Energy and Building Technology

Physics 2 addresses the physical principles of building physics, thermodynamics and energy technology. In order to successfully pass that module,  the students should be  able to apply the physical concepts and mechanisms of heat and heat transfer, as well as waves and acoustics to technical situations  and conduct relevant calculations.  Moreover, the students carry out lab experiments including analysis and interpretation of the results.

Students can distinguish between data types and flow structures in MATLAB. They are able to describe basic algorithms for technical applications and implement fully functional programs in MATLAB independently.

Students will be able to independently classify building types and their
specific requirements.
They know the construction elements of building construction and are able to read building plans and to derive the necessary construction measures from them.
Students are able to sketch and create simple construction plans.

Students will be able to recognise the potential of the most important primary energy sources and their significance for the energy supply,
and to identify and solve problems in the use of energy carriers. 
They know how to describe the main factors influencing the global climate, how to understand the effects of human influence on climate development and to evaluate measures against it.

Students learn how to understand and assess different statements, demands and strategies concerning the energy transition in terms of content and background.
They get to know macro- and micro-projects and programmes for the energy transition in terms of content and how to evaluate them in terms of sustainability and effectiveness.

This module covers the technically relevant topics of thermodynamics. Students use diagrams and tables to assess and calculate thermodynamic cycles used for heat engines, heat pumps or cooling units. Mollier h-x-diagram is introduced to interpret and calculate climatization. Students learn how to calculate and optimize heat transfer in different technical applications. Lab experiments are used to measure and assess the performance of technical applications.  

The students master the fundamental equations of fluid mechanics and can apply them on basic tasks and phenomena, espacially mass and energy balances onto technically relevant processes.
They are further qualified to identify and classify flow states individually and to calculate forces and momentums for passing as well as flowing through flows. Finally the students know to dimension and configure turbo machines.

Students get to know the properties, designations and standards of materials, as well as the molecular structure of materials and their bonds.
They learn how to transfer the properties of materials to applications appropriate to the material, and to differentiate between the possibilities of treatments and modifications of materials and their effects on material properties.
Students will be familiar with the state and transitional ranges of the relevant groups of materials, and they learn how to assess the application possibilities and limits.
They learn to apply authoritative testing methods and metallurgical
investigations to determine material properties, how to select processing methods to produce new products.
They understand the possibilities of recycling and assess the sustainability of materials.

Students will be familiar with the most important components of a heating system and can calculate their design. They understand the calculation methodology of the heating load standard and how to apply it. They are able to independently design, dimension and
a simple heating system. They understand the effects of the design on the energy requirement and take them into account during planning. 
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to deal professionally with basic and with current questions and problems in the field of electrical building services. 
They will understand the interaction of the different planning processes of house connection, distribution box, equipment planning, installation circuits as well as the relevant dimensioning and design rules.

Students are able to independently create and understand energy balances, and to carry out heat and moisture verifications and to assess existing ones, and assess existing ones. They learn how to define requirements for sound insulation and room acoustics,
to classify constructional possibilities of influence on sound insulation and to size the corresponding building components. Students will know how toprepare room acoustics verifications for simple rooms.

Students will be able to describe and evaluate electric power plants in terms of operation and costs. They will get to know the criteria of grid operation and power plant deployment.
They learn to differentiate between, how to calculate and measure the different forms of electricity generation by generators and the necessary plant technology.
Students understand the control power types, usable power plants and their deployment strategies , and get to know the associated markets for control energy.

Energy demand of residential buildings according to DIN 18599 and passive house design: With the help of current software, the students learn to create energy balances of buildings, to evaluate them with current energy standards and to provide public law and evidence for funding programs. The essential factors influencing the energy demand in new buildings and modernization can be evaluated quantitatively.

After the course fundamentals of energy meteorolgy like sun position, inclination angle and solar irradiance are familiar. Based on that knowledge, major solar parameters can be estimated, calculated or modeled.
The students know the importance of solar systems and espacially photovoltaics for the worldwide energy transition process. Photovoltaic systems as well as solar thermal systems can be calculated, components can be dimensioned and engineered for different applications. 

Students can transfer and apply the basic principle of the finite difference method to various partial differential equations in order to solve them numerically. In addition, the students know the basics of numerical integration.
Students essentially understand the structure and operation of analog or digital circuits as well as programmable logic controllers (PLCs). In this respect, the students master the different number systems and codes. PLC programs including user visualizations can be created and tested in debug mode.

The students know the most important components of the drinking water installation and observe the principles of drinking water hygiene during planning and appreciate the possibilities of rainwater utilization systems. They plan simple drainage systems in accordance with standards.
They know the most important standards in the field of ventilation, and get to evaluate the ventilation requirements of buildings and assess the influence of planning on the energy  demand. They  independently plan residential ventilation systems and dimension ventilation systems in the non-residential sector.
Students understand building code law as it relates to fire protection design of buildings. They assess the potential of various fire protection fire protection systems, understand how they work and apply them safely.

Students understand the benefits as well as the planning, installation and operating costs of both building automation and lighting technology. Trends in the environment of smart buildings can be assessed and the most important components of building automation systems and their functionality can be explained. In the environment of lighting technology, students know and understand the basic technical lighting variables, the physiological principles of the eye and the visual and non-visual effects of light on the human body.

