Author(s)

Junzhu Wei, Yuanli Lyu, Jiancheng Ma, Chunying Li, Qian Li, Hua Su

Corresponding Author

Yuanli Lyu

Abstract

Building Energy-saving Technology and Engineering (BEsT&E) is a professional foundation course for postgraduate majored in Civil and Hydraulic, especially for the field of Artificial Environment Engineering. This program introduces basic theories regarding low-carbon development in building sector and building-related energy-efficient technologies. And the practice performance is highlighted to improve the abilities of problem solving and critical thinking of students. In traditional teaching process, the teaching is dominated by theoretical introduction and ignores students' practice, which has many shortcomings. A case based teaching and learning (CBTL) method is proposed. It is advantageous in several aspects, including the integration of engineering and academic case studies, and a research team consisted of university teachers and industry experts in various fields. The CBTL design is introduced based on an academic case “Thermal performance testing of heat pipe embedded water flow window (HPWFW)”. The proposed 4 steps method, including preparation, operation, analysis, report and presentation, is applicable to other academic or engineering based case studies. With this novel CBTL method, abilities including but not limited to practical operation and problem solving, as well as critical thinking can be enhanced for students.

Keywords

CBTL, Building Energy Saving Technology and Engineering, Thermal Performance, Experiment, HPWFW