Energy Management - 2025 entry

With energy prices soaring and governments striving to meet global emissions targets, energy management is becoming increasingly important. Linked to these factors are great opportunities to embed generation, take advantage of renewable energy policies and adopt new technologies.

By taking this module, you will not only acquire specific knowledge of energy management but also begin to develop the critical skills needed to become an energy professional.  This module is suitable for you if you are studying energy as a subject area and are familiar with the terminology and SI units used to describe energy and power. You will also need to be engaged in concurrent learning of (or have existing knowledge of) electrical power systems / machines and thermodynamics.

The module is designed to help you appreciate the importance of managing energy as a resource and to learn the fundamentals of energy management. Furthermore, it aims to help you understand the opportunities that exist for improving energy conversion efficiency, reducing energy waste and embedding energy generation / conversion into a demand centre.

By the end of this module, you will be able to conduct energy use audits in commercial premises and implement targeting and monitoring regimes including the specification of appropriate instrumentation. 

Moreover, you will be aware of purchasing opportunities for energy and other financial factors relating to energy use in the UK and elsewhere. Finally, from the above, you will be able to identify energy management requirements within an SME and to draw up and implement an appropriate energy management strategy / plan.

Programmes that are accredited by the Engineering Council are required to meet Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP4) Learning Outcomes (www.engc.org.uk/ahep). The Engineering Council AHEP4 Learning Outcomes taught and assessed on this module are specified by the codes below.

On successful completion of this module you should be able to:

Module Specific Skills and Knowledge

1. Apply and understand an integrated or systems approach to the solution to different energy systems in relation to low-energy buildings (C6);

Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge

2. Analyse Energy Problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics (C2);

3. Use practical laboratory and workshop skills to investigate and use a range of sensors to develop practical skills to undertake an energy audit in a building (C12);

Personal and Key Transferable / Employment Skills and Knowledge

4. Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader of a team (C16)

- introduction to energy management;

- overview of supply side management - invoices, tariffs, load shifting / shedding;

- field trip and/or case study;

- embedding generation into a demand centre (CHP / renewables);

- saving energy through enhanced selection and control of electrical machinery;

- project finance evaluation;

- introduction to energy project analysis using computer software;

- energy audits, Sankey diagrams and reporting;

- setting targets and monitoring energy use;

- using CUSUM charts;

- assignment workshop;

- understanding space heating and insulation;

- lighting in buildings.

Referred and deferred assignments will mirror the original modes of assessment, with the group report replaced by an individual report covering similar material.

Basic Reading:

Energy World, Monthly journal of the Energy Institute.                                                         

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Web based and electronic resources:

Getting Started with Matlab, www.mathworks.com

Reading list for this module: