Course detail

Energy Audit of Buildings

FAST-NTB029Acad. year: 2026/2027

Legislative and technical requirements for energy audits and energy assessments.
Energy balance in audit.
Energy balance in the assessment.
Environmental impacts in the audit and in the assessment.
The economy in the audit and in the assessment.
Energy audit in the EU.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Horák, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Entry knowledge

Energy Assessment of Buildings, Heating, Ventilation, Building Physics, Sanitary, Cooling and Wiring.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Professional knowledge

The student carries out an analysis of the current condition of a building in terms of energy flows and the thermal properties of the building envelope.

Professional skills

The student compiles an energy balance sheet for the purposes of an energy audit and an energy assessment.

Professional competence

The student is able to carry out an energy audit and an energy assessment.

Study aids

Act No. 406/2000 Coll.

Decree No. 140/2021 Coll.

Decree No. 141/2021 Coll.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ASHRAE GreenGuide The Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings Collective of authors American Society of Heating, refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. 2010 ISBN 978-1-9337 42-85-4 (EN)
Stavební tepelná technika a energetika budov Vaverka J., Hirš J., Skotnicová I. Vutium 2006 ISBN 80-214-2910-0 (CS)
Tepelná akumulace budov Jaroslav Řehánek ČKAIT 2002 ISBN 80-86364-59-3 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIS Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Horák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Entering the building, the choice of input data and boundary conditions, a description of the initial state
  • 2. Development of curricula energy audit.
  • 3. Development of curricula energy assessment.
  • 4. The calculation of the balance of energy flow in an energy audit.
  • 5. The calculation of the balance of energy flow in the energy assessment.
  • 6. Monitoring, measurement and analysis.
  • 7. Calculation of emissions and environmental impact.
  • 8. Economic evaluation of an energy audit and assessment.