MEC437   Building Physics and Simulation   (10 credits)

Description

The module aim is to give the students exposure to the tools and techniques available to engineers and designers working in the built environment sector. This module will focus on the simulation of thermodynamics of buildings. The module will develop the students ability to use building simulation to optimise the design in respective to set objectives. For instance minimising energy consumption, maximising thermal comfort. A key element will be analysing uncertainty sources (modelling assumptions, simplifications, lack of available data) that result in uncertainty of prediction performance balancing the trade off between accuracy, model simplicity and computation time.

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