Specialty: Automation and Operation of Intelligent Buildings (AiEIB)
Automatic Control and Robotics, Bachelor's degree (full-time, part-time)
Characteristics of the specialty
There is an increasing demand on the labor market for automation specialists with competences in the management and control of building equipment systems. The interdisciplinary specialization (conducted together with the Faculty of Environmental and Energy Engineering) meets these needs. Students learn comprehensively the issues of operation, diagnostics and automation of energy-saving technical building equipment systems. Students gain detailed knowledge in the field of programming automation systems, PLC drivers, open communication protocols - incl. installers, system integration and supervision systems and subsystems BMS. Students learn about the certification of buildings, energy management and the internal environment of buildings and renewable energy sources, as well as elements of designing technical installations. The specialization covers such issues as measurements of the condition of objects and measurements of physicochemical parameters of the environment. Students receive knowledge of the latest systems available on the market and learn about their properties in modern laboratories. Students learn about the standards for building automation and security systems and the standards for the impact of automation on the energy efficiency of buildings. There is no problem with such education in the modern work market.
Student profile
The specialization is intended for people interested in acquiring broader knowledge and skills in the field of modern systems of technical building equipment and building automation as well as technologies used in such systems, network protocols, controllers and installations.
Prerequisites
Participation in the specialization requires basic knowledge of the basics of programming, mechanics and electrical engineering.
Issues
As part of this specialization, students acquire additional knowledge in the following areas:
- PLC programmable controllers and SCADA dispatcher supervision systems,
- Ability to read, prepare technical documentation,
- Support for network protocols and communication interfaces,
- Service of automation devices, technological systems and HVAC installations,
- Operation of measuring and diagnostic devices,
- Energy-saving operation of buildings,
- Management of installations in the building: heating, ventilation, air conditioning, fire protection, access control, monitoring and property protection, etc.,
- Thermal diagnostics of buildings and building certification.
Common specialty subjects (selected )
- Technical drawing + CAD
- Fundamentals of digital technology
- Introduction to robotics
- Water and wastewater biotechnology control
- Electronic components
- Introduction to automation methods
- Introduction to numerical calculations
- Basics of general construction and building physics
- Technical building equipment systems
- Conventional and renewable energy sources
- Quality of the indoor environment
- Building automation systems
- Energy balance in buildings
- Fundamentals of materials science
- Water and wastewater treatment systems
The automation and operation of intelligent buildings specialization includes two sub-specializations, one focused on issues related to automation and control of systems in buildings, and the other on the operation of intelligent buildings.
Specialization subjects (selected ) - Automation of intelligent buildings
- Building management systems
- SCADA supervision and visualization systems
- Automation actuators
- Algorithms and control systems
- Introduction to database systems
- Selected issues of HVAC systems
Specialization subjects (selected ) - Operation of intelligent buildings
- Selected issues of technical equipment of buildings
- HVAC installation regulation
- Building certification
- Fluid mechanics
- Exploitation of building technical equipment systems
- Thermal diagnostics of buildings
Graduate profile
Graduates of this specialization will be able to find employment in the following areas:
- Programmer of controllers, configurator of network systems, designer of SCADA dispatcher supervision systems.
- Work with automation devices and HVAC systems (heating, ventilation and air conditioning).
- Maintenance and operation of the facility, technical condition of the installation, removal of failures.
- Designer of BMS (building management) and BEMS (energy management) systems.
- Designer of automation systems.
- Work in system diagnostics, skills in the field of thermal diagnostics of buildings.
