Energy Engineering in Sustainable Construction

ENERGY ENGINEERING PRESENTATION

Context

The Sustainable Building Plan set a target for reducing housing and buildings’ energy consumption by 38% before 2020. This has led construction companies to work innovatively towards buildings that have almost full autonomous energy needs or even produce their own. The building industry is changing and new skills are needed. Innovation and technology are at the heart of this course which will enable you to become much sought after experts, managers and sales engineers.

3-year programme

Professional skills

ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM (PROJECT DEFINITION)

• Carrying out site surveys on existing constructions 
• Identifying customer requirements 
• Sizing and optimising solutions, taking into account economic & risk constraints 
• Evaluating energy performance (modeling the constructions, observing thermal energy and environmental standards, overall cost and environmental impact)

ASSESSING AND INCLUDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE

• Identifying and offering architectural & constructive solutions for different passive building types
• Identifying products and systems and offering energy solutions for different building types and their use (including testing and monitoring)
• Measuring and optimising solutions including economic and risk assessment aspects
• Assessing energy performance (building modeling, certifying thermal conformity and eco-labels, overall costs and environmental performance record)

CONSTRUCTING AND IMPLEMENTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY SOLUTIONS

• Establishing energy saving specifications (service and supplies) 
• Participating in implementation and synthesis studies 
• Planning and managing the work, measurements, trials and implementation 
• Coordinating specific interfaces 
• Setting up and ensuring environmental consideration and a quality control system

OPERATING, MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY OF BUILDINGS

• Draw up, follow up and oversee contractual relationships between the service provider and the customer 
• Put in place energy risk assessment plan 
• Operating and monitoring installations, taking into account the evolution of usage 
• Observe, improve and check installation performance taking into account the evolution of usage