Sustainable Building Engineering

Overview

Degree Programme

The main purpose of the Sustainable Building Engineering program of the Sapienza University of Rome will be to update traditional, worldwide appreciated, Italian civil and architectural engineering skills, embracing greater sensitivity to environmental protection with a marked emphasis on sustainable development. In light of the above, this degree is dedicated to students from abroad, especially those where Italian building and environmental engineering consultants or companies have designed and built major private and public buildings.

To achieve this target, the Degree must ensure the acquisition of high scientific and technological contents, and provide the ability to design, plan and manage solutions for numerous  and complex situations in terms of sustainable architecture, built environment sustainability, through the application of the following principles:

• Lowering the energy demand and consumption of existing and new buildings 

• Taking advantage of climate and natural resources to develop passive design strategies and sustainable architecture

• Reusing or recycling building components and materials

• Extending the lifetime of products and buildings

• Risk-free returning materials to the natural cycle

• Adopting a sustainable use of the environment and a participatory planning and design

• Reducing urban sprawl, promoting urban renewal and protecting natural areas

This degree is especially dedicated to form professionals that are ready to take on different projects either locally or at an international scale. At the design phase, a sustainable building engineer is ready to develop and control sustainable design strategies in architecture and urban planning; during the construction process, he/she is able to use sustainable and recycled materials, minimize waste flows and avoid damage to the urban surround or to the natural environment. As a facility manager, he/she knows how to reduce the energy demand, alternatively use other natural resources, and propose fitting solutions using a sustainable approach.

This program also provides students with the scientific knowledge needed to obtain an appropriate technical and operational training in the fields of Architectural and Environmental Engineering, whose major target is the organization, protection and modification of the built environment and territory, for settlement purposes.