During the internship, students carry out engineering-related activities based on concrete tasks in an industrial environment. The intership can be completed in a company in Germany or abroad.

The course serves to learn the basics of technical-scientific documentation as well as to gain a deeper understanding of the diverse application possibilities of presentation techniques. The students present with extended media competence. The students further develop their own speaking and performance skills with the aim of presenting confidently.

Introduction to Business Management

The course serves to learn the basics of project management, with a focus on the application in projects.

FWPM modules are specialist required elective courses offered during the later semesters. Students can choose from a portfolio of courses to personalise their engineering profile with interdisciplinary skills and gain specialist knowledge and methods of their discipline. A selection of courses is announced by the faculty in advance for each semester.

Students will be able to calculate power, losses, and outputs of wind and hydroelectric power plants. They know how to size main components in an approximate manner, amd learn to categorise, dimension and design wind and hydropower plants according to the given site conditions. They are thus plan wind and hydropower projects on an approximate basis.

Energy demand of non residential buildings according to DIN 18599 and passive house design: With the help of current software, the students learn to create energy balances of buildings, to evaluate them with current energy standards and to provide public law and evidence for funding programs. The essential factors influencing the energy demand in new buildings and modernization can be evaluated quantitatively. In an introduction to dynamic building simulation, overheating in summer is assessed and heating loads are determined.

The students understand the basic features of operational energy management and can analyse the energy demand structure of production companies. They know fields of action for the energetic optimisation of companies and are able to identify energetic optimisation potentials. Students know how to develop and evaluate suitable measures for raising these potentials.

The students know the basics of sanitary technology and the most important standards. They also know the techniques of drinking water and wastewater treatment.  They learn how to  plan drinking water supply, drinking water circulation and waste water disposal systems of any size. In doing so, they follow the legal principles and comply with the requirements for drinking water hygiene. They check the designs using computer programs and select the appropriate materials, systems and installation techniques.

The students master the essential assessment and design rules of measurement and control technology in the environment of buildings. With regard to the building systems to be controlled, the required controller types can be determined and their controller parameters determined. The quality of control loops can be analyzed on the basis of time and frequency behavior and optimization of control parameters can be derived.

The students should be familiarized with the most important elements for the execution of construction projects from a business management point of view.
This includes the contents of tendering, awarding and invoicing in accordance with VOB.
They can apply cost calculation on the planner side, as well as on the contractor side.

In teamwork, the students apply previously acquired knowledge of energy provision, energy applications or building technology to exemplary projects or in the building in the context of integral planning using an object from residential and non-residential construction.
The theory of project management is understood and tested in the concrete project work. Tools and procedures for project management are tried out and critically evaluated. The project development to be carried out project management skills such as teamwork, communication and presentation techniques. 

Students can describe the historically developed and also the current infrastructure of electrical grids and discuss necessary changes in the context of the energy transition. Common calculation methods in the various grid levels can be applied reliably (grid design, load flow and short-circuit calculation). The grid parameters (grid frequency, grid quality) and grid operation are understood. Supra-regional grids are also discussed, the focus is on regional grids and
networks in urban districts.  The students correctly assess the energy-related advantages and disadvantages of a district heating supply. They calculate the energy losses and pressure losses of a district heating pipeline. They know the tasks of pressure maintenance and calculate the necessary pressure. They know the advantages and disadvantages of the most important types of installation and understand the the statics of KMR laying. They know the most important components of a of a heating network and understand their tasks.

Noise and Vibration Protection is an advanced module on the application of items of building acoustics as part of the module Building Physcis.  The students should be able to assess problems of sound propagation and forecast the sound pressure level from engines etc. at the facade of buildings. Furthermore they should be able to calculte sound insulation in buildings according to internatioonal standards as well as to apply vibration isolation measures for machines etc.

The students dispose of a detailled survey over the build up of thermal power plants and its operational area in the power generation network.
They master how to calculate power, losses and efficiencies, know how to dimension major components and roughly how to engineer thermal power plants.

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The students understand the functioning of international energy markets. They examine the recent developments in german and international energy policy. At the end of the module students are able to contribute to discussions on energy economics and policy. 

The students learn the basics of hygrothermal indoor climate, microbial indoor climate and of olfactory-chemical room climate. They become familiar with models and procedures used to  evaluate and optimise the interior climate and user comfort levels.

After successful completion of the module, the students are able to describe the different types of energy storage along with their advantages and disadvantages and to name the current state of research and development.
The potentials of the most important current storage principles can be calculated and evaluated. The students have the ability to support each other in solving the exercises and to and to exchange ideas about problems in a team. 

The students independently calculate and design the most important characteristics of air-conditioning systems and hydraulic networks. They measure the characteristic curves of pumps, ventilation systems and hydraulic pipe networks. The set these systems according to the design and check the settings in practice.  In doing so, they use the measurement technology in building services engineering to identify problems in ventilation systems and pipe networks. The students know the procedures for room air treatment and apply the h-x diagram in practice to calculate air conditions and heat outputs.

The students learn the basics of process planning. In this context, the various activities of a site manager are elaborated. The interrelationships in the execution of construction projects are worked out using a concrete example. The focus here is on independent work.

With the Bachelor's thesis, students demonstrate the ability to independently work on the given problem according to scientific methods within the given time limit