In this assignment, you will research and briefly identify the energy conservation measures that reduce a building’s energy use byreducing one or more of the heating/cooling/electricalloadsexperienced by that building. (hint : ground source heat pumps, etc. donotreduce the building load, they merely are a more efficient manner of meeting the building load.)Then selectoneof the conservation measures you have identified above, and prepare a written report,1500 wordsin length, and illustrated as required.Make sure you follow guidelines re: footnotes, identification of all sources and plagiarism.

The reportmustsummarise how the measure reduces building load and hence saves energy, what building science principles are involved, how successful the measure is in practice, what limitations there are in using this measure, and how much can typically be saved.All of these areas must be addressed in order to obtain full marks.

The Report is to be submitted to me electronically in PDF format byMidnight, Saturday March 30, 2013 ,and is worth 15% of your final mark in the Course. Late submissions are penalized 10% per calendar-day. 

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Research and briefly identify the energy conservation measures that reduce a building’s energy use by reducing one or more of the heating/cooling/electrical loads experienced by that building. (hint : ground source heat pumps, etc. do not reduce the building load, they merely are a more efficient manner of meeting the building load.)

 

Then select one of the conservation measures you have identified above, and prepare a written report, 1500 words in length, and illustrated as required.  Make sure you follow guidelines re: footnotes, identification of all sources and plagiarism.

 

The report must summarise how the measure reduces building load and hence saves energy, what building science principles are involved, how successful the measure is in practice, what limitations there are in using this measure, and how much can typically be saved.

 

All of these areas must be addressed in order to obtain full marks.

 

The Report is to be submitted to me electronically in PDF format by Midnight, Saturday March 30 , 2013 , and is worth 15% of your final mark in the Course. Late submissions are penalized 10% per calendar-day.

 

 

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BUILDING LOAD RELATED

  

FOOTNOTES, REFERENCES

  

HOW SAVES ENERGY

  

BUILDING SCIENCE

  

SUCCESS IN PRACTICE

  

LIMITATIONS

  

SAVINGS

  

Overall mark and comments