Knowledge (specialized, factual and theoretical) of Heat Transfer – Principles, mechanisms, thermal conduction, thermal convection, thermal radiation, transfer of energy by phase changes.

• evaluate thermal balance in buildings, heat transfer 
• assessing the influence of each parameter on the energy balance of the building.

Responsibility for decision-making contributing to professional knowledge during the design process of energy saving buildings

Knowledge about the integrated energy design principle

Basic Knowledge about comfort in buildings and healthy indoor climate, including indoor air quality, thermal comfort, acoustics, visual comfort

Knowledge about tools and methods to be used for building performance evaluation

Interpret and propose an Integrated Energy Design steps and principles

Ability to explain the importance of comfort in buildings and healthy indoor climate, and describe the main criteria and factors that affect human comfort in buildings: criteria for thermal comfort, understand noise generation and present criteria for acoustic comfort, understand visual comfort and present criteria for lighting and glare, air qulity

Ability to use tools and devices for measurement and control to determine the parameters of air quality and comfort of the space environment

Responsibility for advice stakeholder for adopting integrated energy design principles 

Responsibility best use of simulation tools for achieving high standards and bioclimatic design

Knowledge about the influence of the building form, orientation, mass, thermal zoning in the bioclimatic design

Knowledge about the solutions, strategies and optimal use of passive heating, cooling, natural ventilation, natural lighting

Interpret and evaluate the importance of passive design in bioclimatic, solar buildings, nZEBs

Cognitive and practical skills required to

Interpret, evaluate and apply principles and solutions of passive design in bioclimatic, solar buildings, nZEBs

Cognitive and practical skills required to

identify passive solutions 

Autonomy, and/or management and supervision

within the guidelines of work related to the bioclimatic design

Knowledge of direct passive solar systems in, building envelope – design considerations, heat accumulating mass and transparent elements of the building envelope, limitation of heat losses, prevention of overheating

Knowledge about strategies and technologies related to renewable systems and their integration in façades of buildings;

Knowledge about examples of Integration of renewable solar energy

Knowledge about experimental and numerical approach for evaluation the thermal behavior of integrated systems in façades

Cognitive and practical skills required to asses heat transfer in building façade

Cognitive and practical skills required to Interpret, evaluate and apply solutions for solar building envelope
Cognitive skills required to identify integration methods of renewable systems in building envelopes
Cognitive skills required to asses experimental and numerical evaluation of the solar building envelope 

– Knowledge on the importance of building certification systems.

Knowledge on the certifications more accepted worldwide and in the country.

Cognitive and practical skills required to analyze and compare the most important factors of each building certifications systems (including score given to bioclimatic design in the certification systems).

Responsibility for advice about the building certification system more adequate.

1. Climate analysis including solar geometry

1.1 Solar radiation, temperature, natural resources

1. Basics of building physics 
   1. General concepts 
   2. Energy balance

1. Buildings and Performance (Design for a multivariate condition)

3.1 Climate, Buildings and Performance: Design for a multivariate condition (passive house, nZEB, …)

3.3 Integrated Energy Design

3.4 Indoor comfort, health, indoor air quality

3.5 Performance evaluation: tools&methods

1. Passive design principles and solutions for heating, cooling and day lighting
   1. Introduction and general principles
   2. Building form, orientation, mass, thermal zoning
   3. Passive heating strategies
   4. Passive Cooling strategies
   5. Natural ventilation
   6. Natural lighting

1. Solar building envelope

5.1 Introduction, building envelope and building elements

5.2 Strategies and technologies related to renewable systems and their integration in façades of buildings

5.3 Integration of renewable solar energy systems in façade (BIPV, trombe wall)

5.4 Evaluation of building envelope: experimental and numerical methods

1. Build with low environmental impact materials. Significance of Sustainable Building Certification Systems

Objectives: This topic concerns the use of low environmental impact materials in buildings, that help to reduce construction carbon footprint, and a general overview of building certification schemes.

6.1 – Low environmental impact materials: importance, and benefits.

6.2 – Natural materials: selection and use, including thermal insulation materials.

6.3 – Sustainable Building Certification Systems: definition, types, importance, and benefits. (BREEAM, LEED, LiderA in Portugal)

1. Real examples, Case studies (+Technical/site visit)