Sustainable Building don't stop with the completion of construction — they consist of ongoing, interactive systems that require advanced knowledge and skills to design, manage, and diagnose over time. The fast pace of technological change and challenges demands advanced experience, knowledge, and skill sets of those who are tasked with maintaining and advancing sustainable structures and habitats.

Sustainable Building's core programs

The Sustainable Building provides students with the groundwork required to educate, motivate, and excite the upcoming generation of building technologists in students. Through whole systems thinking and multidisciplinary methods, programs teach students how to design projects from the beginning to the end, enabling them to produce sustainably designed environments that improve human well-being. The courses offer a curriculum for the strategic nexus of sustainable building technology and energy-efficient building design.

You'll discover that structures are growing more intricate. Businesses are investing in skilled professionals who can assist them in navigating the complexities of advanced building systems to achieve high performance in building comfort, health, and energy efficiency as the financial and sustainability benefits to understand the importance of maintaining tenant health and comfort. Program graduates can find work in building systems design, renewable energy, energy analytics, weatherization/retrofitting of buildings, and facilities/energy management.

Key areas of study

Throughout the course you will research at subjects related to planning, designing, and retrofitting buildings through understanding the theory behind the selection and use of materials, energy flows in buildings, site selection and preparation, waste management, project management, and the building project life cycle.

Some of the topics you’ll study will include:

• Sustainability thinking and adaptation transformation planning

• Building design, planning, and retrofitting

• Selection and evaluation of materials and sources

• Efficient use of materials and energy

• Attitudinal and behavioral issues of energy and materials use and control

• Post-occupancy evaluation of buildings performance

• Water and waste management

• Policy and planning issues

What kind of career will you have?

Since sustainable building is a new area, graduates have many options to apply for open positions, start their own roles or businesses, and get accreditations from the industry. The popular and expanding discipline of sustainable building makes an effort to combine civil engineering, social science, and environmental science.

Graduates have the chance to participate in the design, construction, and operation of new buildings as they must adhere to more severe energy and environmental performance criteria. Program graduates assist solar energy system design, building, and operation in the renewable energy industry.