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Educa e!
Sus ainable En i onmen al Design in A chi ec u al Educa ion and P ac ice
SERGIO ALTOMONTE1, PAULA CADIMA2, SIMOS YANNAS2, ANDRE’ DE HERDE3, HANA
RIEMER4, ELIANA CANGELLI5, MARIA LOPEZ DE ASIAIN6, SARA HORVATH7
1Depa men o A chi ec u e and Buil En i onmen , Uni e si y o No ingham, UK
2A chi ec u al Associa ion School o A chi ec u e, UK
3Ca holic Uni e si y o Lou ain, Belgium
4Technical Uni e si y o Munich, Ge many
5Uni e si y o Rome La Sapienza, I aly
6SAMA - Semina o A chi ec u e and En i onmen , Spain
7Budapes Uni e si y o Technology and Economics, Hunga y
ABSTRACT: Awa eness o he ole ha buildings play in he cu en clima e c isis is b inging o he o e new
esponsibili ies o a chi ec u al educa o s and p ac i ione s. Va ious pedagogical ba ie s s ill hinde he
comp ehensi e implemen a ion o manda es o en i onmen al sus ainabili y in design s udio, a all le els o
a chi ec u al educa ion. Concu en ly, he p omo ion o sus ainable design in he p ac ice o a chi ec u e and u ban
design is no ye consis en ly suppo ed by egula o y bodies, whose quali ica ion c i e ia a e s ill equen ly
inhomogeneous and ambiguous, especially in asce aining an e ec i e in eg a ion be ween c ea i e and echnical
skills. A subs an ial shi in policies and pedagogical me hodologies is needed o acili a e he ans e o knowledge
be ween sus ainable sciences and building applica ions, and enhance he implemen a ion o en i onmen al
sus ainabili y wi hin c ea i e design. To ackle such ba ie s, he EU- unded p ojec EDUCATE (En i onmen al
Design in Uni e si y Cu icula and A chi ec u al T aining in Eu ope, 2009-2012) was buil on a conso ium o se en
Eu opean academic pa ne s and se e al p o essional bodies, aiming o p omo e he in eg a ion o sus ainable
en i onmen al design in he educa ion and p ac ice o a chi ec u e and u ban design. This pape illus a es some o
he esul s ob ained by he EDUCATE p ojec and discusses he po en ial ans e o i s me hodologies and ools o
academic and p o essional ins i u ions a a global le el.
Keywo ds: educa ion, sus ainabili y, a chi ec u e, cu iculum, knowledge ans e
INTRODUCTION
In he con ex o he cu en clima e c isis, he ole o
highe educa ion as a means o in oducing new
gene a ions o building p ac i ione s o he p inciples and
p ac ices o sus ainable en i onmen al design is
becoming highly signi ican , al hough his aces a
numbe o pedagogical and p o essional ba ie s [1].
The need o igge a change in p e- and pos -
p o essional educa ion ha p omo es a sus ainable
app oach o design is mainly igge ed by h ee ac o s:
1. Cu en building p ac ice has been ela i ely slow
o espond o he demands o os e ing en i onmen al
sus ainabili y wi hin a c ea i e design discou se;
2. Acc edi a ion and quali ica ion c i e ia do no ye
consis en ly con ibu e o p omo e knowledge, skills and
compe ences o sus ainable en i onmen al design
amongs s uden s, g adua es and p ac i ione s;
3. Uni e si ies and egula o y bodies ha e shown o
be spa sely e ec i e in in eg a ing sus ainable
en i onmen al design in cu icula o highe educa ion.
The aim o his pape consis s in c i ically analyzing
he ba ie s o he success ul in eg a ion o sus ainable
en i onmen al design in academic p og ammes and in
he p ac ice o a chi ec u e and, consequen ly,
ecognising some o he e o s equi ed o achie e such
objec i e. In his con ex , he esul s o a Eu opean
p ojec , EDUCATE - se o p omo e he comp ehensi e
implemen a ion o en i onmen al sus ainabili y in highe
and pos -p o essional educa ion - a e p esen ed, so as o
discuss he po en ial impac s o i s ou comes and he
ans e o i s me hodologies and ools o academic and
p o essional ins i u ions a a global le el.
