Energy Efficient Buildings detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of energy efficient buildings is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9 Climate adapted and climate rejecting buildings – Heat Transfer – Measuring Conduction – Thermal Storage – Measurement of Radiation – The Greenhouse Effect – Convection – Measuring latent and sensible heat – Psychrometry Chart – Thermal Comfort – Microclimate, Site Planning and Development – Temperature – Humidity – Wind – Optimum Site Locations – Sun Path Diagrams -Sun Protection – Types of Shading Devices – Design responses to energy conservation strategies.
Unit II
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Unit III
DAYLIGHTING AND ELECTRICAL LIGHTING 9 Materials, components and details – Insulation – Optical materials – Radiant Barriers – Glazing materials – Glazing Spectral Response – Day lighting – Sources and concepts -Building Design Strategies – Case Studies – Daylight apertures – Light Shelves – Codal requirements – Day lighting design – Electric Lighting – Light Distribution – Electric Lighting control for day lighted buildings -Switching controls – Coefficient of utilization – Electric Task Lighting – Electric Light Zones – Power Adjustment Factors.
Unit IV
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Unit V
DESIGN FOR CLIMATIC ZONES 9 Energy efficiency – An Overview of Design Concepts and Architectural Interventions – Embodied Energy – Low Embodied Energy Materials – Passive Downdraft Evaporative Cooling – Design of Energy Efficient Buildings for Various Zones – Cold and cloudy – Cold and sunny – Composite – Hot and dry – Moderate – Warm and humid – Case studies of residences, office buildings and other buildings in each zones – Commonly used software packages in energy efficient building analysis and design – Energy Audit – Certification.
Course Outcomes:
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Reference Books:
- Energy Conservation Building Code, cau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi, 2018.
- Handbook on Functional Requirements of Buildings Part 1 to 4 SP : 41 ( S and T) 1995
- Residential Energy: Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings by John Krigger and Chris Dorsi, Published by Saturn Resource Management, 2013.
- Brown, G.Z. and DeKay, M., Sun, Wind and Light – Architectural Design Strategies, John Wiley and Sons Inc,3rd Edition, 2014
- Majumdar, M (Ed), Energy – Efficient Buildings in India, Tata Energy Research Institute, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, 2009.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Civil Engineering 5th Sem, visit Civil 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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