Energy Efficient Buildings detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering Sandwich (Mech Sandwich) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech Sandwich 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 Mechanical Engineering Sandwich 8th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech Sandwich 8th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Sandwich Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of energy efficient buildings is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
Climate and Building, Historical perspective, Aspects of Net Zero building design – Sustainable Site, Water, Energy, Materials and IGBC, LEED, GRIHA, IEQ and ECBC Standards
Unit II
LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING ENVELOPES 9
Energy efficient landscape design – Micro climates – various methods – Shading, water bodies – Building envelope: Building materials, Envelope heat loss and heat gain and its evaluation, paints, insulation, Design methods and tools
Unit III
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Unit IV
ENERGY CONSERVATION IN BUILDING UTILITIES 9
Energy conservation in Hot water generator – Boiler, Heat Pumps, DG Sets, Motors , Pumps, Illumination Systems, Electrical distribution systems, Cooling Towers,Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems, Water and Waste Management systems
Unit V
RENEWABLE ENERGY IN BUILDINGS 9
Introduction of Renewable sources in buildings, , Stand-alone PV systems, BIPV, Solar water heating, Solar Air Conditioning in Buildings, Small wind turbines, Poly-generation systems in Buildings
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Familiar with climate responsive building design and basic concepts
- Explain the basic terminologies related to buildings
- Discuss the energy efficient air conditioning techniques
- Evaluate the performance of buildings
- Gets acquainted with Renewable energy systems in buildings
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- ASHRAE Handbook – Fundamentals / Equipment’s/ Applications – ASHRAE 2021,2020, 2019 Editions
- Baruch Givoni: Climate considerations in building and Urban Design, John Wiley & Sons, 1998
- Baruch Givoni: Passive Low Energy Cooling of Buildings by, John Wiley & Sons, 15-Jul-1994
- JA Duffie and WA Beckman: Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
- Jan F. Kreider, Peter S. Curtiss, Ari Rabl, Heating and Cooling of buildings: Design for Efficiency, Revised Second Edition, CRC Press, 28-Dec-2009.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical Engineering Sandwich 8th Sem, visit Mech Sandwich 8th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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