THE EDUCATE PROJECT
To p omo e sus ainable en i onmen al design in
academic cu icula and pos -p o essional aining, he 3-
yea EDUCATE (En i onmen al Design in Uni e si y
Cu icula and A chi ec u al T aining in Eu ope,
www.educa e-sus ainabili y.eu) p ojec was unded in
2009 by he Eu opean Commission’s Execu i e Agency
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o Compe i i eness and Inno a ion (EACI) unde he
‘In elligen Ene gy Eu ope’ p og amme.
EDUCATE was buil on a conso ium o se en
academic pa ne s: Uni e si y o No ingham (UK,
Coo dina o ); A chi ec u al Associa ion School o
A chi ec u e (UK); Ca holic Uni e si y o Lou ain
(Belgium); Technical Uni e si y o Munich (Ge many);
Depa men DATA, Uni e si y o Rome La Sapienza
(I aly); Semina o A chi ec u e and En i onmen -
SAMA (Spain); and, Budapes Uni e si y o Technology
and Economics (Hunga y). EDUCATE also ecei ed he
suppo o he Chambe s o A chi ec s in all pa icipa ing
Eu opean coun ies, o in e na ionally enowned
a chi ec s, o expe s o cogna e disciplines, and o
associa ions o educa o s and p ac i ione s.
The mission o EDUCATE was o “ os e knowledge
and skills in sus ainable en i onmen al design, aiming o
achie e com o , deligh , well-being and ene gy
e iciency in new and exis ing buildings”. This was o
“be p omo ed and demons a ed wi hin a cul u ally,
economically and socially iable design p ocess, a all
s ages o a chi ec u al educa ion” [2].
EDUCATE was se o achie e he ollowing aims:
• Tackle pedagogical ba ie s o he in eg a ion o
en i onmen al sus ainabili y wi hin c ea i e design;
• De ine and es a amewo k o cu iculum
de elopmen ha b idges di ides be ween echnical
sus ainabili y- ela ed knowledge and he design s udio;
• De elop an online Po al ha acili a es such
in eg a ion in highe and pos -p o essional educa ion;
• P opose clea c i e ia o acc edi a ion o cu icula
and p o essional egis a ion measu ing he knowledge,
skills and compe ence o sus ainable en i onmen al
design expec ed o g adua es and p ac i ione s;
• Dissemina e know-how and exempla o bes
p ac ice amongs s uden s, educa o s, building
p o essionals and he gene al public.
STATE OF THE ART
To iden i y exis ing hind ances and oppo uni ies in
in eg a ing en i onmen al sus ainabili y in he aining o
building p o essionals, he EDUCATE p ojec has
ini ially analysed and consolida ed he in e na ional s a e-
o he-a o cu icula s uc u es and p o essional
equi emen s a a Eu opean and global le el.
To his aim, pa ne s ha e conduc ed an exhaus i e
analysis o he s a e o play o educa ion in sus ainable
en i onmen al design wi hin a chi ec u al- ela ed
deg ees, and ha e in es iga ed how hese ela e o he
condi ions o acc edi a ion o academic cu icula and he
equi emen s o p o essional quali ica ion es ablished by
compe en bodies in he a ious coun ies conside ed.
This ask has also included an o e iew o educa ion
li e a u e and a compa ison o he s a e o he a wi h
con empo a y pedagogical heo ies and p ac ices.
A o al o 70 cu icula ha e been sc u inised om
some 30 Eu opean and non-Eu opean coun ies. These
ac i i ies ha e been suppo ed by close coope a ion wi h
na ional p o essional bodies and ha e been accomplished
ia analysis o cu icula s uc u es, e iew o published
documen s (e.g., web si es, yea books, con e ence and
jou nal pape s, wo ks o s uden s, e c.), in e iews, and
di ec eedback ob ained om academics.
Fu he o his, pa ne s ha e also ins uc ed a
sys ema isa ion o he c i e ia and p ocedu es o
p o essional quali ica ion h oughou Eu ope, whils also
acknowledging condi ions and p esc ip ions o
egis a ion in non-Eu opean coun ies, so as o gua an ee
he ans e abili y o he p ojec ’s ou comes a a global
le el and also acili a e he app aisal o ex e nal inpu s o
be implemen ed a subsequen s ages o he p ojec [3].
