SIME1010 Sustainable Energy Future

Course SIME1010
Sustainable Energy Future		 (可持續性能源未來)  

 

 

 

 

 

 
Class Date and Time 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13 August 2020
9:30am – 11:10am (9 Sessions) 
Classes will be conducted online with live lessons
Teacher Prof. Chun CHEN, Assistant Professor,

Prof. Wei REN, Assistant Professor,

Prof. Yunjian XU, Assistant Professor,

Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

More about Prof. Wei Ren:

  1. CUHK Newsletter – Making a Deep Breath Safer
Email renwei@mae.cuhk.edu.hk
Medium of Instruction English
Course Description The global energy crisis and environmental concerns are two top challenges our society is currently facing.  It is important to develop new energy strategies to power our society sustainably.  This course is designed to give students an overview of the following topics: the ever increasing energy demand and environmental impacts, various sustainable energy technologies including solar, wind, nuclear, and biofuel, green building technologies, air pollution control and environmental protection, smart power grid, and environmentally friendly vehicles.  After taking this course, students are expected to have a comprehensive understanding on how to develop a sustainable energy future.

 

Pre-Requisite Information: Background in Physics and Science subjects
Course
Content		 The course will be co-taught by several professors in the Energy and Environmental Engineering Programme.  The course outline is given below:

Sessions 1 and 2: Sustainable Energy Technologies

Sessions 3 and 4: Green Building Technologies and Environmental Protection

Sessions 5 and 6: Smart Grid and Environmentally Friendly Vehicles
Learning Outcomes Upon the completion of the course, students will:

  1. Recognize the energy crisis and environmental concerns our society is facing;
  2. Understand the concept of the sustainable development;
  3. Develop a comprehensive understanding on various sustainable energy technologies, green building technologies, environmental protection strategies, smart grid, and environmentally friendly vehicles; and
  4. Evaluate the local and global development from a point of view of sustainability.
Recommended Reading(s) / Reference(s) An inconvenient truth: the crisis of global warming by Albert Gore, Viking, 2007

BEAM Plus for New Buildings Version 1.2. available at: http://www.beamsociety.org.hk/files/download/download-20130724174420.pdf 

BEAM Plus for Existing Buildings Version 1.2. available at: http://www.beamsociety.org.hk/files/download/download-20130724174504.pdf

Estimating the Costs and the Benefits of the Smart Grid
https://www.smartgrid.gov/files/Estimating_Costs_Benefits_Smart_Grid_Preliminary_Estimate_In_201103.pdf
Course Assessment In-class quizzes: 100%
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