AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide students advanced knowledge in the following topics: - Plant engineering analysis of buildings and related environmental impact - Thermo-hygrometric and environmental comfort evaluations - Energy regulations

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

- Solve plant engineering problems for buildings

- Correctly calculate thermal bridges of different kinds

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures, exercises and educational visits to technical plants.

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Federico Scarpa (federico.scarpa@unige.it  ), the Polytechnic School's disability liaison.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Basics of heat transfer and psychrometrics

Thermohygrometric comfort

Heat pumps and chillers

Air handling units

Boilers and furnaces

District heating and cogeneration

Thermal bridges

Design of heating and cooling loads

Ozone depletion and the greenhouse effect

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Handouts and slides provided by the lecturer

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

DAVIDE BORELLI (President)

LUCA ANTONIO TAGLIAFICO

PAOLO ROSASCO (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/9914/p/studenti-orario

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam by appointment.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The assessment of the students' understanding of the topics studied will be verified through the language used, the knowledge of the subject and the ability to deepen the covered topics.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Working students and students with SLD, disability or other special educational needs certification are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination methods that, in compliance with the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning modalities.