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EGREEN – Development of Environmental Engineering and injection of climate change concept for Undergraduate curriculum.

Train of Trainers Workshop Hamburg 27th – 31st of August, 2018

Author(s) Prof. Wolfgang Streicher, Dr. Martin Hauer, M.Tech. Apeksha Shandilya

Shandilya Shandilya Organisation name(s) Innsbruck University, Faculty of Technical Sciences

WP Number 5

Task Number 5.2

WP Leader Prof.-Dr.-Ing. Martin Kaltschmitt

Due date of delivery Project month

Submission date 09th of October, 2018 Project month

Total number of pages 19

Project co-ordinator

Prof Ahmed Al-Salaymeh,

The University of Jordan (UJ)

Queen Rania Street I Amman 11942, Jordan

Tel: +962-6-53 55 000 Ext. 22816 I Mob: +962-777-64 4364 I Fax: +962-6-53 00 237

Email: [email protected]

Project website: http://sites.ju.edu.jo/en/egreen/home.aspx

ERASMUS PLUS Programme–EGREEN Project Number: 573927-EPP-1-2016-1-JO-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

DISCLAIMER: This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects

the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information

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Contents

TRAIN OF TRAINERS WORKSHOP INNSBRUCK ................................................................................ 1

REVIEW TABLE ............................................................................................................................................ 2

1 OVERVIEW ABOUT PARTICIPANTS AND LECTURERS ............................................................. 4

2 SUMMARY OF THE WORKSHOP DAYS .......................................................................................... 6

2.1 Monday, 27th of August, 2018 ........................................................................................... 6

2.2 Tuesday, 28th of August, 2018 ........................................................................................... 7

2.3 Wednesday, 29th of August, 2018 ...................................................................................... 8

2.4 Thursday, 30th of August, 2018 ........................................................................................ 12

2.5 Friday, 31st of August, 2018 ............................................................................................. 13

3 TRAINING MATERIAL ...................................................................................................................... 14

4 PARTICIPANT LIST ........................................................................................................................... 14

5 EVALUATION RESULTS ................................................................................................................... 15

5.1 Benefit and knowledge gain ............................................................................................ 15

5.2 Workshop Quality .................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.





1 Overview about Participants and Lecturers

In Table 1 the participants of all different Jordanian and Syrian Partner Universities are listed. Unfortunately, from Jordan University of Science and Technology, University of Aleppo, University of Jordan, Mutah University, there was no lecturer sent since the chosen participants didn’t receive their Visa.

Table 1: Participants from Jordanian and Syrian Partner Universities

University Participant Name

Al al-bayt University, Jordan Mrs. Safa Husban

Mr. Omar Al-Zoubi

Al-Baath University, Syria Mr. Abbad Khassouha

Mr. Samir Khadour

Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan Mr. Nabeel Aboshaban

Mr. Ahmad Manasrah

German Jordanian University Mr. Aiman Al-Share

Tishreen University, Syria Mr. Jaber Diba





In Table 2 the agenda of the week including all lecturers from Innsbruck University of Technology are listed with the topics of their contribution.

Table 2: Agenda of the week

Date Time Content Lecturer

Mon. 27/08/2018

09:00 – 12:00 Theory in Solar Thermal Systems and Building integration

Prof. Wolfgang Streicher

13.30 – 17.00 HVAC-Systems in Buildings (Heat pumps…) Prof. Wolfgang Streicher

Tue. 28/08/2018

09:00 – 12:00 Working on SHW simulation tool Prof. Wolfgang Streicher

13.30 – 17.00 Introduction to other simulation tools (Polysun, Tsol)


Wed. 29/08/2018

09:00 – 10:00 Introduction to Energy Efficient Building Design


10:00 – 11:00 Basics and Theory in Building Energy Modelling,


11:00 – 12:00 Introduction to SketchUp-EnergyPlus-OpenStudio

Dr. Martin Hauer

13.30 – 17.00

Modelling of a Single Office Space, Definition of Boundaries, Schedules, Constructions and Loads. Variant studies: Overhangs and Orientation

Dr. Martin Hauer

Apeksha Shandilya, M.Tech.

Thu. 30/08/2018

09:00 – 10:00 Defining dynamic shading controls, configure Daylighting sensors

Dr. Martin Hauer


10:00 – 12:00 Building an Multi-Zone Building example Establishing a common construction database for local standards

Dr. Martin Hauer


13.30 – 17.00 HVAC and DHW modelling – Overview what is possible in OS/E+

Dr. Martin Hauer


Fr. 31/08/2018

09:00 – 12:00 Modelling of local (Non-)Residential house in SketchUp

Dr. Martin Hauer


13.30 – 17:00

Continuation of assisted Self-Study work on the Demo building, Optional additions: Special topics of participants interests

Dr. Martin Hauer






2 Summary of the Workshop Days

2.1 Monday, 27th of August, 2018

On Monday, 27th of August, 2018 the Train-of-Trainers Workshop started at University of Innsbruck at 9.00 am. Prof. Wolfgang Streicher addressed all the participants and participants introduced themselves.

