Energy Sustainability

Teaching Methodologies

Presentation and discussion of relevant concepts in class; Guidance for students’ self-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.

Written assessment – 60%
Group works – 40%
Minimum grade of 9.5 values in each of the assessments
Assessment by exams according to academic regulations

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

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

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/;