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Building Energy Engineering
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Summary of the Profile
General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
To educate professionals who could critically analyse, simulate and integrate building energy systems and processes in those systems, investigate distributed energy generation and consumption systems, equipment and processes, apply innovative technologies and smart solutions when assessing, designing, installing, using, managing and maintaining smart building energy systems which exhibit high efficiency, profitability, quality and reliability, sustainable demand and effect on the environment.
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge:
Knowledge of trend of energy engineering studies on scientific problems, their solution methods, research methods and organization, planning and introduction of innovations.
Knowledge of building energy systems and processes analysis, estimation, integration, modelling and management.
Research skills:
Ability to identify relevant problems in energy engineering, to apply the principles of general scientific researches when planning the research and selecting the means for its prosecution.
Ability to select and use scientific research methods for buildings and their energy systems, equipment for experiment and simulation tools.
Ability to identify the need of research, to choose methods, means and plan research, to collect data, interpret and using information technology resources critically to evaluate the results of the analysis of buildings and their energy systems taking into account energy efficiency, safety, economic and environmental aspects.
Engineering analysis:
Ability to analyse and assess efficiency of buildings and their energy systems and to propose means to increase it applying smart solutions.
Engineering design:
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding to identify and solve problems of smart buildings energy systems in practical activities, knowledge of analysis methods application limits, ability to assess research, simulation results and to determine their reliability, propose recommendations for research development.
Engineering practice ability:
Ability to collect, interpret and using resources of information technologies compute the data required to solve the problems of buildings and their energy systems, having the work skills with measuring instruments and simulation tools.
Personal and social abilities:
Ability to learn and improve self-sufficiently, to plan and organize one's professional activity, having problem-oriented learning skills, perception and ability to assess and forecast processes, their causes and consequences.
Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding, having the holistic approach to energy engineering, adjacent areas and processes in the society, ability to apply general and trend modules' information obtained during studies, to reasonably present it to specialist of different fields.
Ability to communicate in correct state and at least one of main foreign languages, to use innovative information and communication technologies, having skills of leading and working in team of specialists of different fields.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Lectures (problematic and inclusive), laboratory work, exercises, individual or team independent work, distance learning, case studies, reading of educational and scientific books and articles, search, analysis, synthesis of scientific technological information, preparation of oral reports, preparation of scientific publications.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Cumulative assessment system: independent and control works, laboratory work reports, research works, course projects, final works, etc.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
The results of the study program are implemented through study subjects, which can be found on the website www.vgtu.lt. Among the main things is:
Energy Economics, Thermodynamic and Energy Systems Life Cycle Analysis, Thermal Building and its Energy Systems Modeling, Process and System Integration, Renewable Energy Systems. Energy demand management. Smart solutions for building systems. Finite elements in thermomechanics.
Specialisations:
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Optional courses:
Free choice study modules from the list approved by VGTU.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
Persons with energy engineering master's qualification degree may work at higher education institutions, scientific research and technology development, governmental and municipality institutions, development, consultation, management and maintenance enterprises, the activities of which are concerned with rational, effective, sustainable use of energy.
Access to further study:
The graduates of Building Energy Engineering study programme may continue their studies in the third-cycle (doctoral) studies in the direction of Energetics and thermal, Mechanical, Civil engineering and other fields of technology sciences.
