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Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems
Professional Certificate programs are series of courses designed by industry leaders and top universities to build and enhance critical professional skills needed to succeed in todays most in-demand fields.
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5 months at 4 - 6 hours per week
english
Online - Self Paced
professional certificate
Delft University of Technology
About Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems
DelftX's Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems Professional Certificate
Energy Demand in Buildings
Energy Supply Systems for Buildings
Comfort and Health in Buildings
Efficient HVAC Systems
Job Outlook
What You Will Learn?
- How to make estimations of buildings energy needs by applying the balance principle and using simple public meteorological data; to be able to make informed decisions on how to increase the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings..
- About the energy supply in buildings and possible combinations to increase efficiency with e.g. heat pumps, gas burners, cogeneration, solar, fuel-cells, geothermal and aquifer thermal storage..
- To design building energy systems be designed accounting for the mismatch between demand and supply in order to ensure low primary energy usage, low carbon emissions or even enable zero carbon buildings and building stocks..
- How to master a good indoor thermal comfort and how that closely relates to buildings’ energy systems, in order to size the energy and comfort equipment of the building, which is a must from costs point of view..