MEBS6016 Energy Performance of Buildings
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    May 2015
     Apr 2015
     Mar 2015
    • Assignments: Assignment 02: Building Energy Analysis [PDF] (**updated of the web link)
      • Please submit the assignment through the Moodle system on or before 30 Apr 2015 (Thu)
    • Guidance on Exam Preparation: Exam techniques and skills (from Lincoln University):
      • Preparing for tests and exams [PDF]
      • Exam techniques (a summary) [PDF]
      • Examination techniques [PDF]
      • Writing essays in exams [PDF]
    • Schedule: Written examination (MEBS6016): 
      • - Date & Time: 14 May 2015 (Thu) 18:30-20:30
      • - Venue: Rm 103 Main Building
    • Recommended events:
      • 31 Mar 2015 (Tue) ASHRAE HKC Annual General Meeting and Technical Seminar on The New ASHRAE Design Guide for Tall, Mega Tall and Super Tall Building Systems [PDF]
      • 31 Mar 2015 (Tue) HKU-ME Seminar: The New ASHRAE/REHVA Active and Passive Beam Application Design Guide [PDF]
      • 24 Mar 2015 (Tue) ASHRAE-HKC/ACRA Joint Technical Seminar: ASHRAE Standards 189.1 and 90.1: Green Building and Energy Efficiency [PDF]
      • 18 Mar 2015 (Wed) HKIE EnvD Technical Seminar on Engineering for Green Buildings [PDF]
      • 14 Mar 2015 (Sat) ASHRAE-HKC/CIBSE-HKB/HKIE-BSD Technical Visit to Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (http://www.szibr.com/) [website]
      • 10 Mar 2015 (Tue) ASHRAE-HKC/CIBSE-HKB/HKIE-BSD Joint Technical Seminar on Building Airtightness on Energy Conservation [PDF]
    • Schedule: Update of lecture outline: Energy auditing of buildings [outline]
      • Web Links: Examples of building energy audit reports:
        • Chvála, W. D. Jr., Dixon, D. R., De La Rosa, M. I. and Brown, D. R., 2010. Building Energy Audit Report for Hickam AFB, HI, PNNL-19633, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. [PDF]
        • Harvard Green Building Services and Harvard Facilities Maintenance Operations, 2011. ASHRAE Level II Energy Audit - 74 Mount Auburn Street, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Campus Services, Cambridge, MA. [PDF]
        • SWA, 2010. Energy Audit Final Report: Town of Essex, Town Hall, 29 West Avenue, Essex, CT 06426, Project Number: ESSEX1A, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA), Norwalk, CT. [PDF]
    Feb 2015
    • NOTICE: Wishing you a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year! http://uvision.hku.hk/playvideo.php?mid=18964
    • Schedule: Update of lecture outline: Energy efficiency in buildings (II) [outline]
      • Video Presentation: A Democratic Building (GLA Building in London) (17 min.) [AV 725.1209421 D3]
        • Official website https://www.london.gov.uk/city-hall
        • City Hall (London) -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall,_London
        • Norman Foster: London City Hall, London (4:10) [YouTube]
        • London City Hall (1:29) [YouTube]
        • London City Hall (case study) (University of Idaho) [PDF]
        • Sustainable Building Design: Case Study: Greater London Authority Building, Foster & Partners with Arup Engineering (University of Waterloo) [PDF]
        • Osaji, E. E., Hudson, J. and Chynoweth, P., 2007. Exploration of the Energy Efficiency of the Greater London Authority Building (GLA Building/City Hall), Journal of Applied Science and Environmental Management, 11 (2): 53-56. [PDF]
          • The importance of the spheroidal form in architectural morphology: focus on the Greater London Authority Building (City Hall) [PDF]
        • Fire Engineering at the GLA Building [University of Manchester]
    • Recommended event (from ASHRAE HKU Student Branch):
      • Technical Visit to District Cooling System at Kai Tak Development
        • 10 Mar 2015 (Tue), 14:30-16:30
        • Assembly: 14:15, G/F main lobby, EMSD Headquarters, 3 Kai Shing Street, Kowloon Bay (http://www.mech.hku.hk/bse/CCST9016/EMSD_Headquarters.pdf)
        • Contents: Technical talk on district cooling system (DCS), tour of the DCS North Plant Building
        • Application: Please send your full name, university number, email address and contact telephone number to the email "hkusb@ashrae.org.hk"
        • Application deadline: 2 Mar 2015 (Mon)
    • Assignments: Assignment 01: Fundamentals of Building Energy Performance [PDF]
      • Please submit the assignment through the Moodle system on or before 26 Mar 2015 (Thu)
    Jan 2015
     Sep 2014
    • Recommended website:
    • Recommended events:
      • 18 Dec 2014 (Thu) HKIE EV Division Seminar on Key Success Factors in implementing ISO50001 Energy Management System [PDF]
      • 13 Oct 2014 (Mon) HKIE EV Division Seminar on Energy Efficiency under Climate Change Uncertainty [PDF]
    Jul 2014
    • Schedule: Proposed teaching schedule 2014-15.

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