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Ecological Building

Language: Deutsch
Location: München, Remote
Duration: 6 days in 4 weeks
Start: Fall 2024
Cost: 3.590 €
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Learn how to plan and construct buildings, neighborhoods and cities in a sustainable and future-proof way.

The “Ecological Building” certificate program teaches you the basics of planning for future generations, evaluating sustainable buildings, thinking in terms of resource cycles and taking into account building biology and health aspects in planning. For this holistic approach, different scale levels are considered – from the city, to the neighborhood, to the building.

The course program is divided into three modules: Introduction to Ecological Building, Life Cycle Engineering and Circularity & Healthy Building.

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Benefits

  • Expertise

    There is a lack of specialists in ecological construction. By successfully completing our course, you will have the best qualifications to fill this gap.

  • Practical Orientation

    Experienced lecturers will teach you in a practical way how sustainable buildings, districts and cities can be planned and implemented for the future.

  • The Latest Research Findings

    Benefit directly from the latest scientific findings on energy-efficient planning and construction from the TUM University of Excellence

Program Overview

You can find all the important information about the certificate program here. Below you can find out the objectives of the program, the exact details of the process, what you will learn and which lecturers will teach you the content.

Aims of the certificate course

Here you will find information on the aims of this course and its content.

Urban planning and construction play a decisive role in reducing CO2 emissions and adapting our cities, neighborhoods and buildings to climate change. A fundamental shift towards interdisciplinary, holistic planning processes is therefore necessary. The aim is to optimally prepare specialists and managers for the challenges of the construction industry by integrating the latest research content and to provide them with an integral planning approach – sustainable and future-proof.

Details

Here you will find information on dates, requirements and other general conditions for the certificate program.
Program:Ecological Building
Graduation:After successful completion of the final exam, you will receive a certificate from the Technical University of Munich
Academic responsibility:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang, Architect
Target audience:Architects, urban planners, civil and environmental engineers, landscape architects, as well as specialist planners (e.g. sustainable construction, building physics, building services engineering) and employees from the public sector (e.g. building department, department for urban planning and building regulations) or executives from the building industry who want to acquire competitive knowledge in the field of ecological construction.
Participation fee:3.590 Euro*
Language:German
Discounts:10% discount for TUM Alumni and members or employees of our strategic cooperation partners (see below).
Dates:TBD
Study location:Online / Munich
Format & Timing:4 weeks
Admission requirements:Participants should have at least two years of relevant professional experience and ideally a degree in construction, a technical college or a university degree

* In our experience, tax benefits in Germany help many of our program participants to finance their education, as they can declare up to 50% of tuition fees and program-related travel expenses in their tax return. Please speak to your tax advisor for an assessment of your situation. For participants of our programs who reside outside of Germany, this may also apply, please clarify the situation with the local tax authorities.

Lecturers

Get to know our experienced lecturers who will teach you the certificate content and with whom you will work.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang, Architect
Chair for Energy-efficient and Sustainable Design and Building, TUM
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Boucsein
Chair for Urban Design, TUM
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Brigitte Helmreich
Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management, TUM
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Pauleit
Chair for Urban Water Systems Engineering, TUM
Prof. Dr. Magnus Fröhling
Chair for Circular Economy, TUM

Structure

Find out here how the course is structured and what the individual modules of the certificate program contain.

Module 1: Introduction to Ecological Building

  • Status Quo – Ecological Building
  • Sustainable urban development
  • Legal standards & sustainability certificates

Module 2: Life Cycle Engineering

  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • Life Cycle Costs (LCC)

Module 3: Circularity & Healthy Building

  • Circular Economy
  • Building Ecology & Healthy Building
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Testimonials

Today, we face with the challenges of climate change, growing global population as well as resource scarcity. The building industry plays a decisive role in reducing CO2 emissions. The aim of our work is therefore to highlight concepts for implementing a positive ecological footprint in the building sector.

Partners

Bayerische Architektenkammer
Bauindustrie Bayern
DGNB Akademie
Programm Managerin Anja Brankovic

Your contact

Anja Branković
Program Manager

Phone: +49 (89) 289 – 28479
E-Mail: built-environment@lll.tum.de

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