Mar 28, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Calendar 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Calendar
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ENEE 4460U – Sustainable Community Energy Systems


This course provides students with advanced design analysis for energy applications in communities. Three scales of analysis are studied: buildings, the neighborhood, and city. Students will learn how communities can be designed to use less energy and materials in construction. Aspects include passive solar and building position, embodied emissions, geothermal and heat pump heating and cooling. At the neighborhood level, district energy, geothermal fields, transportation systems, ‘behind the meter’ renewables will be included in community design. At the city level, integrated energy systems, and how to prioritize infrastructure for sustainability will be assessed in a typical Canadian city and an international example. Community aspects will include waste management and waste-to-energy facilities. Students will develop an appreciation for how for how the energy ‘pieces fit together’ and how optimizing energy applications, including storage, leads to greater overall sustainably. Students will apply sustainable engineering methods to infrastructure and communities.
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Tutorial hours: 1
Prerequisite(s): MECE 3260U  
Experiential learning: Yes



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