ETHOS offers courses that aim to provide knowledge and practical skills for the advancement of sustainability in the built environment.
Energy and Comfort in Buildings
The course presents the fundamentals of energy demand in buildings while emphasizing the need for the comfort of occupants (thermal and air quality). In addition, trade-offs between energy and comfort are discussed.
Computational Systems Thinking for Sustainable Engineering
This course integrates systems thinking and network analysis through theory and computing. The objective of this course is to develop expertise in computationally analyzing and modeling complex systems in civil and urban systems engineering, with a particular emphasis on advancing sustainability.