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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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