Sustainability in Buildings – A Teaching Approach

Energy consumption in buildings is responsible for an important share of global consumed energy. The current electric energy paradigm carries important consequences both at economic and environmental levels. The so called Zero Energy Buildings’ strategy provides some guidelines in order to achieve b...

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Published inEnergy procedia Vol. 107; pp. 15 - 22
Main Authors Felgueiras, Manuel Carlos, Martins, Florinda F., Caetano, Nídia S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2017
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Buildings
education for sustainability
energy consumption in buildings
sustainability
energy consumption in buildings
Buildings
sustainability
education for sustainability
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Summary:Energy consumption in buildings is responsible for an important share of global consumed energy. The current electric energy paradigm carries important consequences both at economic and environmental levels. The so called Zero Energy Buildings’ strategy provides some guidelines in order to achieve better results in buildings energy demand. This scenario is a highly multidisciplinary engineering issue, and poses several challenges at the higher education level, that is taught in separate areas. This paper presents some higher education teaching limitations to address new technological challenges in new buildings design.
ISSN:1876-6102
1876-6102
DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2016.12.124