About the course

USC features the Built Environment Management: Innovation and Sustainability course for those students focused in supplementing the graduation of our professional in the Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental and Sanitation Engineering, Production Engineering areas, as well as Architects and Managers, obtaining the skills required for assessing and perfecting the Civil Construction energy and socio-environmental performance. In this project the participant is qualified for designing, assessing, and operating sustainable buildings, aligned with energy efficiency principles, environmental comfort, and environmentally-efficient materials, with higher environmental performance in order to make Civil Construction a tool harmonized with the planet sustainability.

Subjects

• Introduction to Sustainability, Legislation and Environmental Building Certification
• Wise water use and treatment alternatives
• Interpersonal Leadership and Management
• Alternative Energy Sources
• Environmentally Efficient Technologies and Materials applied in the built environment
• Environmental Comfort and Building Energy Efficiency
• Tools for planning and controlling constructions
• Lean Construction
• Strategic Cost and Entrepreneurial Management
• Scientific Methodology
• Built environment project management
• Building System Energy Quality
• Worksite, waste and recycling management and logistics
• Integrated sustainable project management
• Introduction to Smart Electric Networks
• Smart Electric Networks: Smart Grids
• Electric Power Market: Current Scenario vs. Smart network scenario