2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Urban Energy Services
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Kazuhiro Yuasa
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.E501
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on renewable energy utilization, district heating and cooling system and smart community as urban or district energy systems, and introduces their mechanism and advanced cases. Students are given homework at the first class, and present their findings at the last class.
The aim of this course is to teach students to understand a role of energy supply systems in urban or district planning.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Explain the mechanisms of renewable energy utilization, district heating and cooling system and smart community.
2) Make a basic urban planning in consideration of urban energy systems.
Keywords
Renewable energy, District Heating and Cooling System, Smart community
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students share the role of the investigation of advanced cases at the end of class 2, 4 and 6, and present findings at the biginning of class 3, 5, and 7.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Overview | Definition of urban energy system. |
| Class 2 | Basic theory of renewable energy | Definition and mechanism of renewable energy |
| Class 3 | Advanced cases of renewable energy utilization | Presentation of advanced cases of renewable energy utilization. |
| Class 4 | Basic theory of district heating and cooling system | Definition and mechanism of district heating nd cooling system. |
| Class 5 | Advanced cases of district heating and cooling system | Presentation of advanced cases of district heating and cooling system. |
| Class 6 | Basic theory of smart community | Definition and mechanism of smart community. |
| Class 7 | Advanced cases of smart community | Presentaion of advanced cases of smart community. |
| Class 8 | Presentation and discussion of reports | Role of energy systems in urban or district planning. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Specified by the academic supervisor as necessary.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Specified by the academic supervisor as necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' course scores are based on reports(70%) and exercise problems(30%).
Related courses
- ARC.E401 ： Advanced Course on Environmental Engineering and Building Survices
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.