The Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (IPS) will actively contribute to a more sustainable and healthy European civil construction, as the coordinating entity of the BUILD2050 – Training for Sustainable and Healthy Building for 2050 project, funded by the Erasmus+ program in an amount of €321,526.00.
The project, which marks its official start today and will last for three years, will be developed by a consortium of seven higher education institutions under the coordination of IPS, through researcher Susana Lucas, from INCITE – Center for Innovation in Science and Technology of the IPS
As part of the environmental transition strategy established by the European Green Pact, which aims to make Europe climate neutral by 2050, BUILD2050 focuses on the development of integrated and transnational training of qualified technicians to design and build new buildings or renovate existing ones, taking into account with a view to reducing carbon emissions, as well as the production of pollution.
“BUILD2050 is a path that buildings have to take by 2050. Buildings need to be more sustainable and promote health and well-being. Europe needs trained technicians for this and this project aims to contribute to this challenge as a reservoir of knowledge and experience to develop new professionals”, describes the responsible researcher.
Among the main results to be achieved are the creation of transnational content for eight courses in the Construction 2050 area, the training of the first 30 graduates from different European countries, as well as the launch of a platform and an eBook that will provide the respective contents taught and results of actions.
The project will also result in the creation of the European BUILD2050 Guide, ultimately aiming to give rise to a consolidated European network of professionals, researchers and policymakers in the thematic areas of Construction 2050.
On the part of the IPS, researchers Luís Coelho and João Francisco, from the Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CINEA-IPS), also form part of this project, with partner institutions in the consortium being the University of Bologna and the Polytechnic of Milan (Italy), the University of Athens (Greece), University of Bochum (Germany), University of Life Sciences in Warsaw (Poland), and Luleå University of Technology (Sweden).
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