Electrification of Building Energy Systems

For the past half century, there has been an emphasis on reducing energy consumption in buildings through improvements in equipment and overall building performance, regardless of energy source. While climate sensitive and energy efficient building design remain the first steps, the emphasis has recently shifted to prioritize the elimination of fossil fuels in buildings by favoring renewably-generated electrical sources to address mounting concerns about climate change. In this course, you will explore of emerging trends in building energy system design to address electrification and decarbonization. You will focus on electrically driven vapor compression and heat pump technologies to address heating and cooling needs in building and explore opportunities to integrate buildings into electric grid operations

• Analyze low energy technologies in building energy systems
• Understand heat pump applications for building electrification
• Evaluate building-to-grid energy flexibility opportunities
• Apply thermal energy storage solutions

• Basic familiarity with terminology
• Readiness for applied exercises