The Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, in collaboration with the Department of Building Services, has joined the Erasmus+ CBHE project no. 101082898-2022 titled
“UKRENERGY – Innovative Master Courses Supporting the Improvement of the Energy and Carbon Footprint of the Ukrainian Building Stock” under the auspices of the Slovak University of Technology (STU). This project is funded by the European Commission through the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) within the Erasmus+ program, Key Action 2, which focuses on building capacity in higher education in partner countries of the EU.
The goal of the UKRENERGY project is to enhance the quality of education and teaching in Ukraine by introducing innovative Master’s courses focused on building energy sustainability, in line with the Bologna Process principles. The project focuses on three main objectives:
- Developing a new Master’s degree program in building energy sustainability tailored to the labor market needs and implemented at four universities in Ukraine.
- Enhancing the expertise of teaching staff in building energy sustainability and fostering collaboration between universities and businesses. The aim is to address current issues such as the fragmented scientific foundation in energy efficiency and sustainability, and to ensure better distribution of knowledge, expertise, information, and data.
- Promoting the dissemination of knowledge on the European Green Deal in alignment with the EU’s 2030 goals.
Consortium partners:
- UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA, Coordinator (UniGe) – IT
- KYIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE (KNUCA) – UA
- ODESSA STATE ACADEMY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE (OSACEA) – UA
- PRYDNIPROVSKA STATE ACADEMY OF CIVIL ENG. AND ARCHITECTURE (PSACEA) – UA
- LVIV POLYTECHNIC NATIONAL UNIVERSITY(LPNU) – UA
- NATIONAL TRANSPORT UNIVERSITY (NTU) – UA
- ODESSA NATIONAL ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY (ONEU) – UA
- UKRAINIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (USUCT) – UA
- LVIV NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL UNIVERSITY (LNEU) – UA
- STATE AGENCY ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY SAVING OF UA (SAEE) – UA
- AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN KRAKOW (AGH-UST) – PL
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA CAMPANIA LUIGI VANVITELLI (UNICAM) -IT
- SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN BRATISLAVA (STUBA) – SK
- UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI PARTHENOPE (UNIPARTH) – IT
- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (NUWEE) – UA
The next consortium meeting took place from June 27 to 30, 2023, at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at STU in Bratislava. The main goal was to introduce the structure of our bachelor’s and master’s degree programs to the Ukrainian partners. On the first day, the guests were welcomed by Vice-Dean doc. Ing. Katarína Gajdošová, PhD., and the professional part of the activities was opened by prof. Ing. Štefan Stanko, PhD.
For the participants, we prepared a rich program, which included expert lectures and excursions led by prof. Ing. Štefan Stanko, PhD., prof. Ing. Dušan Petráš, PhD., doc. Ing. Michal Krajčík, PhD., and Ing. Réka Wittmanová, PhD. The lectures focused on topics such as energy audits of buildings, energy certification, building energy performance, indoor air quality, and thermal comfort in buildings.
The second half of the week began with a technical excursion to the green roof of the Nivy Station, where we were guided by the building operators from HB Reavis. During the excursion, we focused on the potential for reducing urban heat islands and the efficiency of green roofs in the context of building energy sustainability. The final part of the expert program included lectures on life cycle assessment (LCA) and the use of LCA analysis in construction, with an emphasis on its contribution to the sustainability of construction projects.