Energy Efficient Buildings

MEE 420 / 569
University of Dayton

Fall 2008

 

Course Information

Course Syllabus

Grades

Class Phone and Email List

Instructor: Kelly Kissock

 

Lectures

Context

1 Heating and Cooling with Building Form

2 Why E/3?

3 Building Energy Economics

Heating and Cooling Loads

4 Sequence of Analysis, Building Energy Balance, Weather Data

 

5 Walls

 

6 Ceilings, Floors and Basements   Roof Heat Loss Pictures    

 

7 Windows and Solar Gain

 

8 Infiltration

 

9 Internal Heat Gains and Design Loads    

Residential Heating and Cooling Equipment

10 Furnaces and Boilers

 

11 Psychrometrics        Psychrometric Chart

 

12 Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

Residential Energy Analysis

13 Spreadsheet Simulation

 

14 Degree-Days and Inverse Modeling      233Stonemill.txt

 

15 E/3 Houses and Computer Simulation   Basehouse_2007.txt (rename as Basehouse_2007.utl)

Commercial Building Systems

16 Commercial Building HVAC Systems

 

17 Sizing Air Handlers and Chillers

 

18 Pump Systems    Pump System Design Homework

 

19 Fan Systems  Fan System Design Homework

 

20 CAV and VAV Systems   Ketlabs.utl

Commercial Building Heating and Cooling Plant

21 Chillers and Cooling Towers

 

22 Outdoor Air Control    Outdoor Air Control Homework

 

22b Chiller Plant Control    Chiller Plant Control Homework

 

23 Boilers and Steam Systems

Commercial Building Energy Analysis         

24 Lighting, Daylighting and Plug Loads

 

25 ASHRAE 90.1, LEED and Net Zero Buildings

 

26 E/3 Buildings and Computer Simulation

 

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Semester Project

 

Semester Project Description

 

UD_Electricity

 

UD_Natural Gas

 

UD Campus Facilities Info

 

Data Files

 

233Stonemill1.SZB

 

233StonemillPhotos.ZIP

 

UD Dorm Gas Use

 

UD Campus Electricity Use (Revised 4/26/2007)

 

Simulation Programs

WeaTran

ESim

SolarSim

LightSim

Duct Designer

Energy Explorer

 

Resources

Thinkers Guide to Engineering Reasoning

How to Report the Uncertainty of Results

How To Write a Technical Paper

 

Student Projects