Workshop was started with an introduction of solar thermal systems and building integration and HVAC systems in Buildings. Basics of solar radiation, components of solar thermal plants, Hygienic requirements for domestic hot water, loads and heat consumption profile, hydraulics and control topics were discussed in the lecture. Prof. Streicher also talked about testing and certification of solar combi-systems. Under the topic European standards, classification of solar heating systems and the current status of European standards were discussed in minutiae.

It was a very interactive and informative session for most of the participants.

Despite the selection criteria which were prepared in preparation of the Workshops, there were some participants, who were not able to speak and understand the English language and therefore were not able to follow the workshop contents competently. This was caused some difficulties during the training progress.

Following picture was taken during the session.





In the afternoon after lunch, Prof. Streicher started the session with the discussion of HVAC in buildings. He also discussed the dimensioning of solar thermal plants with the participants. During the session he discussed the dimensioning of Domestic Hot Water (DHW) plants and dimensioning of swimming pools. He explained why and how the dimensioning of swimming pool is influenced by required temperature increase, operating time of swimming pool, and the type of coverage during the night.

2.2 Tuesday, 28th of August, 2018

On Tuesday, 28th of August, 2018 workshop was started at 9:00 am. Prof. Streicher started the session with introduction of SHW simulation tool.

Participants were asked to download the Software SHW for the simulation of solar thermal plants under the following link.

https://www.uibk.ac.at/bauphysik/forschung/shw.html.en

The participants were helped and guided to install the software on their computers.

After the installation of the software Prof. Streicher discussed and solved some real life examples with the participants and explained them the use and importance of the SHW simulation tool.

In the second half of the session Prof. Streicher gave lecture on the application of other simulation tools like, Polysun, Tsol etc. In this session he discussed the potentials of using Polysun & Tsol simulation tool in the design of solar thermal, heat pump and photovoltaic systems as well as combined systems. These simulation tools are useful to calculate the yield of a solar thermal system dynamically over the annual cycle. He showed how these tools are used to optimally design solar thermal systems, dimension collector arrays and storage tanks, and calculate the economic efficiency.

The afternoon session was ended with the discussion of legal European situation and Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) with the participants. He shared and discussed the idea, how EU countries are aiming at decarbonizing the national building stocks by 2050.

It was a very interactive and informative session for most of the participants and lecturers as well.

https://www.uibk.ac.at/bauphysik/forschung/shw.html.en





2.3 Wednesday, 29th of August, 2018

On Wednesday, 29th of August, 2018, workshop was started with the introduction of energy efficient building design lecture. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Streicher. The lecture was an hour long and it included following contents: Introduction Basic definitions

- Heat transfer - Translucence - Solar energy utilization

Building physics - Thermal losses and gains

Solar energy gains - Transparent covers - Shading device - Thermal mass

Night / passive cooling - Concepts - Advantages / Disadvantages

Basic building concept studies - Influence of overhangs - Influence of building orientation - Window gains - Heating / Cooling load

In the lecture planning process and the mistakes in the building industries were discussed concisely. Role of other important factors, like integrated building planning, lifecycle costs and timeline of decisions were also debated for varying circumstances across countries. The steps involved for integrated planning for low energy demand in buildings were discussed followed by boundary conditions, energy optimization of buildings, simple and energy efficient HVAC systems, efficient and ecological heat/cold production, distribution and storage, life cycle energy, energy demands in current buildings, concept of lean buildings etc. In the discussion some real life examples like low energy lean multifamily building, passive row houses were also explained and discussed for the Austria and middle Europe climate respectively. Solar energy utilization, solar energy gains, U-value and g-value, different glazing types, influencing parameters of solar transmittance of windows, influence of shading devices, shading strategies and ventilation strategies were other interesting topics which were enclosed in the discussion. Participants were very enthusiastic and participated very actively as Prof. Streicher involved some real building examples. This lecture was followed by another lecture on indoor comfort and indoor air quality from Prof. Streicher. This module was provided with the fundamentals to understanding indoor air quality in





