Course Details

Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources (EVB)

Academic Year 2025/26

BTA018 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-EVB Summer Semester 3rd year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Marcela Počinková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/290018

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Permanently sustainable development and main areas of permanently sustainable development of building construction. 2. Primal energetic sources, renewable energy sources. Energetic systems in the buildings.
  • 3. Basics methods of energy conversions. Biomass, phytomass and phytofuels production. Theory of combustion solid fuels.
  • 4. Boiler rooms for biomass, storage of fuels. Accumulation of thermal energy. Multi-source heat systems.
  • 5. Passive systems of use solar energy in buildings. Active solar systems with use of air.
  • 6. Active solar systems for heat production for hot water heating, heating support, design and dimensioning.
  • 7. Active solar systems for pool water heating for outside and inside pools., design and dimensioning.
  • 8. Photovoltaic insular solar systems. Use of wind energy.
  • 9. Low potentialheat sources. systems with heat pumps in area of technical equipment of buildings.
  • 10. Design and dimensioning thermal systems with heat pumps.
  • 11. Principles of heat and electricity joint production from biogas and biomass.
  • 12. Secondary energy sources. Use of waste heat in systems of technical equipment of buildings.
  • 13. The use of renewable sources and energy performance of buildings. Economic and environmental evaluation of sources and energy systems in buildings

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Ecological footprint.
  • 2. Fuel properties.
  • 3. Fuel combustion, demand for heat and fuel.
  • 4. The heating curve.
  • 5. Heat source design for solid renewable fuel, solution of boiler room and fuel storage. Heat accumulation in water.
  • 6. Determine the effectiveness of thermic solar collectors.
  • 7. Design and balance thermic solar system for hot water preparation.
  • 8. Dimensioning distribution and design elements of solar system for preparation of hot water.
  • 9. Design and balance thermic solar system for pool water heating.
  • 10. Balance the needs of electrical energy. The design area of photovoltaic system.
  • 11. The design of heat pump air-water, earth-water.
  • 12. Balance of heat pump operation.
  • 13. Simplified balance of cogeneration unit.