Concu en ly, pa ne s ha e asce ained he le el o
awa eness, knowledge, abili y base and demands in e ms
o sus ainable en i onmen al design wi hin he p ac ice
o a chi ec u e, and ha e benchma ked he needs and
expec a ions o he building ma ke .
This ask was pe o med ia an online su ey whe e
p ac i ione s and o he s akeholde s we e p esen ed wi h
a se ies o s a emen s o which hey had o exp ess hei
opinion, espec i ely add essing sus ainabili y in
academic cu icula, in con inuing p o essional
de elopmen and in egula ions and clien s’
equi emen s. A u he sec ion o he su ey ga e o
esponden s he possibili y o commen in he o m o
ee ex on he main challenges o he implemen a ion o
sus ainabili y in p o essional p ac ice. Some 400 su eys
we e collec ed om a ound 40 di e en coun ies [4].
As a conclusion o hese ac i i ies, an ‘Agenda o
sus ainable a chi ec u al educa ion’ was o mula ed,
ea u ing en p io i ies o be conside ed in cu iculum
de elopmen o enhance sus ainable en i onmen al
design in he educa ion and p ac ice o a chi ec u e.
The ou comes o he ini ial s ages o EDUCATE ha e
been consolida ed in wo epo s, encompassing he S a e
o he A o En i onmen al Sus ainabili y in Academic
Cu icula and Condi ions o Regis a ion and he S a e
o he A o En i onmen al Sus ainabili y in P o essional
P ac ice. These epo s a e downloadable om
h p://www.educa e-sus ainabili y.eu/s a e-o - he-a
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Following he ini ial analysis and consolida ion o he
s a e o he a , he wo k o EDUCATE has concen a ed
on he p oposi ion o a amewo k o cu iculum
de elopmen p omo ing he adop ion o p inciples and
p ac ices o sus ainable en i onmen al design a di e en
le els and s ages o a chi ec u al educa ion.
Mul i-, in e - and ans-disciplina y con ibu ions o
pedagogical ad ancemen ha e been explo ed, oge he
wi h he app aisal o applied/expe ien ial lea ning
me hods, new analy ic isualisa ion ools and he
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in eg a ion o up- o-da e echnical and didac ic insigh s
om pedagogical esea ch. This ask has also included
he implemen a ion and de elopmen o an e-lea ning
sys em (EDUCATE Po al), ea u ing in e ac i e
me hodologies o knowledge deli e y and sha ing.
Concu en ly, pa ne s ha e sys ema ised he
knowledge base o sus ainable en i onmen al design o
be in oduced a he di e en s ages o a p og amme in
a chi ec u e. The esul ing amewo k o cu iculum
de elopmen has been cons uc ed in acco dance wi h he
Bologna s uc u e o highe educa ion, hus p oposing he
p og essi e implemen a ion o sus ainable en i onmen al
design ac oss 6 yea s o a chi ec u al educa ion (3 yea s
unde g adua e, 2 yea s g adua e, 1 yea pos g adua e)
and wi hin con inuing p o essional de elopmen (CPD).
The amewo k has been elabo a ed o o e a
concep ual suppo o cu iculum de elopmen , al hough
main aining su icien lexibili y o i o be adap able
and adjus able o a di e si y o con ex s, educa ional
me hods, esou ces, en i onmen al a ge s, e c.
A cu iculum e ec i ely p omo ing sus ainable
en i onmen al design in a chi ec u e mus by necessi y
be based on a clea mission agenda, whe e sus ainabili y
is seen as a p io i y om he beginning o he s udies.
This equi es ha academic ins i u ions and p o essional
bodies a e all ully commi ed o his p io i y, en husing
and inspi ing s uden s o he p ac ices o sus ainabili y
h ough app op ia e pedagogical me hods, ools and
echniques, and he alloca ion o adequa e esea ch,
human, inancial and empo al esou ces. Educa ion o
sus ainabili y mus encou age c i ical awa eness and
e lec ion on he nume ous in e dependencies wi hin
cogni i e domains and suppo in es iga i e discou se
be ween he a ious pa ies and p o essions in ol ed in
he building indus y, con inuously con ibu ing o he
e olu ion o knowledge h ough exempla (design-based)
esea ch and esponsible p o essional p ac ice.
De eloping a cu iculum o sus ainabili y mus build
on a c i ical analysis o he p io i ies equi ed by he
ma ke , so as o de ine he lea ning ou comes in e ms o
knowledge, skills and compe ence expec ed o g adua es
a each s age o hei p og ession owa ds quali ica ion.
