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Details of the topics covered may be found by clicking here
There will be no formal late Monday session in weeks 1 -5. Instead in WEEKS
Room Allocations:
Monday 18 - 19 |
Week 1: No Session: Click
here for details of these informal sessions. Weeks 6 - 12 CH01:20 Lecture if required (watch this space) |
Wednesday 09 - 10 |
All Weeks A3.01 - Lecture Revision Session in week 12 |
Thursday 12 - 13 |
All Weeks: PLEASE NOTE: there have been difficulties in booking an adequate room. The following are provisional arrangements which are subject to change. Weeks 1 - 4 the lecture will be in Lab A Watch this space for amendments |
WEEK 1 |
Introduction to organisation of course and Field Course Revision of Simple Economic Analyses |
WEEK 2 |
Thermal comfort: physical and physiological aspects. What temperatures do we actually need? |
WEEK 3 |
Energy use by sector: Energy GDP relationships: Energy Balance Tables. |
WEEK 4 |
Basic heat flow: conduction, convection, radiation: U-values, heat losses from buildings: |
WEEK 5 |
Effect of Built Form on energy conservation, energy conservation by technical means (insulation etc):. Dynamic Heat Flow situations: |
WEEK 6 |
Introduction to Energy Management |
Week 7 |
Energy Management Continued: Energy Targets: Building Regulations |
WEEK 8 |
Thermodynamics: Combined Heat and Power |
WEEK 9 |
The Heat Pump |
WEEK 10 |
Energy use in transport - tradable permits (this section may be covered in a seminar in Week 4 instead): Deregulation of Energy |
WEEK 11 |
Energy Analysis: Concluding Remarks |
WEEK 12 |
Reserved for revision sessions |