Advanced Commercial Buildings Energy Management

The analysis and control of the physical phenomena affecting buildings and architecture including the analysis of building materials and building envelope systems.

• 5.2.1 Building sciences

• 5.2.2 Convective air transport (pressure/flow)

• 5.2.3 Fluid dynamics

• 5.2.4 Heat transfer

• 5.2.5 HVAC interactions with the enclosure

• 5.2.6 Indoor air quality (thermal comfort, health, safety)

• 5.2.7 Material selection (IAQ, thermal mass, moisture durability)

• 5.2.8 Moisture transport through the enclosure (diffusion or mechanically)

• 5.2.9 Psychometrics

• 5.2.10 Understanding of photometric charts