Engineering Student Certification Workshop
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Group Debate: Position mapping and articulation towards understanding of Climate Change
Moderators initiate discussions towards student perceptions and understanding of the term Climate Change and if it is really happening? Personal and group viewpoints emphasized to get students involved in the... Read More
Introduction to Integrative Design – ‘Performance by Design’: A short video prepared by the Rocky Mountain Institute
Trainer showcases a documentary on High Performance by Integrative Design, the first installment in the High Performance Building Series to provide an in-depth analysis as to the integrative design process.... Read More
13:00-13:45
Fuel Up (Lunch, Walk, Breathe)
13:45-15:00
Climate Justice and the Built Space: an Introduction to Fairconditioning
The trainer introduces the Fairconditioning Program, focusing on the Academic Curricula Integration project (ACIP). The trainer additionally elucidates the relationship between the existing problems with our Built Space and Climate... Read More
15:00-15:15
Workshop Objectives and Participant Expectations
The trainer presents the overarching workshop structure, content, activities and objectives. The trainer further highlights key takeaways – all in the context of embedding efficiency and sustainability within the existing... Read More
15:15-15:30
Recess for the Mind
Group Debate: Personal position recalibration in the context of new knowledge about Climate Change
A follow up from the previous ice-breaker, the trainer aims to initiate a dialogue between students after having shared the facts and figures relating to climate change. The aim of... Read More
16:00-17:30
Building Physics 1 – Forms of Heat applicable in Building Physics, heat transfer, Psychrometrics, climate analysis and solar geometry.
The trainer highlights fundamental concepts of heat transfer in a building, achieving thermal comfort with least amount of energy; controlling convection-radiation-conduction to understand its effect on the building’s environment. Trainer... Read More
09:30-10:30
Building Physics 2 – Passive design theory and application
In continuation to day 1, the trainer covers the following topics: Passive Building Design, Fundamentals of Solar Geometry and the different ways of reducing heat ingress through design interventions, thermal... Read More
10:30-11:15
Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality – The basic concepts, measurements and standards of thermal comfort and Indoor Air Quality
The trainer elucidates on the following concepts: Thermal comfort and its influencing factors, Solar passive design, Envelope design and its material property, Mode of heat transfer – conduction, convection and... Read More
11:15-11:30
Recess for the Mind
11:30-12:15
Active Cooling – Efficient HVAC Systems
The trainer brings about the issue of growing Airconditioning demand with regard to building sector growth. Conventional building EPI and Energy efficient building EPI & its effect on electricity consumption... Read More
12:15-13:00
Natural Refrigerant Air Conditioning
The trainer ensures that the students are aware of and understand the environmental, spatial and structural implications of using this technology, in comparison the conventional HVAC systems for building design.... Read More
13:00-13:45
Fuel Up (Lunch, Walk, Breathe)
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:45
Solar Vapour Absorption Machines
The trainer ensures that the students are aware of and understand the environmental, spatial and structural implications of using this technology, in comparison the conventional HVAC systems for... Read More
14:45-15:15
Direct/Indirect Evaporative Cooling
The trainer ensures that the students are aware of and understand the environmental, spatial and structural implications of using this technology, in comparison the conventional HVAC systems for building design.... Read More
15:15-15:30
Recess for the Mind
15:30-16:15
Structure & Radiant Cooling
The trainer ensures that the students are aware of and understand the environmental, spatial and structural implications of using this technology, in comparison the conventional HVAC systems for building design.... Read More
16:15-17:15
Life Cycle – Carbon Foot-printing and economics
The trainer explores the economic rationale behind switching to a carbon free lifestyle, the costs associated with each action of ours, and how much CO2 it releases into the... Read More
09:30-18:00
Site Visit
This session focuses on imparting practical understanding of the technologies/concepts covered throughout day 1 and 2 to the students. These site visits are also aimed to help the students understand... Read More
10:00-13:00
Introduction to Energy Modelling: Theory of heat load simulations with Smart Energy Tool: Demonstration
The trainer introduces to the students a web based tool to calculate HVAC load and further simulate those effects on the building’s performance. The trainer further discusses the need for... Read More
13:00-14:00
Fuel Up (Lunch, Walk, Breathe)
14:00-17:30
Smart Energy Tool – Modelling Sustainable Cooling Technologies
The trainer conducts practice sessions with the students on the smart energy tool in a Computer
10:00-13:30
Case study detailing
In this session, students will be assigned a problem statement and asked to generate heat loads and run simulations on the Smart Energy tool. The trainer would showcase the capability... Read More
13:30-14:15
Fuel Up (Lunch, Walk, Breathe)
14:15-15:15