Education Program

This subject offers basic technology for building energy management.

(1) Basic of energy control
(2) Fuel and combustion management
(3) Heat transfer and thermal insulation
(4) Fluid transportation energy
(5) Characteristic of boiler
(6) Measuring equipment for heat control
(7) Basic of electricity management
(8) Efficiency of motor
(9) Energy saving of electric apparatus
(10) Control of the number of the drive and control of rotary speed of electric motor
(11) Illumination plan in consideration of energy saving
(12) Method of saving energy of air-conditioner
(13) Building energy life cycle
(14) Life cycle CO2: Total amount of CO2 emission generated by building in its entire lifespan
(15) Energy-saving laws and ordinances concerned

This course offers basic knowledge related to atmospheric boundary layer including turbulence, heat and vapor transfer on the earth, and its modeling and parameterization. The knowledge of the atmospheric boundary layer is indispensable to correctly understand large scale environment such as global warming, urban heat island phenomenon, and air pollution. This course also introduces state-of-the-art research work on environment control in urban area.

(1) Basic of the atmospheric boundary layer
(2) Basic equations for mean and fluctuating quantities (1)
(3) Basic equations for mean and fluctuating quantities (2)
(4) Scaling laws for mean and turbulent quantities (1)
(5) Scaling laws for mean and turbulent quantities (2)
(6) Surface roughness and local advection
(7) Energy fluxes at the land surface
(8) Thermally stratified atmospheric boundary layer (1)
(9) Thermally stratified atmospheric boundary layer (2)
(10) Cloud-topped boundary layer
(11) Atmospheric boundary-layer modelling and parameterization schemes (1)
(12) Atmospheric boundary-layer modelling and parameterization schemes (2)
(13) The atmospheric boundary layer and climate modelling

This subject offers basic knowledge on the assessment system which is required to design environmentally friendly buildings. The assessment on building environmental efficiency to reduce environmental loads is also explained.

(1) Global environment and architecture
(2) Passive design and active design
(3) Cross ventilation planning and energy saving Part 1
(4) Cross ventilation planning and energy saving Part 2
(5) Building insulation planning and energy saving Part 1
(6) Building insulation planning and energy saving Part 2
(7) Lighting planning and energy saving
(8) Planning of natural light and energy saving
(9) Assessment system for building environmental efficiency
(10) omprehensive assessment system for building environmental efficiency (CASBEE) Part 1
(11) omprehensive assessment system for building environmental efficiency (CASBEE) Part 2
(12) omprehensive assessment system for building environmental efficiency (CASBEE) Part 3

Guest professors will deliver lectures on advanced or topical themes which are given in intensive course. One professor will give five units of lectures to students. Students are required to take 15 units of lectures for obtaining 2 credits.

Main themes of this subject are as follows;
(1) Natural and cross ventilation field
　・Kyoto Protocol: Framework convention on climate change
　・Basic principles of ventilation theory
　・Hybrid ventilation: Combination of natural ventilation and air conditioning
　・Energy saving of building
　・Building environmental efficiency and sustainable architecture
　・Thermal comfort evaluation
(2) Wind environment and air pollution fields
　・Urban heat island problem
　・Pollutant diffusion
　・Urban ventilation
　・Application of CFD
　・Meso-scale meteorology
　・Environmental assessment

Guest professors will deliver lectures on advanced or topical themes which are given in intensive course. One professor will give five units of lectures to students. Students are required to take 15 units of lectures for obtaining 2 credits.

Main themes of this subject are as follows;
(1) Natural and cross ventilation
　・Kyoto Protocol: Framework convention on climate change
　・Basic principles of ventilation theory
　・Hybrid ventilation: Combination of natural ventilation and air conditioning
　・Energy saving of building
　・Building environmental efficiency and sustainable architecture
　・Thermal comfort evaluation
(2) Wind environment and air pollution fields
　・Urban heat island problem
　・Pollutant diffusion
　・Urban ventilation
　・Application of CFD
　・Meso-scale meteorology
　・Environmental assessment