This paper presents a new education and training programme on integrated energy design
developed by fifteen European universities collaborating within the IDES-EDU project (2010-2013),
funded by Intelligent Energy Europe. IDES-EDU aims to accelerate the implementation of the Energy
Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) by proposing Master and Post Graduate education and
training in multidisciplinary teams. To speed up transition from traditional, sub-optimised building
projects with discipline-oriented, segregated budgets and operations, IDES-EDU developed
comprehensive, multidisciplinary educational programmes targetting integrated project design at the
interface of architecture and engineering. Taking into account local variations in climate,
construction and pedagogical approaches, the programme facilitates gradual implementation towards
full integration of energy efficiency in building education according to local capacity and legislation.
This paper summarises the evaluation process of the first implementation of the educational material
in the 15 universities, by academic staff, national industry and professional organisations, and
reference students from each university. Included are expected learning outcomes, level of integration
in existing curricula and alignment with theory and assessment methods. Measures for improvement
as well as further dissemination to other European educational facilities are proposed. In this manner,
the project will contribute to make the multiple opportunities for energy efficiency a reality.Intelligent Energy Europe programme for its
financial support, Grant agreement no.IEE/09/631/SI2.55822
