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    • An-Najah National University

      Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

      Architectural Engineering Department

       

      Course Name :  Design and Renewable Energy
      Instructor : Dr. Sameh Mona
      Course No. :  (10606460)
      Compulsory /Elective : Elective 
      Prerequisites : None 
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      Course Contents ( Description ):
      The contents of this course are the following:
      1. Introduction to Renewable energy and climatic design
      2. Thermal comfort, and Climate data analysis
      3. Heat transmittance and solar gain calculation   
      4. Solar Energy: Sun position calculation
      5. Building materials and glazing selection for solar design
      6. Geothermal, biomass, and wind energy
      7. Passive design systems (solar window, solarium, trombe wall, solar wall, solar chimney, shading devices, …etc )
      8. Active design systems: (Solar water heating systems, Photovoltaic, geothermal, Daylight design  …) 

      9. Introduction to computer software for solar design analysis, cooling and heating load calculation, shading design, daylight etc.

       
      Course Objectives:
      This course aims to provide the students with the fundamental understanding of passive solar design principles and to demonstrate their applications in the analyzing and designing climate responsive buildings. The course will provide the students in architectural engineering with the passive solar design concepts and materials, bioclimatic design, thermal comfort, green building concepts and sustainability in building design.  
       
      Learning Outcomes and Competences:
      1.  An ability to design a building, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as environmental, social, ethical, health and safety, and sustainability
      2. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve architectural engineering problems
      3.  The broad education necessary to understand the impact of architectural engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
      4. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern architectural engineering tools necessary for architectural engineering practice
      Textbook and / or References: 
      • Passive solar energy, Bruce Anderson and Malcolm Wells, Brick house publishing co.
      • 2005. ASHRAE Standard 55—thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy, Atlanta: ASHRAE Inc.
      • الدليل الإرشادي لتصميم المباني الموفرة للطاقة, وزارة الحكم المحلي  2004
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  • Topic 2

    الطلبة الاعزاء: ستكون المحاضرات المتزامنه حسب الجدول المرفق و باستخدام برنامج زووم من خلال الرابط المرفق ادناه

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  • Chapter 1: Environmental Challenges

    Introduction to Environmental Challenges 
     
    Description :
    This chapter will give an introduction about the environmental issues facing the world. This section will introduce the students to the problems facing the world like: Global warming, climate change and limited resources 

        

    Objectives:
    Objectives for this chapter are the following:

    1- Understanding the environmental challenges 
    1. Pollution: air, water and soil require millions of years to recoup
    2. Global Warming: global warming is the result of human practices
    3. Overpopulation: population of the planet is reaching unsustainable levels
    4. Natural Resource Depletion: Fossil fuel consumption
    5. Waste Disposal: consumption of resources and creation of plastics
    6. Climate Change: problem that has surfaced in last couple of decades
    7. Loss of Biodiversity: Human activity is leading to the extinction of species
    8. Deforestation: forests are natural sinks of co2, produce oxygen
    9. Ozone Layer Depletion: ozone is layer of protection around the planet
    10. Acid Rain: due to the presence of certain pollutants in the atmosphere
    11. Water Pollution: Clean drinking water is becoming a rare commodity.
    12. Urban Sprawl: migration from urban areas to low density rural areas

    2- Understanding global warming, climate change and limited resources and the role of building in this    

     
    Work plan:
    The work plan for this chapter will be as follow
    1. Theoretical background about environment 
    2. Powerpoin presentation
    3. Activities - see below
     
    Activity:
    watch Documentary films 

     

    Materials:

    Watch the following documentaries

    1. An Inconvenient Truth

    2. Before the Flood

  • Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Energy, Energy use and demand

     
    Description :

    This chapter will give an introduction about the energy problems facing the world. the energy use and demands as well as the available energy resourses for different places (world picture, middle east, leading nations in renewable energy, and palestine condition. then there will be an introduction about the building share in energy consumption 

        

    Objectives:
    Objectives for this chapter are the following:

