Presentation
The Master’s Degree in Environmental and Sustainable Building Engineering, delivered at the Rieti campus, aims to train professionals who, through an adequate and in‑depth interdisciplinary technical preparation, are able to operate as designers, production managers, works supervisors and inspectors in the field of sustainable construction. This applies both to recovery interventions and to new constructions, with particular attention to environmental constraints, protection against seismic, hydraulic and hydrogeological risks, and energy saving.
Graduates must be capable of identifying themes and issues, analysing their complexity and developing suitable and appropriate solutions, including the design and management of innovative processes and implementation strategies.
To achieve this goal, the Programme adopts an interdisciplinary approach and first provides advanced competences building on the knowledge acquired in the Bachelor’s Degree, in the following areas: mathematical physics, history of architecture and construction techniques, tools and methods for representation and surveying of the built and natural environment.
Secondly, the Programme offers the opportunity to acquire knowledge in core disciplines related to environmental and sustainable building engineering, with particular focus on the following areas: construction technology, structural and building services engineering, organisation and management of construction processes, sustainability of interventions involving adaptation, transformation, planning and, where necessary, protection of the physical and environmental context, quality control of processes and products, recovery of the existing building stock, planning and complex management of processes and services connected to environmental and territorial systems.
For this reason, the study plan includes a first year dedicated to the analysis of the environment, including the built environment, through courses such as Digital Modelling for Architecture, Remote Sensing and GIS, and Urban Health. These subjects prepare students for more design‑oriented disciplines aimed at training professionals able to intervene in the construction sector.
Through courses such as Foundation and Earth Retaining Structures, Water and Solid Waste Treatment Plants, Structural Dynamics and Building Design and H‑BIM for Architectural Renovation, students acquire the ability to work at both the scale of individual buildings and the broader scale of the environment, including urban areas.
The Programme promotes a unified cultural approach that encourages the design of interventions on buildings, whether isolated or part of an urban fabric, prioritising the conservation and restoration of the existing built environment and excluding the option of new constructions. This approach ensures respect for environmental, seismic, hydraulic and hydrogeological constraints while promoting all possible forms of energy saving.
Graduates must be capable of identifying themes and issues, analysing their complexity and developing suitable and appropriate solutions, including the design and management of innovative processes and implementation strategies.
To achieve this goal, the Programme adopts an interdisciplinary approach and first provides advanced competences building on the knowledge acquired in the Bachelor’s Degree, in the following areas: mathematical physics, history of architecture and construction techniques, tools and methods for representation and surveying of the built and natural environment.
Secondly, the Programme offers the opportunity to acquire knowledge in core disciplines related to environmental and sustainable building engineering, with particular focus on the following areas: construction technology, structural and building services engineering, organisation and management of construction processes, sustainability of interventions involving adaptation, transformation, planning and, where necessary, protection of the physical and environmental context, quality control of processes and products, recovery of the existing building stock, planning and complex management of processes and services connected to environmental and territorial systems.
For this reason, the study plan includes a first year dedicated to the analysis of the environment, including the built environment, through courses such as Digital Modelling for Architecture, Remote Sensing and GIS, and Urban Health. These subjects prepare students for more design‑oriented disciplines aimed at training professionals able to intervene in the construction sector.
Through courses such as Foundation and Earth Retaining Structures, Water and Solid Waste Treatment Plants, Structural Dynamics and Building Design and H‑BIM for Architectural Renovation, students acquire the ability to work at both the scale of individual buildings and the broader scale of the environment, including urban areas.
The Programme promotes a unified cultural approach that encourages the design of interventions on buildings, whether isolated or part of an urban fabric, prioritising the conservation and restoration of the existing built environment and excluding the option of new constructions. This approach ensures respect for environmental, seismic, hydraulic and hydrogeological constraints while promoting all possible forms of energy saving.