A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environment

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Main Author: Pacheco-Torgal, F.
Publication Date: 2016
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: Several authors reported a severe reduction in undergraduate applications to civil engineering in different countries. This fact will lead to a severe shortage of civil engineers in the coming years. These professionals will be especially needed to tackle infrastructure construction and rehabilitation on a context of climate change and increased world population. Part of the explanation for the low attraction capability of civil engineering relates to the fact that this course is viewed as low tech. A scientific and technical upgrade of the civil engineering curriculum is, therefore, needed. Nano and biotech based materials and technologies for the built environment could refresh the attraction of this area. The environmental challenges faced by a Planet that has about 220,000 new inhabitants each day and that will have more than 9,7 billion people by 2050 and 11,2 billion by 2100 means that a strong eco-efficiency focus of the new curriculum is also needed. On this context a proposal on a new curriculum on Smart Eco-Efficient Built Environment is suggested that could provide the construction market with professionals with a set of new and enhanced holistic high tech skills.
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spelling A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environmentBiotechnologyNanotechnologySmart built environmentEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia CivilSeveral authors reported a severe reduction in undergraduate applications to civil engineering in different countries. This fact will lead to a severe shortage of civil engineers in the coming years. These professionals will be especially needed to tackle infrastructure construction and rehabilitation on a context of climate change and increased world population. Part of the explanation for the low attraction capability of civil engineering relates to the fact that this course is viewed as low tech. A scientific and technical upgrade of the civil engineering curriculum is, therefore, needed. Nano and biotech based materials and technologies for the built environment could refresh the attraction of this area. The environmental challenges faced by a Planet that has about 220,000 new inhabitants each day and that will have more than 9,7 billion people by 2050 and 11,2 billion by 2100 means that a strong eco-efficiency focus of the new curriculum is also needed. On this context a proposal on a new curriculum on Smart Eco-Efficient Built Environment is suggested that could provide the construction market with professionals with a set of new and enhanced holistic high tech skills.(undefined)Taylor and FrancisUniversidade do MinhoPacheco-Torgal, F.2016-092016-09-01T00:00:00Zconference paperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/43171engTorgal F. P. A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environment, The sixth International Conference on Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, 20169781138029279info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-05-11T05:46:46Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/43171Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T15:29:56.058736Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
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title A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environment
spellingShingle A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environment
Pacheco-Torgal, F.
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Smart built environment
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Civil
title_short A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environment
title_full A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environment
title_fullStr A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environment
title_full_unstemmed A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environment
title_sort A proposal on a new curriculum for the smart eco-efficient built environment
author Pacheco-Torgal, F.
author_facet Pacheco-Torgal, F.
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pacheco-Torgal, F.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Smart built environment
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Civil
topic Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Smart built environment
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Civil
description Several authors reported a severe reduction in undergraduate applications to civil engineering in different countries. This fact will lead to a severe shortage of civil engineers in the coming years. These professionals will be especially needed to tackle infrastructure construction and rehabilitation on a context of climate change and increased world population. Part of the explanation for the low attraction capability of civil engineering relates to the fact that this course is viewed as low tech. A scientific and technical upgrade of the civil engineering curriculum is, therefore, needed. Nano and biotech based materials and technologies for the built environment could refresh the attraction of this area. The environmental challenges faced by a Planet that has about 220,000 new inhabitants each day and that will have more than 9,7 billion people by 2050 and 11,2 billion by 2100 means that a strong eco-efficiency focus of the new curriculum is also needed. On this context a proposal on a new curriculum on Smart Eco-Efficient Built Environment is suggested that could provide the construction market with professionals with a set of new and enhanced holistic high tech skills.
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