Air conditioning and heat pump installer (with prior knowledge)

Comfortable and environmentally conscious living has become affordable for more and more people. However, the installation of air conditioning or heat pumps requires some skill! If you are handy and would like to do installations of air conditioners and/or heat pumps, then this course is for you!

Postgraduate Energy Transition

Energy transition within climate action and a low-carbon, sustainable economy. Since many environmental and climate issues are unfortunately intertwined ("wicked problems"), a broad view of current needs and trends will be discussed. This training will be organized in the future.

Data science for energy engineers: the case of demand-side management. Learn how to analyze, predict and optimize energy demand using Python

The aim of this course is to introduce a number of widely used techniques in the fields of machine learning, data science and optimization, focusing particularly on their application in the energy sector. In addition to covering the theory behind these techniques, the course also provides a hands-on introduction to several concrete use cases in the field [...].

Battery system performance, including efficiency measurement on real battery systems such as home batteries.

Combined losses of the converter and battery in an electrical systemEfficiency of coupling different components. Example with the powertrain of an electric car. Lab experiment with a Li-Ion USB-C powerbank with AC charger and USB dummy loadVerify capacity and energy content. Measure energy losses and efficiency of a charge-discharge cycle. Cost of energy losses. Home battery storage for [...]

Optimization problems in energy systems

This course provides an introduction to various optimization problems typically encountered in energy systems and markets. You will learn how to mathematically formulate these problems, implement them in general programming languages, and use approximation and relaxation techniques to improve computational performance. What you will learn:

Smart Grid Lab

In the Smart Grid Lab, trainees work with production, transmission, consumption and storage of energy on a unique, operational and compact power grid. For this purpose, they can smartly connect up to fourteen didactic panels via the control center, simulating a "smart grid. Here, energy supply and demand are centrally coordinated.