Optimal Design and Retrofit of Energy Efficient Buildings, Communities, and Urban Centers

1) Introduction:• General Statistics of Global Energy Consumption By Sectors including Buildings;• Trends in national and international Buildings Energy Efficiency Codes, Standards, and Labels;• Need for Integrated and Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Analysis Approaches: Optimization, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, Energy Productivity, and Integration with Renewable Energy Systems.2) Overview of Advanced Energy Efficiency Technologies for Buildings:• Dynamic Insulation Materials;• Phase Change Materials;• LED Lighting and Daylighting Controls;• Integrated HVAC Systems including Passive Heating and Cooling Systems and Geothermal Systems.3) Advanced Control Strategies for Buildings:• Overview of Control Strategies for Buildings Systems;• Optimal and Near Optimal Controls;• Model Based Controls.4) Life Cycle Cost Analysis for High Performance Buildings:• Overview of Life Cycle Cost Analysis;• Overview of Energy Productivity Analysis of Buildings;• Applications to Design Buildings and Renewable Energy Systems;• Applications to Retrofit Existing Buildings.5) Integrated Design and Deep Retrofit of Buildings• Optimization Methods for Building Applications;• Sequential Search Optimization;• Integrated Design of Buildings;• Design of Net-Zero and Positive Energy Buildings;• Deep Retrofit of Buildings;• Case Studies.6) Integrated Design of Communities:• Overview of Distributed Generation Technologies including Building Integrated Renewable Systems;• Overview of Micro-grids;• Design Integration of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Systems for Large Communities;• Case Studies.7) Integrated Design of Urban Centers• Overview of Energy Efficiency for Urban Centers: District Heating and Cooling and Thermal Storage;• Overview of Smart Grids;• Design Integration of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Systems for Urban Centers;• Case Studies.8) Analysis of Large Scale Energy Efficiency Programs• Overview of Large Scale Energy Efficiency (EE) Programs;• Economic and Environmental Impacts of Large Scale EE Programs;• Implementation Approaches and Job Creation Analysis of Large Scale EE Programs;• Case Studies.