Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@conference {2526, title = {IDES-EDU: Comprehensive multidisciplinary education programme to accelerate the implementation of EPBD in Europe}, journal = {WSB14 - World Sustainable Building Conference}, year = {2014}, month = {2014-10-28 00:00:00}, pages = {271-277}, address = {Barcelona, Spain, 28-30, 2014}, abstract = {This paper presents a new education and training programme on integrated energy design
}, keywords = {Education, Integrated Energy Design, multidisciplinary}, isbn = {978-84-697-1815-5}, author = {Wyckmans, A. and Almeida, Manuela G. and Brunsgaard, C. and Dubois, M. C. and Kabele, K. and Medved, S. and Ritzen, M. and Ghodrat, S. and Skeie, K. and Finocchiaro, L.} }
developed by fifteen European universities collaborating within the IDES-EDU project (2010-2013),
funded by Intelligent Energy Europe. IDES-EDU aims to accelerate the implementation of the Energy
Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) by proposing Master and Post Graduate education and
training in multidisciplinary teams. To speed up transition from traditional, sub-optimised building
projects with discipline-oriented, segregated budgets and operations, IDES-EDU developed
comprehensive, multidisciplinary educational programmes targetting integrated project design at the
interface of architecture and engineering. Taking into account local variations in climate,
construction and pedagogical approaches, the programme facilitates gradual implementation towards
full integration of energy efficiency in building education according to local capacity and legislation.
This paper summarises the evaluation process of the first implementation of the educational material
in the 15 universities, by academic staff, national industry and professional organisations, and
reference students from each university. Included are expected learning outcomes, level of integration
in existing curricula and alignment with theory and assessment methods. Measures for improvement
as well as further dissemination to other European educational facilities are proposed. In this manner,
the project will contribute to make the multiple opportunities for energy efficiency a reality.
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 24 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt