Energy Efficiency Technology

This subject explores the scope and methods for improving energy efficiency across a range of sectors. Improving energy efficiency is one of the key responses to increasingly scarce natural resources and problems caused by pollutants arising from energy production and use. A range of energy supply and usage scenarios will be considered including transport, manufacturing, commercial and domestic sectors. Collection of information by auditing and then using this information for planning, demand management and impact assessment will be investigated. Knowledge gained in this subject will allow graduates to practice in the area of energy efficiency. This subject draws on students’ fundamental understanding of engineering efficiency, as well as their ability to use mathematics and statistics to analyse data to inform innovative solutions. The subject complements other subjects offered in the energy theme of the Department such as Energy for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering.

• 1Identify the basic issues in energy efficient technologies and their implementation
• 2Discuss the current possibilities for improving the ratio of energy used per unit of output (energy intensity) in the main sectors of society, i.e. transportation, manufacturing, commercial, domestic, and energy supply industries
• 3Analyse the social, economic and environmental implications for the adaption of these technologies.