    1. Understanding the different energy sources 

    2. Understanding the energy use and demands 

    3. Provide the students with the possible energy alternatives  

     
    Work plan:
    The work plan for this chapter will be as follow

    1. Theoritical background about energy

    2. PowerPoint presentation

    3. Activities - see below

     
    Activity:
    Online activity – will be available soon

     

    Materials:

    See the PDF file below

  • Chapter 3: Renewable energy - Solar Energy

     
    Renewable energy - solar energy  
     
    Description :
    This chapter will introduce the renewable energy sources including; solar. and introduces the basic principles for solar gain calculation and heat transmittance in order to be used in the solar design strategies in the following chapters. moreover this chapter will introduces the basic principles of visual and thermal comfort to be taken into consideration in solar design strategies   
        
    Objectives:
    objectives for this chapter are the following:
    1. understanding the renewable energy sources
    2. understanding the sun and the solar radiation
    3. understanding the sun positions and it's angles
    4. being able to do solar radiation calculation
    5. to decide the critical angles for sun position for solar design
    6. understand the basics of solar gain and its components
    7. understand the solar gain calculation formulas
    8. understand the basics of heat transmittance and heat absorption in buildings 
    9. understand the thermal and visula comfort standards
     
    Work plan:
    The work plan for this chapter will be as follow
    1. classes for theoretical background
    2. online activities
    3. home works

    Activity:

    Online activity – open the activity below

    Materials:  download the following files
    First :Use the solar tool for the sun position calculations

  • Project - Design and renewable energy

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    An Najah National University

    Department of Architectural Engineering

    Design and renewable energy project

    Introduction and Project description:

    students are asked to design a house on a limited site of 7 m long and 15 m width, 2 floors maximum. the required functions are: 2 bed rooms, kitchen, bathroom, living can include a working space. 

    This house should be a net zero or positive energy building benefiting from renewable energy sources like (solar, geothermal, wind, hydropower and bioenergy). The students can use passive design strategies  as well as active systems like PV, solar water heating, under floor heating, .... etc

    The project will be located in Jerusalem - Palestine

    Final requirements:

    2 Posters maximum, size A2, which will include

     - Architectural design,

     - Passive design solutions 

     - Systems and equipment design

    Key dates:

    submission Deadline is 

    Groups work:

    Groups of two 


     

  • Chapter 4: Solar Energy - Passive design Application

    Passive design Application (shading, glazing, daylight, passive heating and cooling)
     
    Description:
    This chapter includes: 1-The fundamentals of shading design and it's calculation. the shading type, critical dates, HSA and VSA, and shading dimension; 2-The fundamentals for glazing physical Properties (shgc, Uvalue, TL), glazing types and their effects on solar design and glazing selection; 3-Introduce the principles and the importance of daylight design and the basic calculation for daylight; 4-Introduces the design strategies for solar heating and it's application in architectural design for energy efficiency and thermal comfort in buildings; 5-Introduces the design strategies for solar cooling and it's application in architectural design for energy efficiency and thermal comfort in buildings         
     
    Objectives:
    1. Understanding the relationship between sun bath and shading design
    2. Understanding how to select the suitable shading based on the time of the year and the orientation
    3. Understanding the Horizontal shading angle HSA and vertical shading angle VSH
    4. Being able to design and calculate the horizontal and vertical shading
    5. Understand the glazing material Properties
    6. Be able to choose the suitable glazing for solar design
    7. Understanding the importance of daylight design
    8. Understanding the daylight design parameters
    9. Understanding the daylight design calculation (DF and daylight level calculation)
    10. Understand the different design strategies for passive heating and cooling
     
    Work plan:
    The work plan for this chapter will be as follow
    1. Theoretical background for design solutions
    2. Computer calculation for daylighting (Construct a simulation model for the passive design applications including the daylight design, shading, glazing selection and passive heating and cooling, Perform a simulation for the calculation and results discussion)
    3. Lab work (a project to be handed at the end of the course)
     
    Activity:
    Online and offline activities – follow the activities below
    Materials:
    Find the chapter materials in the PDF files below

  • Chapter 5: Solar Energy - PV and Solar Thermal

    Active design application(Solar water heating, PV, )

