Energy-efficient and Environmental Building Design Lund University

Overview

Key features

Lund University is internationally renowned for high-quality research related to energy-efficient buildings. Our expertise is centred on a whole building perspective, which accounts for inhabitant needs, as well as their comfort and health. 

Our students will graduate the Energy-efficient and Environmental Building Design master degree from Lund University with advanced knowledge, skills and competencies within the area of energy-efficient and environmental building design in cold climates. Our goal is to train highly skilled professionals, who will significantly contribute to and influence the design, building or renovation of energy-efficient buildings, taking into consideration the architecture and environment, the inhabitants’ behaviour and needs, their health and comfort as well as the overall economy.

Career prospects

The rising global awareness of environmental concerns, coupled with increasingly demanding building regulations, means there is a high demand for professionals that are skilled within energy-efficient building design.

With a specialisation in building considerations for heat­ing-dominated climates, graduates become attractive candidates on e.g. the European, Russian, Chinese and North American job markets. The methodologies and knowledge gained can to a large extent also be of use for building design in temperate climates.

Students have performed their degree projects at a vari­ety of architecture companies and some have gone on to work for White Arkitekter (Sweden), Sweco (Sweden), Skanska (Sweden), Link Arkitektur (Norway), Arup (Ger­many), and WSP (UK), and Rambøll A/S (Denmark). Other gradu­ates have PhD positions at Queensland University of Technology in Australia, ETH Zürich, and Luleå University of Technology.