buildings. It was discussed and debated in the lecture how indoor and outdoor sources of pollution, heat and humidity, together with the ventilation and air conditioning systems affect the indoor air quality in buildings. Prof. Streicher addressed the methods to control such factors in order to create comfortable and healthy environment. It was intended to discuss general building designing principals and requirements under varying circumstances across countries, to explain and exercise selected methods and tools for building designing and learning, to debate on good practices, to explore regulations and European building standards and opening up aspects for further discussions to design learning activities for the students and professionals. Afterwards Dr. Martin Hauer gave the presentation on “Introduction to SketchUp-EnergyPlus-OpenStudio”. The presentation was started with the introduction and overview of fundamentals involves in building performance simulation. He discussed how the behaviour of real building is defined by the fact how the building dynamics interact to each other. Dr. Hauer focused and described following content to the participants. 1. Development of building simulation. 2. Benefits of using building simulation. 3. Building performance simulation in practice. 4. Modelling and simulation. 5. Need of simulation. 6. Modelling- Classification of models. 7. Model identification, validation and optimization. 8. Data evaluation, modelling and calibration. 9. Different types of simulations for buildings. 10. Different room gains. 11. Building model inputs, Thermal zones, Zoning method etc.





This following picture is showing the OpenStudio Workflow.

It was very interactive and informative session for most of the participants and lecturers as well. Only some of the participants who were not able to speak and understand the English language and therefore they could not follow the workshop contents. The following picture was taken at the beginning of the session.





In the afternoon after lunch all the participants gathered in the lecture hall at 13.30 sharp. Where Mrs. Apeksha Shandilya (B.Eng., M.Tech.) presented and explained a ready model on OpenStudio SketchUp plugin and OpenStudio Application. She presented the typical OpenStudio workflow to the participants. It was discussed in the presentation how to choose a new template, create and customise the envelope, fenestration, define conditions for heat transfer through surfaces, site shading etc. The brief introduction of OpenStudio modelling tools, space types, thermal zones, site, constructions, schedules, internal loads, facility and basic run were given in this presentation.

Afterwards, participants modelled a simple single zoned box model with lecturer and learnt the application of OpenStudio modelling tools and the way to define, create and edit new and existing space types, thermal zones, site, constructions, schedules, internal loads, facility. It was introduced to the participants how to run the model and evaluating the simulation result in OpenStudio application.





2.4 Thursday, 30th of August, 2018

On Thursday, 30th of August, 2018, M.Tech. Apeksha Shandilya started at 9:00 with the modelling of simple single zone box model in SketchUp-OpenStudio. Participants explored the options of optimization of building design, modification of construction layers, schedules and internal loads, in order to reduce cooling and heating energy demand in the building. Shading control and effects of shading on energy demand was also discussed in the session.

In the afternoon, Dr. Hauer modeled and simulated a new simple building model to define, discuss and show the effect of optimization of building resources i.e. scheduling, construction, thermal envelope, shading, internal loads, shading control, direction of façade etc. on energy demand of the building.

In the following screen shot of OpenStudio application is showing the potentials of editing, creating and using of new space types or the standard space types from the library.





2.5 Friday, 31st of August, 2018

On Friday, 31st of August, 2018, M.Tech. Apeksha Shandilya started at 09:00 with a presentation of energy modeling of multizone building and discussed HVAC and DHW modelling. Participants modelled service hot water and roof top packaged Air conditioner for the modelled building with her. Later on Dr. Hauer discussed and gave an overview about the more possibilities of HVAC and DHW modelling in OpenStudio / EnergyPlus.

At the end of the training Prof. Streicher distributed certificates to the participants and a group photo was taken in the university premises.





3 Training Material

All presentations delivered and discussed during the workshop week have been collected and and shared with all participants via Dropbox folder.

4 Participant List

All participants had to fill a participants list in order to prove their attendance. The signed list is shown below.





5 Evaluation Results

5.1 Benefit and knowledge gain

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What did you like about the workshop?

- The hands on work and material presented were all available and relevant. - The teaching staff where responsive to adjust teaching style/pace to better accommodate

participates, who varied in competency level greatly. - Dr. Wolfgang was extremely competent in the field, knowledgably and approachable to

dealing with any teaching issues. - Nice instructors ,variety of the topics and the great help in the social activities. - The new knowledge about heating and cooling techniques, the laboratories that we visited,

and the new softwares I learned.

What didn’t you like? What can be improved?

- Although the seminar room was spacious and comfortable, the projection could be better. In particular in software demonstration the screen was not clear in some cases.

- There should be screen recording/mouse click effect video recording to be supplemented with the training to ensure long lasting teaching. In particular when explaining software these initial steps should be supplied on video cast for future reference.

- The daily long hours of the training course especially after lunch. 4or 5 hours per day is enough to increase the benefits from the course.

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