To his aim, pedagogical objec i es need o be ela ed o
an expanding knowledge base o sus ainable
en i onmen al design, which should encompass a once
heo e ical, empi ical and analy ic domains. A solid
concep ual backg ound is in ac an essen ial equi emen
o p o ide s uden s and p ac i ione s wi h he abili y o
con e ing physical laws in c ea i e a chi ec u al o ms.
This, howe e , has o be suppo ed by expe ien ial
unde s anding and e idence-based lea ning - so as o
app ecia e how p inciples can be applied in o p ac ice -
and by analy ic ools and simula ion echniques - ha can
acili a e he es ing and e alua ion o di e en
hypo heses om he ea ly s ages o design [5].
A a ie y o p og amme s uc u es could be adop ed
o accommoda e such aims, making i un easible o
o mula e he ‘ideal’ model o a cu iculum. This, in ac ,
has o espond o he speci ic eaching cul u e, e hos, and
o ganisa ion (e.g., s a o s uden s’ a io) o he
ins i u ion conce ned. Ye , basing on an analysis o he
co ela ion be ween pedagogical a eas, i e pa adigma ic
models o p og amme s uc u e can be iden i ied (Fig.1):
• Pa allel: disciplina y domains un sepa a ely;
• Pa ially in eg a ed: di e en a eas a e linked in
deli e y o , mo e equen ly, in assessmen ;
• Fully in eg a ed: a ious disciplines con e ge
a ound he cen al co e o he design s udio p ojec ;
• I e a i e: knowledge is p og essi ely deepened
h ough a se ies o cogni i e ‘loops’; and,
• Elec i e: con en s a e en iched by op ional
cou ses, e.g., domain-speci ic modules o Mino deg ees.
Pa allel
Pa ially
In eg a ed
Fully
In eg a ed
I e a i e
Elec i e
Figu e 1: The i e models o p og amme s uc u e
Each p og amme s uc u e b ings i s ad an ages and
cons ain s, hence he pedagogy mus be suppo ed by
adequa e me hods and echniques o acili a e knowledge
ans e [6]. In his con ex , new eaching and lea ning
ools de i ed om In o ma ion and Communica ion
Technologies (e.g., e-lea ning) ha e been p o en o o e
signi ican oppo uni ies o encou age sel - e lec ion,
deep lea ning and c i ical unde s anding, and p omo e
mul idisciplina y collabo a ion - undamen al skills o an
in eg a ed educa ion in a chi ec u e. To his aim, he
de elopmen o he EDUCATE Po al has ep esen ed an
essen ial ool o he achie emen o he pedagogical
objec i es o he p ojec , as well as a undamen al
ins umen o accomplish i s p oposed long- e m impac s.
The F amewo k o Cu iculum De elopmen epo
is a ailable o download on h p://www.educa e-
sus ainabili y.eu/educa e- amewo k
THE EDUCATE PORTAL
The ision o he EDUCATE Po al was o c ea e an
online, in e ac i e and in elligen e-lea ning sys em ha
acili a es he ans e o in o ma ion, knowledge, bes
p ac ice, esul s and me hodologies, so as o p o ide
in e ac i e suppo o s uden s and p ac i ione s, and
ein o ce an in eg a ed app oach owa ds he
emb acemen o p inciples o sus ainabili y and ene gy
e iciency in he educa ion and p ac ice o a chi ec u e.
Whe e possible, use has been made o exis ing
so wa e and componen s ( o example, he D upal
Con en Managemen Sys em). Howe e , no exis ing
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sys em (o combina ion o sys ems) could suppo he
unc ional equi emen s o he EDUCATE Po al, hus
signi ican de elopmen o new bespoke so wa e has
been necessa y o implemen i s s uc u e.
