Teacher seminar

The next seminar will take place Friday 10 January 2025, 09:00-11:00 CET / 10:00-12:00 EET. Below the seminar’s ics to save to your calendar:

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2024 August

Ex1: An external wall’s dynamic behavior, in Advanced level

  • Illustrate the dynamic behavior of a wall under changing inputs
  • U-value calculation and capacity differences of different wall compositions

Ex2: Passive and active cooling practices in renovation projects

  • A collection of possible cooling applications at different restrictions: shading, window properties, sizing of cooling devides in practice.

    2024 January

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    Ex1: Temperature change over a power failure

    • Step change of temperature compared in 3 different wall constuctions with identical U-value, located in a cold climate
    • Version management to execute the simulations within the same project file

    Recorded, downloadble video:

    Ex2: Glazing and PV-area optimization in an atrium

    • Searching for the optimal glazing types/facade and PV panel area in order to minimize simultaneously investments, purchased energy costs and CO2-emission-based penalties
    • Optimization period time: 25 years, climate: Denmark

    Recorded, downloadble video:


    2023 August

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    Ex1: Single family house’s envelope study

    • Insulation thickness variations effects on design heating power and energy consumption
    • Investment and long-term energy costs, brute force-based optimum search

    Recorded, downloadble video:

    Ex2: VAV vs CAV

    • Comparison of 3 identical meeting rooms with different ventilation types, max 3 L/s m² (VAV temp control, VAV temp+CO2 control, CAV).
    • Results of: room power sizing and energy consumption, fan power, air flows, IAQ differences.

    Recorded, downloadable video:


    2023 January

    Ex1:Daylight credit compliance demonstration using Swan’s requirements, including

    • Area import and project (single family house) build-up
    • Daylight Factor and whole-year illuminance simulations

    Ex2: PV panel production matching with actual electric consumption of the project house

    • Measured consumption as central control signal
    • PV electricity generation matching and sizing

    Recorded video (YouTube)


    With requests, questions or any additional comments, please contact: viktoria.rusanen@equa.fi