Energy management for real estate - Fundamentals, methods and digital tools
Program Overview
Program Overview
The Energy Management for Real Estate - Fundamentals, Methods, and Digital Tools MOOC is designed to provide essential skills and knowledge for addressing the energy management process in real estate. This course is part of the Sustainability series, which focuses on multidisciplinary competences to tackle one of the world's major challenges.
Course Description
The figure of the Energy Manager (EM) was introduced in the United States in the early 1970s and later in Italy through Law 308/82 and Law 10/91. An Energy Manager is responsible for managing energy within a company, public body, or structure, including verifying energy consumption, optimizing it, and promoting interventions aimed at energy efficiency and the use of renewable sources. The course covers the necessary information to verify consumption, optimize consumption, promote energy-aware behavior, and propose improvement investments.
Program Details
- Total Workload: 12 hours
- Language: English
- Target: MOOCs for Professionals
- Subject: Engineering
- Length: 4 Weeks
- European Qualifications Framework Level: EQF 7
- Thematic Area (ISCED-F Classification): 07 Engineering, manufacturing, and construction
Intended Learning Outcomes
By actively participating in this MOOC, learners will achieve the following intended learning outcomes:
Week 1
- Identify the main role and duties of the energy manager
Week 2
- Know the current energy framework
- Understand the structure of the energy sector
- Learn how energy traded on markets is delivered to and paid by final consumers
- Assess the main parameters that affect buildings' energy demand
Week 3
- Assess the energy audit of the building
- Know the main solutions to increase the energy efficiency of the building
Week 4
- Perform a proper digital energy model of the buildings
- Apply the strategies of energy efficiency into building retrofit
Prerequisites
No prerequisite knowledge is required for this course.
Activities
Learners will have the opportunity to discuss course topics and share ideas with peers in the Forum, in addition to consulting content in the form of videos and other web-based resources.
Faculty
The course is taught by a team of professors and researchers from Politecnico di Milano, including:
- Rajendra Adhikari
- Niccolň Aste
- Marco Beccali
- Filippo Bovera
- Davide Chiaroni
- Claudio Del Pero
- Dario Di Santo
- Fabrizio Leonforte
Assessment
The final grade for the course will be based on the results of answers to assessed quizzes. Learners must score a total of 60% (or higher) in each of the assessed quizzes to successfully complete the course.
Certificate
Learners can achieve a certificate in the form of an Open Badge for this course by obtaining at least 60% of the total score in the graded quizzes and filling in the final survey.
Information About Fees and Access to Materials
The course is completely online and free of charge.