Sustainability in buildings – a teaching approach

Felgueiras, Carlos; Martins, Florinda; Caetano, Nídia

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Felgueiras, Carlos

Martins, Florinda

Caetano, Nídia

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Energy consumption in buildings is responsible for an important share of global consumed energy. The current electric energy paradigm carries important consequences both at economic and environmental levels. The so called Zero Energy Buildings’ strategy provides some guidelines in order to achieve better results in buildings energy demand. This scenario is a highly multidisciplinary engineering issue, and poses several challenges at the higher education level, that is taught in separate areas. This paper presents some higher education teaching limitations to address new technological challenges in new buildings design.