Comprehensive training to become an expert in energy renovation
The MS-EERB programme offers an intensive curriculum built around 4 major modules, a capstone project, and a professional thesis.
It is based on immersive pedagogy: real case studies, simulations, diagnostics, site visits, practical work, hands-on exercises, and collaboration with building industry professionals.
Objective: to master the entire value chain of a renovation project – from initial diagnosis to design, through performance monitoring and techno-economic evaluation.
General Structure of the Programme
- 450 hours of training
- 75 ECTS
- 4 thematic modules
- Projects and practical case studies
- 6-month company internship
- Professional Thesis
Module 1 — Existing Buildings, Characteristics, Specificities, and Regulations
Understand the building stock, its specificities, and the challenges of energy transition.
1a – Integration / Study Trip
3 integration days to:
- introduce the key issues of the programme,
- create group cohesion,
- discover on-site energy renovation issues.
1b – The Challenges of Energy Transition
- Fossil resources, climate change, environmental pressures
- National and international action plans
- Medium and long-term objectives (2050)
2 – Existing Buildings: Mapping and Specificities
Analysis of the French building stock:
- Architectural typologies (residential / tertiary)
- Occupancy statuses and uses
- Structural and architectural constraints
- Impact on energy performance and solution feasibility
3a – Building Thermal Performance
Essential theoretical bases:
- Heat transfer
- Overall thermal behavior
- Determining elements (walls, joinery, orientation…)
3b – Dynamic Thermal Simulation (DTS)
- Role of simulation in renovation
- Construction of dynamic models
- Analysis of external and internal variations
3c – Hygrometry and water vapor migration
- Humidity problems in renovated buildings
- Dynamic modeling of moisture transfer
- Evaluation of technical solutions
4a/b – Existing RT & RT 2012
- Historical regulatory framework
- Obligations for consumption control
- Impacts on renovation projects
4c – Labels and certifications
Overview and comparative analysis:
- HQE, Effinergie, BBC…
- Objectives, principles, requirements
5a – Energy Audit
Comprehensive approach to:
- analyze a building
- propose a renovation scenario
- validate technical choices
5b – Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Audit
- Identification of pollutants
- Measurements, analyses, diagnostics
- Links between air quality and energy performance
Module 2 — Technical Systems and Energy Optimization
Analyze, optimize, and substitute a building’s technical systems.
7a – Heating and Domestic Hot Water (DHW)
- Operating principles
- Performance, efficiency
- Thermal comfort and system/envelope interactions
7b – Ventilation
- Available technologies (single-flow, double-flow…)
- Thermal losses and IAQ
- Good installation practices
7c – Air Conditioning
- Technical bases
- Role in renovation
- Impact on consumption
8a – Solar Energy (theory)
- Solar thermal
- Photovoltaic
- Applications in residential and tertiary sectors
8b – Solar Energy (practical)
- Practical application
- Sizing and dedicated tools
8c – Biomass and Heat Pumps (HP)
- Renewable Energy solutions adapted to renovations
- Advantages, limitations, selection criteria
9 – Lighting
- Needs according to uses and activities
- Visual comfort and energy performance
- Design principles and technical solutions
10 – BMS / CTM / Smart Building
- Role of regulation in overall performance
- Integration of BMS/CTM/ICT systems
- Links with regulatory obligations and ESC
Module 3 — Economic, Environmental, and Social Approaches
Evaluate impacts, manage costs, and integrate socio-technical dimensions.
11 – Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- LCA methodology
- “Cradle-to-grave” impacts
- Use in renovation and decision-making
12 – Economic Calculation of Energy Projects
- Total cost over the life cycle
- Economic analysis of solutions
- Technical and financial trade-offs
13a – Social Dimension of Construction Projects
- Stakeholder mapping
- Rationales, responsibilities, constraints
- Resistance to change and coordination
13b – EPC / EPG / IPMVP
- Energy performance contracts
- Measurement protocols (IPMVP)
- Implementation, monitoring, guarantees
Module 4 — Management, Practical Application & Professionalization
Manage a complete project, as a team and according to professional standards.
14 – Project Management
- Planning, analysis, organization
- Project leadership and agile methods
- Practical application through programme projects
15 – Capstone Project
Carried out in groups, it consists of:
- produce a complete energy, IAQ, and sociological audit
- propose a structured action plan
- collaborate with architecture students from ENSASE
- use BIM (digital model + project management)
- present the results to a jury of experts
16 – Tutoring and professional thesis
- Personalized supervision
- Real-world company project
- Report and defense
- Evaluation based on analysis, methodology, and results
Professional thesis & company assignment
The professional thesis (30 ECTS) is the core of the training.
It allows to:
- lead a complete project in a real-world situation,
- demonstrate technical and operational expertise,
- produce concrete recommendations,
- defend before a jury of industry professionals and academics.
Teaching Methods
- Real-world case studies
- Practical work and simulations
- Diagnostics on existing buildings
- Supervised capstone project
- Intervention of industry professionals
- Site visits and feedback
- Inductive approach focused on current issues
Assessment
Validation of the curriculum is based on:
- the professional thesis (report + defense),
- the deliverables of the capstone project,
- module evaluations,
- professional role-playing exercises.
Contacts
Companies and students
Academic Supervisor
