Building Automation and Services (5cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

EUR-ACE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING You understand the tasks and significance of building services engineering from the perspectives of energy efficiency and healthy indoor conditions. You know the objectives set for indoor conditions in regulations and recommendations. You know the main building services equipment, systems and processes and understand their interrelationships. You understand the operating principles of the most common heating, heat distribution, ventilation, cooling and heat recovery solutions. You know the measurement technology used in building services engineering and the most common control strategies. You can read the most common building services documents and diagrams.

EUR-ACE ENGINEERING APPLICATION TO PRACTICE You are familiar with the technology, terminology and documentation used in building automation. You know the most common systems, architectures, data transfer buses and integration solutions used in building automation. You can design and implement small-scale building automation applications

Content

In this course, you will understand the roles and significance of building services engineering in terms of energy efficiency and healthy indoor conditions. You will learn the goals set for indoor conditions in regulations and recommendations, and become familiar with key building services equipment, systems, and processes. You will understand the operating principles of common heating, heat distribution, ventilation, cooling, and heat recovery solutions, as well as the measurement techniques and control strategies used in building services. This course equips you with the skills to read and interpret building services documents and diagrams.

- Building indoor conditions and energy efficiency
- Building services equipment, processes and their control strategies
- Electrical building services systems
- Controllers, building automation systems and typical bus technologies
- Building services and building automation documentation

Materials

ST -instructions
Lecture material on Moodle

Teaching methods

Lectures
Self-study
Exercises
Laboratory exercises

Exam schedules

The possible date and method of the exam will be announced in the course opening information.

Completion alternatives

The admission procedures are described in the degree rule and the study guide. The teacher of the course will give you more information on possible specific course practices.

Student workload

One credit corresponds to an average of 27 hours of work, which means that the load of five credits is approximately 135 hours.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient (1): You recognize the basic tasks of building services engineering and building automation. You know what kind of equipment and processes are included in building services engineering. You are familiar with the technological solutions used in building automation at a general level. You know the terminology and documentation of the field at a general level. You know the objectives set for indoor conditions in regulations and recommendations. You identify the typical risks related to building services engineering and building automation for a healthy building.

Satisfactory (2): You know the key tasks of building services engineering and building automation and their significance for the building’s energy efficiency and indoor conditions. You identify the main building services equipment, systems and processes. You know how building services equipment can be controlled and monitored by building automation. You have an idea of the operating principles of the systems, but understanding the whole is challenging.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3: You know the main building services equipment, systems and processes and can interpret the diagrams related to them. You can prepare basic documents and diagrams describing the operation of building automation. You know the key effects of building services engineering and building automation on energy efficiency and indoor conditions. You know the main electrical building services systems.

Excellent 4: You understand the impact of building services engineering and building automation on indoor conditions and energy efficiency. You understand the interrelationships of the main building services processes and the most common control strategies. You understand the impact of electrical building services systems on safety and energy efficiency. You master the key bus technologies used in building automation systems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): You understand the interrelationships of building services systems and processes. You are able to analyze the operation of systems from both the building automation and the building services process perspectives. You understand the operating principle of the most common building services control methods and you have the ability to apply them in building automation systems. You demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of building services engineering and building automation.

Qualifications

- Basic knowledge of electrical engineering
- Basic knowledge of automation engineering
- Basic knowledge of measurement technology
- Basic knowledge of control technology
- Basic knowledge of information and LAN technology
- Basic knowledge of CAD software

Further information

Exam and successfully completed exercises and laboratory assignments