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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    INR 1000yesIIT Kharagpur

    The Syllabus

    • Review of Climate Responsive Design Principles
    • Heat conduction 
    • Convection and radiation principles
    • Material properties 
    • Daylighting

    • Heat admittance through building envelope
    • Psychometric operation 
    • Solar Radiation and consideration for glazing design

    • Thermal load and ventilation
    • Study on building energy systems that contribute to the energy needs of the built forms
    • Energy calculation and modelling of building based on thermal transfer values 
    • Concept of cooling degree days

    • ECBC norms on energy efficient building in India 
    • Building envelope trade-off method
    • Envelope performance factor
    • Daylight and lighting consideration

    • Eco-Niwas Samhita 2018 guidelines for residential building energy conservation
    • Residential envelope transmittance values in various climatic conditions in India 
    • Comfort system and controls

    • Discussion on life cycle energy analysis of building
    • Embodied energy
    • Operational energy
    • Bureau of Energy Efficiency 
    • Govt. of India (BEE) guidelines and Building Energy Index of different building types

    • Energy Auditing types and level
    • Tools for Auditing 
    • Payback of Retrofits
    • Accepted Home Energy Designations
    • Factors Affecting Thermal Performance of Insulation

    • Passive low energy technologies and its application in building Earth-air tubes
    • Radiant cooling
    • Passive downdraft evaporative cooling (PDEC)
    • Green technologies for alternative sources of building operating energy 
    • PV Cell 
    • Wind energy
    • Bio gas
    • Energy efficient buildings in India: case studies

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