     

    Description :
    this chapter will introduces the solar water heating application in buildings. it will cover the fundamentals of solar water heating systems and types. it will introduces the photovoltaic technology to produce electricity from solar energy and the integration of this system in buildings 
           
    Objectives:
    objectives for this chapter are the following:

    1. understand the solar water heating systems 

    2. understand the solar water heating types and the advantagies and disadvantagies for each type 

    3. understand the application of solar water heating in buildings and in architectural design

    4. understand the photovoltaic work fundamentals  

    5. understand the potential use of solar energy to produce electricity   

    6. understand the application of PV solar panels in buildings    

     
    Work plan:
    The work plan for this chapter will be as follow
    1. Theoritical background classes
    2. Lab work (a project to be handed at the end of the course)
     
    Activity:
    Online activity – open the activity below
     
    Materials:
    see the PDF file

  • Midterm exam

    أعزائي الطلبة:

    سيبدا الامتحان الساعة 12:30 من يوم الاربعاء 5-4-2023

    يحتوي الامتحان على اسئلة موضوعية مختلفة و اسئلة ذات اجابة محددة و اسئلة الحل

    مادة الامتحان حتى نهاية موضوع الطاقة الجوفية Geothermal energy  

    مع تمنياتي لكم بالنجاح


  • Chapter 6 - Geothermal Energy

    Geothermal Energy
     
    Description:
    Geothermal energy is heat energy generated and stored in the Earth. This chapter will introduce the students on how to use geothermal for building heating and cooling.      
     
    Objectives:
    1. Understanding geothermal energy
    2. Understanding how to use geothermal energy in building design
     
    Work plan:
    The work plan for this chapter will be as follow
    1. Theoretical background
    2. Computer calculation
    3. project work (a project to be handed at the end of the course)
     
    Activity:
    Online and offline activities – follow the activities below
    Materials:
    Find the chapter materials in the PDF files below

  • Chapter 7 - Wind Energy

    Wind Energy
     
    Description:
    Wind energy in buildings involves many different challenges to stand-alone wind systems. The wind turbine will generate electricity to be used in buildings. For buildings the turbines will generally be in an area of turbulence due to being in an urban environment, and this can reduce output and increase stress for turbines not designed to operate in these conditions      
     
    Objectives:
    1. Understanding wind energy and the potential to use it in Palestine
    2. Understanding how to use wind energy in building design
     
    Work plan:
    The work plan for this chapter will be as follow
    1. Theoretical background
    2. Computer calculation
    3. project work (a project to be handed at the end of the course)
     
    Activity:
    Online and offline activities – follow the activities below
    Materials:
    Find the chapter materials in the PDF files below

  • Chapter 8 - Biomass Energy

    Biomass Energy
     
    Description:
    Biomass is used for facility heating, electric power generation, and combined heat and power. The term biomass encompasses a large variety of materials, including wood from various sources, agricultural residues, and animal and human waste.      
     
    Objectives:
    1. Understanding biomass energy and the potential to use it in Palestine
    2. Understanding how to use biomass energy in building design
     
    Work plan:
    The work plan for this chapter will be as follow
    1. Theoretical background
    2. Computer calculation
    3. project work (a project to be handed at the end of the course)
     
    Activity:
    Online and offline activities – follow the activities below
    Materials:
    Find the chapter materials in the PDF files below

  • Topic 13

    Hydropower Energy
     
    Description:
    Hydropower is a renewable source of energy. The energy generated through hydropower relies on the water cycle, which is driven by the sun, making it renewable. Hydropower is fueled by water, making it a clean source of energy.      
     
    Objectives:
    1. Understanding hydropower energy and the potential to use it in Palestine
    2. Understanding how to use hydropower energy in building design
     
    Work plan:
    The work plan for this chapter will be as follow
    1. Theoretical background
    2. Computer calculation
    3. project work (a project to be handed at the end of the course)
     
    Activity:
    Online and offline activities – follow the activities below
    Materials:
    Find the chapter materials in the PDF files below

  • Application on renewable energy