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Building thermal environment and intelligence

Course Name (Chinese):建筑热环境与智能化

(English): Building thermal environment and intelligence

Course Name:Building thermal environment and intelligence

Semester: 3

Program: Building

Course Module: Architecture

Responsible:Liu Kuixing

E-mail: liukuixing1@sina.com

Department:TIEI

Time Allocation (1 credit hour = 45 minutes)

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16

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16

Course Description

The course is closely linked to the undergraduate foundation courses in Building Technology, Building Automation and Building Environment and Energy Application Engineering, and further deepens the knowledge of intelligent control means for building indoor environment creation, the relationship between human behaviour in buildings and the thermal environment of buildings, and the artificial environment of buildings, building a more systematic and comprehensive course knowledge system. The course content consists of intelligent buildings, the thermal environment of buildings, building climatology, building indoor environment creation, the relationship between human behaviour and the thermal environment in buildings, and low carbon building operations and maintenance. In addition to the theoretical course, experimental sessions are also arranged for the 'Built Environment' component: 'Artificial Rainbow in Landscape' and 'Artificial Cloud in Interior'. This will allow students to consolidate their knowledge of the subject and to combine theory and practice through the reproduction of creative concrete examples or innovative indoor micro-weather landscapes, allowing them to experience the innovative combination of thermal environment and intelligence in buildings.

Prerequisite

This course is based on the disciplines in the fields of building technology, HVAC, thermal energy utilization, automation design, computer programming, fluid mechanics, etc.

Course Objectives

The content of this course helps students to build a theoretical framework of knowledge about the thermal environment of intelligent buildings. Unlike traditional theoretical courses, this course also focuses on enhancing students' engineering practice and innovation capabilities, guiding them to transform their knowledge into competence. Different thematic practices are set up in line with the chapter content, using simulated case tasks to give students the initiative to identify and solve problems. In each of the thematic practices, the corresponding practical objectives and brief process steps are given to guide students to complete the practical content, gain practical skills, consolidate the knowledge structure of the subject and experience the transformation of theoretical value of technology into practical application value.

Course Syllabus

• Lecture on basic theory

• Presentation of selected experimental topics in artificial climate

• Practical teaching and review of experimental methods and materials

• Practical teaching, literature review

• Experimental classes, where the teacher will answer questions about the experiments

• Off-line lectures on theory

• Group defence and final report

Textbooks & References

Building physics (The Third Edition), Southeast University, Xiaotu Liu. Building Industry Press, China, 2010

Building Energy (The Third Edition), Tianjin University, Lixiong Wang, Rui Dang. Building Industry Press, China, 2015

Capability Tasks

√CT1: To understand basic science, and to have analytical ability and the ability to integrate related knowledge.

√CT2: To apply relevant professional knowledge to the field of science and technology: understanding of the basic concepts and its connotation, application of different methods and concepts which have been learned, capability of judging the scope and limitations of such applications.

√CT7: To understand the issues concerned with the environment, especially the concept of sustainable development.

√CS1: Apply design software and performance software for intelligent design of ecological building;

√CS2: Able to make intelligent monitoring for energy consumption, comfort degree and other physical performance of green buildings, and master active and passive technologies for green guarantee in the operation of buildings;

Achievements

• Knowledge of the relationship between various meteorological factors and the cooling and thermal loads of buildings (e.g. solar radiation). -Level: N

• To understand the intelligent methods commonly used in the thermal environment for buildings, and the conventional theoretical knowledge of intelligence. -Level: N

• To use the new technology in the thermal environment for building. -Level: M

• To lead the team and finish the design independently. -Level: A

Students:Building, Year 2

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Attendance：10% Homework: 0%

Mid-term report/test：20% Final report/test：70%