Energy Sustainability

Base Knowledge

Not Applicable

Teaching Methodologies

Presentation and discussion of relevant concepts in class;

Explanation of content through the application of concepts in tasks and autonomous work by students in the classroom, guided and supported by the teacher.
Guiding students’ independent study by consulting the recommended bibliography;

Discussion and reflection on pertinent issues related to the material presented in class and presentation and discussion of case studies that reinforce learning.

Learning Results

The student should acquire knowledge of:
– Forms of energy and sustainability;
– Energy monitoring and management systems;
– Sustainability monitoring programmes.
The student should acquire the skills to:
– Plan and apply energy management concepts and insert them into sustainable sustainability;
– Design energy management strategies and replace them with sustainable forms of energy;
– Monitor the sustainability of energy communities.
The student should acquire the competences to:
– Lead and/or integrate sustainable energy management teams;
– Lead and/or integrate sustainability monitoring teams.

Program

– Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
– Concepts and fundamentals of local sustainability
– Conventional Energy, “Green” Energy and Forms of Energy Sustainability
– Energy Policy and Regulation
– Sustainable Energy Systems
– Energy Planning and Sustainability Indicators
– Energy and Human Health
– Energy Efficiency
– Management of Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions
– Energy Storage
– Energy Transport
– Energy Communities

Curricular Unit Teachers

Fernando Miguel Rodrigues da Silva Moreira

Grading Methods

Written test to be taken at the end of the semester - 50%
Group or individual work to be carried out in class (minimum of 4) - 50%
Minimum marks of 9.5 in each of the assessments


Assessment by exams in accordance with academic regulations, maintaining the weightings of continuous assessment


    Internship(s)

    NAO

    Bibliography

     

    Secundary Bibliografy 

    Fernando Almeida – Uma Ruptura Urgente – Os Desafios da Sustentabilidade janeiro 2007, Edição Brochado
    Gouveia, Borges e Castanheira, Luis, Energia, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, SPI, 2004
    Manual de Eficiência Energética nos edificios residenciais, Enerbuilding, 2008
    Manual de utilização racional de energia em edificios públicos, Enerbuilding, 2008
    Holdren, John; Smith, Kirk; Energy, Environment and Health, World Energy Assessment: Energy and the challenge of Sustainability
    Renewable Energy Project Analysis, RetScreen engineering and cases handbook, 2002
    Sara Fernandes; Inclusão, Sustentabilidade, Resiliência – Smart Cities novembro 2017
    Edição Cartonado
    Industrial Energy Conservation, Charles Gottschalk, John Wiley & Sons
    Cleto, João, Climate Change Impacts on Portuguese Energy System in 2050, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2008.
    www.iea.org;
    www.managenergy.net;
    http://www.apren.pt/ukenergia.htm;
    http://www.energysolutionscenter.org/;
    http://solstice.crest.org/index.html;
    http://www.dgge.pt/;
    http://europa.eu.int/comm/;