Ecological Building

Language:	German
Location:	Munich, Online
Duration:	5 days in 3 weeks
Start:	On demand
Cost:	2,900 EUR
ECTS:	2

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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.

3 ECTS Points

This certificate program can be credited with 8 DGNB continuing education points for licensed DGNB certification experts (DGNB Consultants, DGNB Auditors, DGNB Senior Auditors).

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Benefits

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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.

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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.

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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

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Learning Objective
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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.

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Program:

Ecological Building

Target group:

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.

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Academic responsibility:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang

Format & Timing:

3 weeks

Study location:

Munich, Online

Language:

German

Dates:

On demand

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.

Graduation:

After successful completion of the final exam, participants will receive a certificate from the Technical University of Munich.

ECTS:

3 ECTS

Credibility:

This certificate program can be credited with 8 DGNB continuing education points for licensed DGNB certification experts (DGNB Consultants, DGNB Auditors, DGNB Senior Auditors).

Program fee:

2,900 EUR*

Discounts:

10% discount for TUM Alumni and members or employees of our strategic cooperation partners (see below).

* 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
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang
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

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