The EDUCATE Po al has been designed o o e he
ollowing unc ionali ies: Knowledge Base; Reading
Lis s; Discussion Fo um; Knowledge Base Ques ions;
F equen ly Asked Ques ions; S udio Space:
Knowledge Base - The publicly accessible online
Knowledge Base (KB) ep esen s he collec ed expe ise
o he conso ium pa ne s in key concep s o sus ainable
en i onmen al design (h ps://www.educa e-
sus ainabili y.eu/kb). The KB has been s uc u ed in h ee
pa s: Issues and P inciples, Applica ions and Case
S udies, and Tools. Each o he h ee pa s is o ganised in
a p ima y ‘on ology’ - gene ally subdi ided in ca ego ies
and clus e s - which o ms a key elemen o con en
e ie al. Each clus e g oups a ela ed se o opics, case
s udies and p ac ical esou ces. The ma e ial ela ing o
each opic, case s udy and ool, is p esen ed in he o m
o i e aspec s o ‘ abs’, which o e di e en iews on
he con en s (Fig. 2). The Knowledge Base is no limi ed
o a ee s uc u e (i.e., sec ions and subsec ions), bu
a he i ea u es se e al ‘ho izon al’ links be ween
con en s in i s di e en pa s, and makes use o links o
ex e nal e e ences and websi es whe e app op ia e.
Figu e 2: A snapsho o he EDUCATE Knowledge Base
Reading Lis s - In o de o help s uden s ind
in o ma ion conce ning a speci ic opic, case s udy o
ool, an ins uc o a any o he pa ne ins i u ions can
c ea e a eading lis consis ing o an o de ed, anno a ed
se o links o he KB ha a e ele an o a cou sewo k o
design p ojec , and which o m pa o he backg ound
ma e ial o a module. Each s uden is able o access all
he eading lis s se up by each pa ne , so as o os e
exchange o pedagogical me hods and con en s.
Discussion Fo um - The discussion o um suppo s
in e ac ion be ween g oups o use s (e.g., academics,
s uden s, and p o essionals), whe e commen s, pos s,
in o ma ion, da a, links o ele an websi es, e c. can be
pos ed and sha ed wi h o he use s. Depending on
ins i u ional and cou se-speci ic se ings, discussion
o ums can be accessible om all egis e ed use s, om
s uden s om a speci ic uni e si y, o can be limi ed o a
g oup o s uden s (e.g., en olled in a single module).
Knowledge Base Ques ions - S uden s can ask a
ques ion abou a speci ic KB con en di ec ly on he
Po al, which is answe ed by an app op ia e expe om
wi hin he conso ium. The ques ion and he answe may
o may no be isible o o he use s in he same module /
s udio g oup, a he disc e ion o he expe . The expe
may decide o make a ques ion and an answe public o
all s uden s (also only om hei ins i u ion), by
ans e ing hem o he F equen ly Asked Ques ions.
F equen ly Asked Ques ions - The FAQs p o ide
answe s o equen ly asked ques ions on con en s
ea u ed in he KB. The FAQs a e g ouped in o ca ego y
o in e es , ollowing he same s uc u e o he KB.
S udio Space - This unc ionali y has been designed
o suppo he de elopmen and assessmen o design
s udio wo k. S uden s en olled in a speci ic s udio may
be equi ed o upload wo k o in e im assessmen a
numbe o imes du ing a p ojec . Each s uden can c ea e
olde s con aining hei uploaded wo k. Folde s can be
accessible only by he s uden and he u o , o by o he
membe s o he s uden ’s s udio o g oup, depending on
he o ganisa ion o he design asks. I equi ed by he
ins i u ion and/o hei module pedagogy, s uden s can
also ha e access o wo k o o he s uden s o p o ide
pee eedback. The deg ee o access can be con igu ed o
mee he needs o he pa icula p ojec /g oup/ins i u ion
and he s age o he wo k (in e im o inal). Access o
in e im wo k is ypically limi ed o he u o , whils
access o inalized wo k can be wide .
A de ailed desc ip ion o he a ious unc ionali ies o
he EDUCATE Po al, he esul s and eedback ob ained
in i s es ing phases, and he sou ce code o he Po al,
a e all a ailable o download om h p://www.educa e-
sus ainabili y.eu/po al-de elopmen
TESTING OF THE PEDAGOGY
Following he adop ion o he amewo k o cu iculum
de elopmen a pa icipa ing ins i u ions, pa ne s ha e
engaged in es ing a ious pedagogical p ac ices and
measu ing hei success in e ms o p omo ion o
en i onmen al sus ainabili y wi hin design s udio.
The es ing has been s uc u ed in a se ies o s ages.
