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Energy Performance Assessment of Buildings

When you'll study it
Semester 2
CATS points
15
ECTS points
7.5
Level
Level 7
Module lead
Massimiliano Manfren
Academic year
2025-26

Module overview

This module gives an overview of the policy issues, various planning aids and assessment methods available to quantify energy efficiency and sustainability in buildings. Students will be able to use different tools to investigate building energy performance of existing buildings and new building designs as well as to critically assess the results given by the various rating systems. The focus is to create awareness of appropriate forms of energy performance assessment for a given task in order to improve energy efficiency of the UK building stock.