The course aims to provide the knowledge necessary to carry out the analysis of the energy performance of buildings, taking into account the following energy services: winter heating, summer cooling, domestic hot water production, ventilation, lighting, other electrical uses. For this purpose, the course treats the fundamental aspects related to the evaluation of the useful energy demands of each considered service and the efficiency of the systems dedicated to their satisfaction. Different performance indicators, widely used in Europe for the energy certification of buildings, are also defined.

Referring to energy services for winter heating, summer cooling, domestic hot water production and ventilation, the first part of the course is devoted to the study of the evaluation methods of useful energy demands, providing insights on the analysis of the opaque and transparent building envelope, that significantly influences these demands.
In the second part of the course, the evaluation methods of the efficiency for the systems, used to satisfy the demands, are analysed. The systems are broken down into the following subsystems: subsystem of generation, distribution and storage, regulation, emission or supply. The evaluation methods of the electrical energy demands for artificial lighting and other electrical uses are also discussed. Design tools for the evaluation of the suitability of energy improvements through cost-benefit are analysed.
The course is completed by exercises in which an in depth examination of the European technical standards is done, with applications and case studies for residential and non-residential buildings.