Ini ially, he p oposed amewo k has been compa ed o
cu en educa ional p ac ices a pa icipa ing ins i u ions
and has been a i ied by he na ional Chambe s o
A chi ec s agains hei acc edi a ion and quali ica ion
c i e ia. Subsequen ly, new and/o adap ed cou se and
module syllabi ha e been de eloped by pa ne s. A his
s age, a Pilo S udy o 5 mon hs du a ion (Feb ua y o
July 2011) has been launched o es he pedagogy
de ised and measu e he e ec i eness o he eaching
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and lea ning ea u es p o ided by he EDUCATE Po al.
In collabo a ion wi h egula o y bodies, building
p o essionals ha e also simul aneously been in i ed o
ial he use o he Po al o suppo CPD ac i i ies.
The esul s o he Pilo S udy ha e lead o u he
e inemen o he pedagogical de elopmen s de ised by
pa ne s, and ha e in o med he subsequen 4-mon h
s age o analysis, he Field Tes ing (Sep embe o
Decembe 2011). Du ing bo h es ing phases, secu e
access p o ided o s a , s uden s and p ac i ione s o he
EDUCATE Po al has cons i u ed a undamen al ool o
enhance he success o he pedagogy. The numbe o
use s in ol ed in he es ing has been consis en wi h
cu en p ac ices o s udio eaching. Speci ically, 1,580
indi idual accoun s on he EDUCATE Po al ha e been
p o ided o academics, s uden s and p o essionals
a ilia ed wi h pa ne o ganisa ions [7]. Di e en use
g oups ha e been p o ided wi h ea u es ailo ed o he
pedagogical p ac ices a each ins i u ion.
S uden s ac oss pa ne o ganisa ions ha e accessed
echnical in o ma ion di ec ly on he Po al, comple ed
assignmen s, p esen ed hei wo k, go eedback on hei
design p og ess and e iewed he wo k o o he s. The
Po al has also dissemina ed knowledge, guidelines,
exempla y wo k, bes p ac ice, e c., hus c ea ing an
online ne wo k acili a ing a wide ans e o
in o ma ion, esul s and me hodologies. A su ey was
dis ibu ed o all he EDUCATE Po al use s a he end
o each es ing phase so as o measu e i s e ec i eness in
suppo ing eaching and lea ning o sus ainabili y.
The b ie s de eloped a each pa ne ins i u ion, and
he esul s ob ained in he es ing, a e illus a ed in de ail
in he publica ion Resul s o Cou se and Cu iculum
De elopmen a ailable on h p://www.educa e-
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EDUCATE PRIZE
In he con ex o he es ing o cou se and cu iculum
de elopmen s, an In e na ional S uden Awa d - unde
he banne o EDUCATE P ize - was launched in July
2011, o which s a and s uden s om all pa ne s, as
well as om o he Eu opean and non-Eu opean academic
o ganisa ions, ha e been in i ed o pa icipa e.
The EDUCATE P ize p ima ily aimed o celeb a e
ou s anding s uden wo k ha c ea i ely in es iga es and
e lec s on he a ious dimensions o sus ainabili y in
a chi ec u e and u ban design. The P ize was also
concei ed o ewa d o iginal and inno a i e ideas and
pedagogical me hods p omo ing sus ainable p inciples
and p ac ices in cu icula o highe educa ion.
The in e na ional cha ac e o he EDUCATE P ize,
he ee choice o he hemes analysed by he submi ed
p oposals (i.e., he b ie did no p esc ibe a p ecise si e o
design p og amme), and he di e si ica ion be ween
di e en le els o en y, ha e been a anged o e lec he
lexibili y, au onomy, indi iduali y, cul u al di e si y and
inno a ion o app oaches ha cha ac e ise con empo a y
a chi ec u al educa ion. The EDUCATE P ize has been
s uc u ed unde h ee di e en Ca ego ies:
• Ca ego y I: S uden design p ojec s (Yea s o
s udy 1-3, Unde g adua e Deg ees);
• Ca ego y II: S uden design p ojec s (Yea s o
s udy 4-6, G adua e and Pos g adua e Deg ees),
• Ca ego y III: Open s uden wo k (non-building
design p ojec s, such as ideos, collages, e c.).
