Building Energy Systems and Auditing

By Prof. Shankha Pratim Bhattacharya | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 704 | Exam registration: 25

ABOUT THE COURSE:

The course will start with the fundamental principle of climate-responsive architecture. The prime objective of the course is to give a comprehensive understanding of building operational energy consumption and conservation principles. The course is broadly classified into two sections. In the first part, the fundamentals of building physics are introduced, along with energy simulation of buildings and ECBC guidelines compliance. The second part deals with building energy conservation through passive technology adaptation, energy auditing, and green energy generation. The course will prepare the audience with the basic levels of building energy audit certification courses provided by GRIHA and LEED. The participant will become acquainted with the building energy auditing procedures.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Undergraduate and postgraduate Students of Architecture

PREREQUISITES: The course is preferred for third-year architecture students. Students should have knowledge of climatology (usually offered at the second-year level).

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Architectural firms dealing with climate responsive design and building energy auditing

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Architecture and Planning Environment
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	17 Feb 2025
End Date :	11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends :	17 Feb 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	24 Feb 2025
Exam Date :	26 Apr 2025 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: General Introduction to Building Physics
Review of Climate Responsive Design Principles, Heat conduction, convection and radiation principles, Material properties, Daylighting.

Week 2: Building Heat Transfer Mechanism
Heat admittance through building envelope, Psychometric operation, Solar Radiation and consideration for glazing design.

Week 3: Building Heat Load Estimation Methods
Thermal load and ventilation. Study on building energy systems that contribute to the energy needs of the built forms, Energy calculation and modelling of building based on thermal transfer values. Concept of cooling degree days

Week 4: Energy Conservation Building Code Considerations
ECBC norms on energy efficient building in India, Building envelope trade-off method. Envelope performance factor. Daylight and lighting consideration

Week 5: Energy Conservation in Residential Building
Eco-Niwas Samhita 2018 guidelines for residential building energy conservation, Residential envelope transmittance values in various climatic conditions in India. Comfort system and controls.

Week 6: Life Cycle Analysis
Discussion on life cycle energy analysis of building. Embodied energy, operational energy. Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Govt. of India (BEE) guidelines and Building Energy Index of different building types.

Week 7: Building Energy Audits
Energy Auditing types and level. Tools for Auditing, Payback of Retrofits, Accepted Home Energy Designations. Factors Affecting Thermal Performance of Insulation.

Week 8: Passive Technologies and Green Energy
Passive low energy technologies and its application in building Earth-air tubes, radiant cooling, Passive downdraft evaporative cooling (PDEC). Green technologies for alternative sources of building operating energy:, PV Cell, wind energy, bio gas, Energy efficient buildings in India: case studies

Books and references

1. Baker, N., & Steemers, K. (2000). Energy and Environment in Architecture: A Technical Guide. New York: Taylor & Francis.
2. Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India, (2017). Energy Conservation Building Code.
3. Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India, (2018). Eco-Niwas Samhita (Vol-I).
4. Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS), (1987). Handbook of Functional requirement of Building, SP-41.
5. Harbuck, S. (2014). Residential Energy Auditing and Improvement. The Fairmont Press.
6. Koenigsberger, O. H. (1974). Manual of Tropical Housing and Building. London: Longman.
7. Lstiburek, J. W. (2005). Builder’s Guide: Hot-humid Climates. Westford, Massachusetts: Building Science Corporation.
8. Majumder, M. (2008). Energy-efficient Building in India. New Delhi: Tata Energy Research Institute.
9. Phillips, D. (2004). Day Lighting: Natural Lighting in Architecture. Oxford: Architectural Press.
10. Stiebler, M. (2008). Green Energy and Technology. Springer Series in Green Energy and Technology.
11. Szokolay, S.V. (2014). Introduction to Architectural Science: The basis of Sustainable Design. Routledge

Instructor bio

Prof. Shankha Pratim Bhattacharya

IIT Kharagpur

Prof.ShankhaPratim Bhattacharya is presently an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He did his graduation in Architectural Engineering from Regional Engineering College Calicut, Kerala (presently, NIT Calicut) in 1994. He completed his Masters in Engineering (Structural Engineering) and PhD Research from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. He has more than twenty five years of teaching experience.His area of research includes Building Science and Services, Construction Technology and Management, Thermal Comfort and Building Energy Modelling, Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Assessment. He has published over fifteen technical papers in different reputed international journals like Sustainable Cities and Society, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Energy & Buildings, Indoor and Built Environment, International Journal of Construction Management, etc. He has also developed NPTEL Courses on Architectural Acoustics and Structural Systems in Architecture. He also conducted one GIAN course and four Short Term Courses under the Continuing Education Programme, IIT Kharagpur. He received an “Eminent Architectural Engineer" award by the Architectural Engineering Division of the Institute of Engineers (India) in Year 2015.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: April 26, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.

Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team