Course Details

Renewable and Alternative Sources of Energy

Academic Year 2025/26

BTB007 course is part of 3 study plans

​ BPA-SI Summer Semester 4th year

​ BPC-SI / S Summer Semester 4th year

​ BKC-SI Summer Semester 4th year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Marcela Počinková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Credits

4 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

To offer to students of all faculties

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289630

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

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

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