Awa ds anged om € 200 o € 1,000 o each
Ca ego y. Academic membe s o s a om Facul ies,
Schools and Depa men s o A chi ec u e (o ela ed
discipline) wo ldwide we e eligible o egis e hei
module, cou se o design s udio o he EDUCATE P ize
and submi maximum one en y unde each Ca ego y.
Academics egis e ing o he P ize we e also gi en ee
use o hemsel es and hei s uden s o he EDUCATE
Knowledge Base (s ill unde secu e-access a his s age),
so as o suppo dissemina ion o knowledge o
sus ainabili y in he de elopmen o he p ojec s.
By he se deadline (9 h Decembe 2011), 122
academics egis e ed o he EDUCATE P ize in
ep esen a ion o 64 Uni e si ies wo ldwide (48
Uni e si ies om Eu ope, 6 om No h Ame ica, 5 om
Asia, 2 om Sou h Ame ica, 2 om Aus alia and 1 om
A ica). 387 new use s ( u o s and s uden s) we e gi en
ee access o he EDUCATE Knowledge Base. 86
en ies unde he 3 Ca ego ies o he EDUCATE P ize
we e ecei ed om 42 di e en Uni e si ies (34
Uni e si ies om Eu ope, 2 om he Uni ed S a es, 2
om Chile, 1 om Canada, 1 om Bangladesh, 1 om
Singapo e, and 1 om Malaysia).
Unde he coo dina ion o he Ba a ian Chambe o
A chi ec s (Ge many), he assessmen p ocess in ol ed
an independen Ju y composed by membe s o Eu opean
p o essional ins i u ions and in e na ional a chi ec s.
Assessmen c i e ia ha e been p ima ily based on he
echnical and heo e ical con en s ea u ed in he online
EDUCATE Knowledge Base. The pedagogical me hods,
eaching and lea ning p ocesses, me hodologies o
suppo ing he design de elopmen , capaci y o c i ical
e lec ion and awa eness o sus ainable manda es
demons a ed by he au ho (s) o he en ies we e also
highly ega ded amongs he judgmen c i e ia.
The Awa d Ce emony and exhibi ion was held in
Rome (I aly) on he 23 d Feb ua y 2012 in he con ex o
a Symposium on Educa ion o Sus ainabili y wi h
in e na ional speake s. Fu he in o ma ion and a
p esen a ion o all he awa ded p ojec s is a ailable on
h p://www.educa e-sus ainabili y.eu/p ize
WHITE PAPERS
The esul s ob ained h oughou he h ee yea s o
de elopmen o EDUCATE ha e in o med, in i s inal
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a chi ec u al educa ion and he p oposal o clea and
consis en c i e ia o p o essional quali ica ion.
To his aim, pa ne s ha e p ima ily app aised and
alida ed he esul s ob ained du ing he es ing, whils
also acknowledging eedback om ele an s akeholde s
(e.g., ex e nal examina ion boa ds) in o de o imp o e
and e ine he pedagogical de elopmen s p oposed.
The ou pu s o hese ac i i ies ha e been consolida ed
in he p oduc ion o a whi e pape on Sus ainable
A chi ec u al Educa ion, which p esen s a se ies o
pedagogical p inciples and p ac ices - illus a ed in e ms
o mission agenda, lea ning ou comes, p og amme
s uc u e, me hods o eaching and lea ning, and
s a egies o ans e o pedagogy - o os e he
implemen a ion o sus ainable en i onmen al design a
di e en s ages o a chi ec u al educa ion. Fa om
ad oca ing he s anda disa ion o pedagogies in highe
educa ion - and hus suppo ing he equi emen o
independence and o iginali y in academic and pos -
p o essional aining in he disciplines o he buil
en i onmen - hese p inciples and p ac ices a e solely
in ended o p o ide me hodological lines o cu iculum
and cou se de elopmen owa ds he emb acemen o
en i onmen al sus ainabili y in a chi ec u al educa ion.
Concu en ly, wo king in andem wi h Chambe s o
A chi ec s, pa ne s ha e asce ained he le el o
knowledge, skills and compe ence acqui ed by s uden s
and g adua es unde he pedagogical de elopmen s
analysed wi hin he es ing, and ha e compa ed hese
agains cu en c i e ia o p o essional quali ica ion. To
u he measu e he capaci y o highe educa ion
p og ammes o espond o ma ke demands, pa ne s
ha e also sc u inised he esul s o he CPD ials
conduc ed wi h building p ac i ione s, also ga he ing
eedback om a chi ec s and p o essional associa ions.
