Economics of Energy Use

Course guarantor:

Július Bemš

Lecturer:

Július Bemš, Jiří Beranovský

Tutor:

Július Bemš, Jiří Beranovský

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.Energy legislation of energy management in CZ

2.Energy utilities in CZ economy

3.Organization and management of energy company management

4.Energy intensity of individual energy forms

5.Avoidable and unavoidable energy losses

6.Energy characterization of aggregate

7.Secondary energy sources

8.Energy need and consumption (balance) of individual energy forms

9.Dynamic simulation of energy needs and its diagram analysis

10.Energy efficiency measurement design and operational aggregate optimization

11.Economy evaluation of energy conservations, measurement optimization and variants creation

12.Financial analysis of energy management and strategic decision-making

13.Energy audit and feasibility study as a tool of energy management

14.Prices and tariffs

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.Assessment

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/A5M16EUE

Time-table for winter 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
Wed
Thu	roomJP:B5-534 Beranovský J. 14:30–17:00 (lecture parallel1) Jugoslávských partyzánů 3 roomJP:B5-534 Beranovský J. 17:00–17:45 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Jugoslávských partyzánů 3
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Inteligentní budovy (compulsory elective course)
• Inteligentní budovy - platný od roku 2012 (compulsory elective course)
• 18 159 NIBU 2012 bez odoru základ (compulsory elective course)
• Inteligentní budovy - platný od roku 2020 (compulsory elective course)
• Inteligentní budovy - platný od roku 2024 (compulsory elective course)