Abstract
Higher education of professionals in the construction and
real estate sector is in the process of "Greening
curricula". Pressures to educate environmentally literate
workforce are increasing.
The literature survey shows that technical universities
worldwide have incorporated modules, courses and
programmes of sustainable construction. In general, new
teaching methods and approaches are regarded as necessary
due to the complexity of the triple bottom-line issues of
the sustainable construction. In addition to traditional
lecturing and exercises, life-cycle and overall
performance matters are taught by methods of team-work,
problem-solving and learning-by-doing.
The material for this study was gathered from literature
and virtual site visits of universities as well as a
questionnaire among the participants of the COST C25.
First remarks concerning all the material is that there
are still few technical universities with a cross-cutting
strategy about sustainability.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Sustainability of Constructions – Integrated Approach to Life-time Structural Engineering |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of International Seminar on COST action C25 |
| Editors | Luís Bragança |
| Pages | 1.(59-67) |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Seminar on Sustainability of Constructions - Dresden, Germany Duration: 6 Oct 2008 → 7 Oct 2008 |
Conference
| Conference | Seminar on Sustainability of Constructions |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Dresden |
| Period | 6/10/08 → 7/10/08 |
Keywords
- sustainable construction
- life-time engineering
- higher education
