MAK 4069E - Thermal Environmenta Engineering

Course Objectives

1) Learn about advanced building energy and environmental control systems.
2) Obtain knowledge about district cooling and heating systems.
3) Gain the skills and tools necessary to evaluate integration of sustainable energy production systems to a given building site.
4) Study application of combined heat and power systems in a specific building or group of buildings.
5) Conduct thermal, hydraulic and economic modeling of integrated building energy systems for planning and design.

Course Description

This course examines the underlying thermodynamic principles of advanced building heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, studies integration of power production systems with building environmental control systems, and provides design principles of centralized heating and cooling systems.