Topic outline

  • BE1M16EUE - Economy of Energy Use

    Organization and energy management of company, buildings or energy systems. Energy need and consumption, energy balance. Energy characterization of aggregate, secondary energy sources. Energy audit and feasibility study, optimization of energy management of energy systems. Prices and tariffs, economy and financial analysis.

    Teachers: Ing. Jiří Beranovský, Ph.D., MBA, Ing. Martin Beneš, Ph.D., Ing. Tomáš Králík, Ph.D.

    • Lectures

      1.   Energy legislation of energy management in CZ
      2.   Energy utilities in CZ economy
      3.   Organization and management of energy company management
      4.   Energy intensity of individual energy forms
      5.   Avoidable and unavoidable energy losses
      6.   Energy characterization of aggregate
      7.   Secondary energy sources
      8.   Energy need and consumption (balance) of individual energy forms
      9.   Dynamic simulation of energy needs and its diagram analysis
      10.   Energy efficiency measurement design and operational aggregate optimization
      11.   Economy evaluation of energy conservations, measurement optimization and variants creation
      12.   Financial analysis of energy management and strategic decision-making
      13.   Energy audit and feasibility study as a tool of energy management
      14.   Prices and tariffs

    • Training courses

      1.   Case study: Operational efficiency of small hydro power station in the company energy economy
      2.   Case study: Operational efficiency of photovoltaic power station in the company energy economy
      3.   Case study: Energy consumption in dependence on gas furnace operation
      4.   Case study: Energy audit of industry factory
      5.   Case study: Energy audit of building
      6.   Case study: Energy audit of housing estate
      7.   Case study: Heat demands in industrial company
      8.   Case study: Energy demand of individual energy forms
      9.   Case study: Energy systems operational optimization - criteria of evaluation
      10.   Case study: Operational optimization of cogeneration unit
      11.   Case study: Energy supply of housing estate
      12.   Case study: Methodology of energy conservation measurement design
      13.   Case study: Methodology of retrofit survey
      14.   Credit

    • References

      1.   Starý, O., Vašíček, J.: Economy evaluation of energy investments, seminary proceedings ČEZ, RAEN, 2000.
      2.   Trond Dahlsveen, Dušan Petráš, Jiří Hirš: Energy audit of buildings. JAGA Group, 2003.
      3.   Wulfinghoff D. R.: Energy Efficiency Manual. Energy Institute Press 2000.