The abili ies demons a ed by s uden s and p ac i ione s
du ing he es ing ha e also been measu ed in esponse o
cu en ene gy egula ions and building codes.
As a esul , a whi e pape on C i e ia o P o essional
Quali ica ion has been o mula ed, p oposing s a egies
o he de elopmen o consis en condi ions o
acc edi a ion o a chi ec u al cu icula and c i e ia o
p o essional egis a ion, in o med by he impe a i es o
sus ainabili y. S a egies and c i e ia ha e been
o mula ed in acco dance wi h (and complemen ing) he
Di ec i e 2005/36/EC o he Eu opean Pa liamen on he
mu ual ecogni ion o p o essional quali ica ions ac oss
EU membe s a es, ye s ill allowing some lexibili y o
hem o be po en ially emb aced by egula o y bodies in
di e en coun ies. The wo whi e pape s - a ailable on
h p://www.educa e-sus ainabili y.eu/whi e-pape s - a e
being dissemina ed so as o encou age he ans e o he
esul s o EDUCATE o schools o a chi ec u e and
p o essional ins i u ions wo ldwide.
CONCLUSION
To espond o he challenges o clima e change, he
building indus y nowadays demands g adua es and
p ac i ione s o disciplines o he buil en i onmen able
o ace a ange o in eg a ed challenges ha include,
o he han c ea i e abili ies, also compe ence o
sus ainable en i onmen al design. Fo his o ake place,
a p ocess o e ision o highe educa ion and
p o essional aining is needed, so as o gua an ee ha
he p omo ion o sus ainable en i onmen al design si s a
he co e o academic and pos -p o essional educa ion
owa ds a esponsible p ac ice o a chi ec u e.
Ini ia i es such as he EDUCATE p ojec es i y o
he g owing app ecia ion o he need o emphasise
collabo a ion be ween highe educa ion and egula o y
ins i u ions, and ei e a e he equi emen o a holis ic
app oach in he aining o building p ac i ione s, whe e
design is no only seen as a c ea i e p oblem-sol ing
exe cise, bu whe e analy ic skills, c oss- e e encing,
imagina i e econs uc ion and independen hinking can
o m he basis o a es uc u ed a chi ec u al cul u e,
os e ing meaning ul dialogue ac oss seemingly dis an
ields o knowledge and specialised expe ise [8].
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The au ho s wish o
acknowledge he wo k and con ibu ion o all o he
membe s o s a ha ing pa icipa ed o EDUCATE:
Pe e Ru he o d, Robin Wilson, B ian Fo d, Mi en xu
Ulloa, B ian Logan, Ma kus Feiss , Neil Madden, Julian
Zappala, Lucelia Ta an o Rod igues, Robe Thomas
(UNOTT); Mili Ky opoulou, Jo ge Rod íguez Ál a ez,
Albe o Mole o, Juliane Wol , Mania Ampa zi (AA);
Sophie T ach e, Magali Boda , Oli ie Da e elle,
A naud E a d, Co alie Cauwe s, Jade Del ou (UCL);
Ba ba a Hausmann, Die ich Fink, Ge ha d Hausladen,
Sebas ian Massmann (TUM); Gio gio Pegui on, Lukia
Fais, Ble ina Celniku, Manuela Cagliozzi, Se ena Baiani
(DATA); Jaime López de Asiain, Celina Escoba Bu gos,
Ana López de Asiain, Pila Pé ez del Real, Asuncion
Salas Casado (SAMA); Gábo Becke , Zsuzsanna Fülöp,
Lajos Takács, Csaba Szik a (BME). To be acknowledged
is also he p ecious ad ice gi en by in e na ional
a chi ec s, including: Pe e Clegg (Feilden Clegg B adley
S udios), Ma io Cucinella (MC A chi ec s), Bill Ge hing
(Bill Ge hing: Sus ainabili y + A chi ec u e). Finally, o
men ion is he suppo p o ided by ep esen a i es o
chambe s o a chi ec s: Richa d Hawkes (UK), Richa d
Del iesmaison (Belgium), Oli e Heiss (Ge many),
Pa izia Cole a (I aly), Nie es Mes e and Edua do Roig
(Spain), Jolan Racz and A ila E sey (Hunga y).
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