An "Energy Star Building" Freshman Engineering Design course

Author

Marshall, P. Paxton

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

10-13 Nov. 1999

Abstract

A semester-long team project is described for Freshman Engineering Design. The project utilizes the EPA Energy Star Buildings protocol to conduct energy analyses of buildings and prepare design recommendations for cost-effective, energy-efficient building upgrades. The design recommendations were implemented by the University of Virginia´s (UVa) Facilities Management and the class was cited by the US Environmental Protection Agency in naming UVa the 1999 Green Lights Education Partner of the Year.

Keywords

HVAC; design engineering; educational courses; energy conservation; engineering education; power utilisation; EPA Energy Star Buildings protocol; Energy Star Building; Freshman Engineering Design course; University of Virginia; building energy analyses; design recommendations; energy-efficient building upgrades; Buildings; Design engineering; Energy conversion; Engineering management; Environmental economics; Personnel; Power engineering and energy; Power generation economics; Project management; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual

Conference_Location

San Juan, Puerto Rico

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5643-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1999.841585

Filename

841585