Economy of Energy Use

Course guarantor:

Jiří Beranovský

Lecturer:

Jiří Beranovský, Michaela Valentová

Tutor:

Jiří Beranovský, Michaela Valentová

Supervisor:

Department of Economics, Management and Humanities

Synopsis:

Organization and energy management of company, buildings or energy systems. Energy need and consumption, energy balance. Energy characterization of aggregate, secondary energy sources. Energy audit and feasibility study, optimization of energy management of energy systems. Prices and tariffs, economy and financial analysis.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Course rules, entry test, basic concept, terms and definitions.

2. Introduction to the legislation and energy policy of the EU and the Czech Republic.

3. Energy need, consumption and final consumption, energy savings, temporary and unavoidable losses of energy.

4. Norms of consumption and energy calculations.

5. Economic assessment of energy savings: Strategic decision making and feasibility as a management tool (criteria of economic efficiency, CBA, Feasibility Studies and EA)

6. Tools for energy savings: Energy Audit (EA) follow-up, case studies, demonstration blind EA, Energy report (EP)

7. Certification buildings (low energy, passive houses and zero, PENB, LEED, BREEAM) ..

8. Instruments energy savings: EPC, voluntary agreements LCP, DSM, ... company energetics, ...

9. Energy Characteristics of aggregate consumption diagrams Analysis and Optimization of operating modes

10. Energy intensity of individual energy forms

11. DEZ, removable and irremovable power loss

12. Presentation of own EA

13. Presentation of own EA

14. Exam and credit.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Case study: Operational efficiency of small hydro power station in the company energy economy

2.Case study: Operational efficiency of photovoltaic power station in the company energy economy

3.Case study: Energy consumption in dependence on gas furnace operation

4.Case study: Energy audit of industry factory

5.Case study: Energy audit of building

6.Case study: Energy audit of housing estate

7.Case study: Heat demands in industrial company

8.Case study: Energy demand of individual energy forms

9.Case study: Energy systems operational optimization - criteria of evaluation

10.Case study: Operational optimization of cogeneration unit

11.Case study: Energy supply of housing estate

12.Case study: Methodology of energy conservation measurement design

13.Case study: Methodology of retrofit survey

14.Credit

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1.Starý, O., Vašíček, J.: Economy evaluation of energy investments, seminary proceedings ČEZ, RAEN, 2000.

2.Trond Dahlsveen, Dušan Petráš, Jiří Hirš: Energy audit of buildings. JAGA Group, 2003.

3.Wulfinghoff D. R.: Energy Efficiency Manual. Energy Institute Press 2000.

Note:

Further information:

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/BE1M16EUE1

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomJP:B5-534 Beranovský J. Valentová M. 09:15–10:45 (lecture parallel1) Jugoslávských partyzánů 3 roomJP:B5-534 Beranovský J. Valentová M. 11:00–12:30 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Jugoslávských partyzánů 3
Wed
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Power Engineering (compulsory elective course)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Technological Systems (compulsory elective course)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Management of Power Eng. and Electr. (compulsory elective course)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Drives (compulsory elective course)