Technologies for Green Buildings

The aim is to train a versatile graduate technician in the field of construction and civil and rural infrastructure, with particular attention to bio-construction and sustainable building design, unique themes that differentiate the new study program from existing ones both at the regional and national levels. In particular, graduates must:

• Have a preparation in basic disciplines specifically aimed at enabling them to acquire an adequate understanding of the phases underlying the processes of design, construction, and management of civil, rural, and territorial works and infrastructures;

• Have adequate preparation in the applicable reference disciplines and a consolidated baggage of operational knowledge essential for operating independently in areas such as: activities based on the use of digital methodologies to support urban/architectural planning and design; support activities for monitoring and diagnostics of structures, infrastructures, and territories as well as ancillary systems; activities related to the management and updating of databases: cadastral, safety in the management of construction sites and workplaces, with the drafting of practices for design and execution; analysis and monitoring activities aimed at energy efficiency, energy certification, and certification of sustainability and healthiness of environments; drafting of building practices, technical specifications, maintenance plans, technical drawings, and forensic technical consulting activities; design, construction management, and supervision of structural, distribution, and plant aspects related to constructions.

• Have adequate knowledge of aspects concerning technical and economic feasibility, cost calculation, as well as the production and realization process of building works, ancillary systems, and territorial transformations with their functional elements.

The organization of the teaching activities envisages, in the first year, the delivery of basic courses (mathematics, physics, and chemistry) and characterizing activities (topography and geomatics, estimation, drawing and representation, architectural composition, science and technology of constructions, legal-administrative management, and electrical and thermotechnical systems). To broaden the student’s interdisciplinary cultural education, topics related to energy efficiency and environmental parameter monitoring are also covered.

In the second year, technical aspects covered previously are further explored through laboratory activities related to digital modeling and Building Information Management (BIM), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), cadastral estimation, architectural and systems design, environmental monitoring, and environmental impact certification and evaluation from a life cycle perspective, for a total of 48 CFUs.

The third year of the course will be almost entirely dedicated to curricular internship activities, totaling 48 CFUs, to be carried out in companies, professional firms, public administrations, public or private entities (including the Order of Engineers, Surveyors, National Association of Building Constructors (ANCE), Engineering and Architecture studios). Specific agreements will be activated for the execution of internship activities between these entities, with the identification of internal tutoring figures within the hosting structures for the students.

At the end of the course of study, in addition to the thesis defense, it will be possible to take the professional qualification exams for recognition as a Surveyor and Industrial Construction Expert.

Premium contributions of €800 are foreseen as incentives for the enrollment of deserving students. Details will be available shortly.