Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building

If you consider Energy Efficiency to be an up-to-date issue and searching for professional development in this field join our course!

No enrollment in 2023

Being keen on energy efficient issues is a rational choice for students willing to be in demand on current labour market. We provide our students with a great challenge to gain high-level knowledge in design, construction and maintenance of energy efficient buildings, implementation of new energy efficient solutions and technologies and the introduction of renewable energy sources in the construction and operation of industrial and civil buildings..

Key Points

individual approach and on-going assistance;
the course is fully taught in English;
scientific research activities, regular participation in seminars, conferences and forums;
joint projects and research activities with teachers' engagement;
using advanced computer technology in construction;
online communication between students and teachers via intranet web-site based on Moodle system (https://dl-ice.spbstu.ru/);
online distance learning using Moodle system
communication with experts from leading construction and engineering companies;
scholarships to study abroad in English in one of the European partner universities (a semester or a summer school).

Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building

About the program

Fundamental background & Practical skills in the following fields: Bachelor’s, Specialist’s or Master’s degree in a relevant area is required Engineering, Technology Technical Sciences English language proficiency - B+ (CEFR B2) Exam Test in a relevant field of studies Interview in English with a program coordinator (Skype option is available)	Degree awarded Master’s Degree (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia)
Major areas of expertise: Energy Efficient Buildings and Structures, Energy efficient technologies and renewable energy sources in construction Organization and Management in Construction, Information Technology in Construction	Program duration 2 years, full-time: 3 semesters at SPbPU + 1 semester abroad (optional) at a partner university
Career opportunities: With the knowledge and practical skills acquired by completion of this course, many graduates may continue to study for a PhD, become research assistants or work for international companies or set up their own business	Total workload / Credits 120 ECTS/ Credits
Tuition fee per year: 367 800 Rubles	Language The program is taught in English

Program profile

Module	Discipline	ECTS
General Science Module	History and Methodology of Science	3
	Digital Resources in Scientific Research	3
	Foreign Language in Professional Activities	3
Basic Module	Digital Modeling of Buildings and Structures BIM	2
	Mathematical Modeling	3
	Special Units of the Dissertation Research	4
	Project Management in Industry or Project Management for Road	4
Principal Subjects Module	Energy Efficiency and Use of Renewable Energy Sources	2
	Energy Efficient Building Materials	3
	Water Supply and Water Efficiency	2
	Design of Energy Efficient Buildings	4
	Energy Efficiency and Energy Audit of Construction Projects	2
	Reliability of Building Structures	3
	Economy of Energy-Efficient Technologies and Facilities	2
	Project Management in Construction	2
	International Communications in the Construction Business	2
	Business Planning in Construction	2
	Information Technologies for Territory Development	2
	Geoinformation Technology in Construction	2
	Building Design. BIM or Sustainable development of natural-technical systems	5
Mobility Module	Educational Foresight or Career Adaptability	5
Design Activity Module	Introductory Practice	6
	Master's Research Work in the Semester	21
	Design Practice	6
	Undergraduate Practice	9
	Research	12
	Preparation and Defense of Master Thesis	6
	Total	120

Master’s thesis topics

Energy efficiency by production of asphalt concrete mixes
Sulfate resistance of concrete
Energy efficient technologies for reconstruction and renovation of cultural heritage buildings in St.Petersburg
Energy-efficient systems for building envelopes in high-rise buildings
Energy efficient flax insulation in the "green" low-rise construction
Achievement required class of energy efficiency of the building at the expense applying engineering energy efficient activities
Temperature resistant construction of single-chamber rack-pin facade glazing
Designing an energy-efficient building using wind energy
The possibility of heat pump using in the Arctic
Energy Efficient Buildings in a worm and dry climate
Applying of renewable energy sources complex in civil engineering
Sustainable architecture design in Syria
Development of floating offshore wind turbine for arctic conditions
Energy Efficiency in Buildings Using the Closed Cavity Facade System
Energy Efficiency of Buildings Using Ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene membranes
Development and research of energy technologies for civil buildings based on the principles of solar architecture
Justification of the energy supply system’s parameters of a country house based on renewable energy sources
Modeling and justification of a power supply system based on facade-oriented photovoltaic systems (BIPV).

Admission procedure

You are kindly required to fill in an on-line application. International applicants may find additional information concerning admission at SPbPU web-site.

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Program Partners

Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Being the largest technical university in Italy, it offers undergraduate, graduate and higher education courses in engineering, architecture and design (https://www.polimi.it/).

Graz University of Technology (Austria)

Pursues top teaching and research in the fields of the engineering sciences and the technical-natural sciences. Ultimately, the quality of the education and training at Graz University of Technology is carried by the strength of its knowledge-oriented and applied research. Numerous competence centers, the Christian-Doppler laboratories, special research fields, research focuses, and large EU projects are only a few examples of the University’s extremely active and successful research.

In the framework of the master's program, partnerships with the following organizations of the real sector of the economy have been established