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Energy Efficient Retrofitting (2 cr)

Code: BYI2308-3002

General information


Enrollment

18.06.2025 - 07.09.2025

Timing

29.08.2025 - 22.11.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering

Teachers

  • Kenneth Julin
  • Leif Östman

Teacher in charge

Kenneth Julin

Groups

  • ÖH25BYS-BYI-V
    Öppna YH, Byggmästare till Ingenjör (YH)

Objective

After passing the course, the student:
- Knows the concepts and methods of energy efficiency, and can make general calculations for this
- Can account for the condition of a building based on surveys and propose measures
- Knows solutions regarding energy efficiency
- Has an understanding of problems related to costs and budgets in apartment buildings with many individual owners

Content

Energy losses in a building
Common energy improvement measures

Location and time

See schedule

Materials

Instructions and reports
The course material is mainly available on Moodle.

Teaching methods

Lectures and assignments and group tasks

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Able to meet certain energy efficiency requirements and use appropriate software.
Can give an account of various retrofit measures. Know what the building's lifetime may include.
Can compile a simple energy simulation and cost estimate.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Able to collect energy efficiency requirements and use appropriate software.
Can give an account of various retrofit measures. Understands how the scope of the remediation affects the functional life of the building.
Can compile an energy simulation and cost estimate.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Can collect energy efficiency requirements and can use appropriate software.
Can give an account of various retrofit measures. Understands how the scope of the remediation affects the functional life of the building.
Can methodically make an energy simulation and cost estimate and assess efficiency and cost effects.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Able to meet certain energy efficiency requirements and use appropriate software.
Can give an account of various retrofit measures. Know what the building's lifetime may include.
Can compile a simple energy simulation and cost estimate.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Able to collect energy efficiency requirements and use appropriate software.
Can give an account of various retrofit measures. Understands how the scope of the remediation affects the functional life of the building.
Can compile an energy simulation and cost estimate.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Can collect energy efficiency requirements and can use appropriate software.
Can give an account of various retrofit measures. Understands how the scope of the remediation affects the functional life of the building.
Can methodically make an energy simulation and cost estimate and assess efficiency and cost effects.

Qualifications

Basic in retrofitting