Future Building Solutions, MSc

Organisation:: Donau-Universität Krems
Ort, Bundesland, Land:: Krems, Lower Austria, Austria
Typ:: Part-time
Certificate:: MSc
Duration:: 4 Semester

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Programme

Be an Expert in Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Design
Future Building Solutions, MSc

Climate change, declining oil reserves, depleted resources on the one hand and changed needs, advanced qualities of comfort and a new public awareness of energy efficiency on the other have sparked a revolution in the way in which we plan, design and construct buildings for a sustainable future.

The Competitive Advantage of Sustainable Design:
Building professionals across the world are discovering sustainable design solutions as an instrument of competitive advantage; one that drives innovation, opens new markets and reaches new customers.

Be an Expert in Sustainable Design:
The international university program, Future Building Solutions, MSc, provides participants with all the necessary knowledge and skills to become an expert in sustainable building and energy-efficient design.

The Future Building Solutions Design Strategy

The Design Strategy combines a broad overview with in depth expertise on three levels:
• The Future Building Solutions Design Concept singles out the major issues of sustainable design and technologies and places a special focus on the key issue: Energy efficiency.
• The Future Building Solutions Design Principles convey proven fundamental approaches for the successful application of sustainable design within these major issues.
• Finally, the Future Building Solutions Design Implementation imparts up to date and detailed architectural and engineering skills throughout the nine Module weeks of the program for the successful execution of sustainable design solutions - in climate responsive architecture, indoor comfort, energy efficiency, zero carbon emission, life cycle assessment, renewable energy technologies, daylight design and many more - for domestic and office buildings in every climate of the world.

We teach the Passive House Concept and offer participants the opportunity to become a Certified Passive House Designer (CEPH) in cooperation with the Passive House Institute.

The Benefits of a Specialization in Sustainable Design

Within the program participants can major in one of two areas of specialization: climate engineering and solar architecture. For each specialized area, two of the nine instruction modules are reserved:

Consulting for Buildings with Superior Performance
Future Building Solutions – Climate Engineering
> Gain a profound understanding of indoor comfort and thermal performance of buildings.
> Guide decisions on facade concepts, building construction and HVAC concepts from the early design phase.
> Learn to use high-end thermal building simulation tools such as TAS® and TRNSYS®.
> Improve your core competences and industry knowledge to ensure interdisciplinary cooperation with architects and designers.

Designing a Superior Built Environment
Future Building Solutions – Solar Architecture
> Extend your portfolio of architectural skills to specialize in passive solar design, natural cooling and climate responsive architecture.
> Become an expert in Green Building Rating, using LEED®, BREEAM®, DGNB®, TQB®, and the Passive House Concept.
> Learn how to use specialized software tools for predicting heating and cooling demands, for thermal bridge calculation and for optimization of both thermal and visual comfort.
> Become an expert in Integrated Design for the coordination of interdisciplinary planning teams.

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Mag. Richard Sickinger, Programme Director

Target audience

Future Building Solutions: A university education for a wide range of building professionals:

Architects
Engineers
Building Physicists
Building Service Engineers
Building Experts
Building Promoters
Master Builders
Construction Staff

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Program-Modules:
For Architects

1: Key principles of Sustainability
2: Climate and Comfort
3: Applied Desighn
4: Building Physics
5: Technical Building Services
6: Sustainability Challenges
7: Light Engineering
8: Sustainable Urbanism & Acoutics
9: Applied Design Studio

For Climate-Engineering

1: Key principles of Sustainabiliy
2: Climate and Comfort
3: Building Concepualization
4: Building Simulation
5: Technical Building Services
6: Sustainability Challenges
7: Light Engineering
8: Sustainable Urbanism & Acoustics
9: Applied Design Studio

Admission/Entrance requirements

Tuition: The fee for the entire program is 18,000 Euros Duration: Four semesters with nine one-week instruction modules (Mon – Sat) and Master‘s Thesis Language: The program is held in English. Exams and papers though can be submitted in either English or German. Start: The upcoming Program commences October 11, 2010

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Organisation

Danube University Krems has specialized in postgraduate academic studies and offers exclusive courses in the fields of economics and management, communications, IT and media, medicine and health, law, European integration and public administration, education and cultural sciences as well as of building and ecology. Being a European model project, Danube University Krems combines high quality in education, research and consulting with excellent customer orientation and service. More than 3,500 students from 50 countries are enrolled in over 150 academic courses.

The majority of the students of Danube University Krems have a university degree. Therefore, the main part of university teaching in Danube University Krems consists of courses which are concluded with an internationally recognized Master’s degree such as Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science (MSc), Master of Arts (MA) or Master of Laws (LL.M.). The range of courses offered here extends from executive MBA, IT consulting, European Union law, solar architecture and music management to health care management, psychotherapy and special fields of dentistry. Danube University Krems also offers a number of short courses and seminars.

Danube University Krems is located in one of Europe’s most beautiful cultural landscapes, the Wachau region along the Danube, which has been named a world cultural heritage site by the UNESCO. A renovated tobacco factory dating back to the onset of the 20th century and new buildings on Campus Krems provide students and educators with an open, innovative, and motivational atmosphere for research and studying. The new campus, which was opened in 2005, provides the region with a new landmark of international acclaim.

Study in Krems

Krems is a traditional educational town - with 30 schools and high schools attended by more than 10,000 students. Therefore, Krems’ environment is richly furnished with restaurants, hotels, guest-houses and students’ hostels, as well as leisure-time and cultural facilities. The idyllic environment of the Wachau, its exquisite wines and numerous sports facilities contribute in significant measure to the quality of life of students at the Danube University Krems.

Historic buildings and architecture from the middle-ages in the parts of Krems and Stein show for a meaningful past. The community, already mentioned in 995 as "urbs chremisa", was once the center of salt and wine trading and is one of the oldest towns in the country.

Strolling through the medieval alleyways, tasting wine in closed-down monasteries, relaxing in a café by the street, and amusedly smiling in the museum of caricatures: art and culture can be experienced and lived in Krems. The folk music festival "Glatt & Verkehrt" (Smooth & Traffic), the Lower Austrian Danube Festival, the film program of the Austrian Film Gallery, and the exhibitions at the internationally renowned Art Center Krems are the highlights of the town’s annual event calendar. As a member of the art-mile in Krems, the Danube University of Krems is a regular part of the local art and culture scene.

The Danube University of Krems is an ideal starting point for jogging, cycling, playing squash and tennis, or simply for taking a walk through the vineyards. Oarsmen and swimmers can pursuit their hobbies in the nearby Danube River.