Course Information
● Course number and title: CE 597-173 Sustainable Building Design Construction and Operation
● Meeting day(s) and time(s). Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30 to 11:45 am in HAMP 1113
● Instructional Modality: Face-to-Face teaching
● Course credit hours: 3 credit hours
Instructor(s) Contact Information
● Name of the instructor: Panagiota Karava, Jack and Kay Hockema Professor in Civil Engineering
● Office Location: HAMP G167A, HLAB 2019
● Office Phone Number: 765-494-4573
● Purdue Email Address: pkarava@purdue.edu
● Student Consultation hours, times, and location: Tuesday 11:45 am-12:45 pm and to schedule any other time please contact me by email
Course Description
The course starts with an introduction to environmental issues associated with buildings and presents concepts of performance indicators for improved energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality. Students become familiar with forward (physics-based) and inverse (data-driven) modeling methods used in performance-based building design and advanced model-based control. This sets the ground for an in-depth discussion of performance prediction for the evaluation of building components and systems and the use of building energy simulation tools. It is followed by topics on building systems integration using examples that include building-scale renewable energy generation and management, decarbonization technology, distributed comfort delivery systems, as well as applications on smart buildings and connected communities. Within this context, the course also introduces basic principles of solar energy systems and their integration into building energy systems design and operation.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
• Build energy models based on first principles (physics-based forward models); Heat balance method; Finite difference methods. Work on examples using teaching modules in Python/ Google Colab.
• Model building components and systems; evaluate standard and high performance technology. Work on examples using teaching modules in Python/ Google Colab.
• Conduct building energy modeling and analysis using computer simulation tools (OpenStudio, TRNSYS, Energy Plus).
• Become familiar with data-driven building models (change point method), system identification based on state-space representation, and model-based control approaches. Work on examples using teaching modules in Python.
• Develop a basic understanding of solar energy systems for buildings and related simulation tools (TRNSYS, RETScreen).
• Become familiar with concepts for smart buildings and connected communities, integrated building energy systems (photovoltaic-thermal collectors, solar-assisted heat pumps, thermal storage), distributed comfort delivery systems, model-based predictive control approaches.
• Effectively utilize building performance indicators of buildings and assess decarbonisation technology.
• Understand basic principles related to depletion of natural resources, global warming, sustainability, energy; Building energy consumption and statistics, decision making. Building decarbonization and related standards.
Learning Resources, Technology & Texts
• Purdue Brightspace: Class notes and handouts will be posted regularly.
• Suggested Reference Books (Optional):
1. Building Thermal Analysis by A.K. Athienitis, 3rd edition, 1998.
2. Principles of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning in Buildings, by J.W. Mitchell and J.E. Braun, Wiley, 1st version, 2013.
3. Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation by Hensen, Jan L.M. and Lamberts, Roberto, Spon Press, 2011.
4. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning by McQuiston, Parker, Spitler, 6th edition (2005), Wiley.
5. Energy Simulation In Building Design by Clarke, J.A., 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2001.
6. ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals. American Society of Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, US.
7. Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes by John A. Duffie, William A. Beckman, 1991, ISBN: 0471510564.
Grading
Homework Assignments – 35%
Project – 35%
Mid-term Exam – 30 %
Assignments
Homework will be assigned regularly. Assignments should be submitted on the due date. Late assignments will not be accepted, unless a specific arrangement has been made with the instructor prior to the due date.
Projects
Students are required to submit a project report and do a project presentation.
Attendance Policy and Classroom Guidance Regarding Protect Purdue
● Students are expected to attend all classes. Masks are mandatory in all instructional spaces and classrooms.
● All students must follow the Protect Purdue Pledge and staying home when ill or instructed to quarantine or isolate. Contact the instructor to make arrangements and get support.
● If you must miss class at any point in time during the semester, please reach out to me via email so that we can communicate about how you can maintain your academic progress. If you feel sick notify your adviser and notify me via email or Brightspace. We will make arrangements based on your particular situation. Please note the Details for Students on Normal Operations for Fall 2021 announced on the Protect Purdue website.
● The Protect Purdue Plan, which includes the Protect Purdue Pledge, is campus policy and as such all members of the Purdue community must comply with the required health and safety guidelines. Required behaviors in this class include: staying home and contacting the Protect Purdue Health Center (496-INFO) if you feel ill or know you have been exposed to the virus, wearing a mask in classrooms and campus building, at all times (e.g., no eating/drinking in the classroom), disinfecting desk/workspace prior to and after use, maintaining proper social distancing with peers and instructors (including when entering/exiting classrooms), refraining from moving furniture, avoiding shared use of personal items, maintaining robust hygiene (e.g., handwashing, disposal of tissues) prior to, during and after class, and following all safety directions from the instructor.
● Students who are not engaging in these behaviors (e.g., wearing a mask) will be offered the opportunity to comply. If non-compliance continues, possible results include instructors asking the student to leave class and instructors dismissing the whole class. Students who do not comply with the required health behaviors are violating the University Code of Conduct and will be reported to the Dean of Students Office with sanctions ranging from educational requirements to dismissal from the university.
● Any student who has substantial reason to believe that another person in a campus room (e.g., classroom) is threatening the safety of others by not complying (e.g., not wearing a mask) may leave the room without consequence. The student is encouraged to report the behavior to and discuss next steps with their instructor. Students also have the option of reporting the behavior to the Office of the Student Rights and Responsibilities. See also Purdue University Bill of Student Rights.
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