECTED RESULTS
Knowledge and understanding (Dublin indicator 1)
The student will gain specific theoretical, methodological and operational knowledge on technical systems in architecture and on building energy certification method, with reference to European standards and current Italian legislation. They will be able to understand the complex relationships that energy conversion processes in the building sector.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding (Dublin indicator 2)
The student will acquire the ability to:
- analyse the main mechanisms of heat transmission in order to solve heat exchange problems in buildings;
- evaluate the general aspects concerning the energy balances of buildings;
- apply the physical principles to real cases and then integrate them in the choice of techniques to create buildings of high thermophysical quality;
- acquisition of methodological tools and reference data to intervene with specific competence in the design where problems of environmental control and energy certification must be dealt with.
Autonomy of judgment (Dublin indicator 3)
The acquisition of the proposed investigation methods will allow the student to:
- address the problems connected with the calculation of the energy performance of buildings;
- select energy saving design solutions in the fields indicated above.
Communication skills (Dublin indicator 4)
The development of the course and its final assessment are aimed at promoting the student's ability to:
- communicate to external users, made up of private and institutional stakeholders;
- knowing how to interface with the different skills involved in the energy efficient and eco-oriented design process.
Learning skills (Dublin 5)
- Acquisition of technical skills in application of the basic knowledge of Technical Physics concerning the applications of the confined environment.
- Acquisition of terminologies, languages, numerical and descriptive methodologies of the interventions, to provide the student with the knowledge to face the problems related to the improvement of energy performance and survey methods for energy analysis, according to current legislation.
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