Course Details

Energy Assessment of Buildings

Academic Year 2025/26

BTB006 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-SI / S Summer Semester 4th year

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Horák, 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/289874

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Methodology of energy evaluation of buildings, law, regulations and standards.
  • 2. Energy evaluation for design and for energy certification, energy reports.
  • 3. Method of energy audit,certificate of building energy demand
  • 4. Auditing of heating systems.
  • 5. Auditing of ventilation systems.
  • 6. Auditing of hot service water systems.
  • 7. Auditing of lighting systems, fans and pumps.
  • 8. Auditing of cooling and technology.
  • 9. Design of energy saving measures.
  • 10. Economy profit calculation for energy conservation measures.
  • 11. Principles of thermography and practical applications of thermography in the energy assessment of buildings.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • Methodology of energy evaluation of buildings, law, regulations and standards.
  • Energy evaluation for design and for energy certification, energy reports.
  • Method of energy audit,certificate of building energy demand.
  • Auditing of heating systems.
  • Auditing of ventilation systems.
  • Auditing of hot service water systems.
  • Auditing of lighting systems, fans and pumps.
  • Auditing of cooling and technology.
  • Design of energy saving measures.
  • Economy profit calculation for energy conservation measures.
  • Principles of thermography and practical applications of thermography in the energy assessment of buildings.