利默里克理工学院

What is the programme about?

This programme is ideal for students wishing to build a career in Sustainable Building and Energy Engineering industry. Both Buildings and Energy are needed for everything we do in today’s world.

Climate change is happening and is caused by burning fossil fuels. While energy prices are low at the moment they won’t stay low in the long term. Therefore, we need new ways to produce energy and we need to make smarter use of the energy we produce. The EU and Ireland have set very ambitious targets for energy efficiency and clean energy production. The outcome of the COP21 Climate Change Agreement in Paris will lead to more aggressive energy targets.

Meeting these targets will require huge investment in the areas of sustainable building, energy efficient technologies, clean energy production and distribution. This will create jobs for people with the right skills.

This programme covers all the technologies needed to reduce energy usage in buildings and to produce energy from clean renewable sources. This programme offers a mixture of theory and practical learning in all aspects of Sustainable Building and Energy Engineering. The skills learned on the programme can be used in a wide range of industries and good graduates are in high demand. ​

Who is the programme suited to?

Anyone interested in a career in the expanding sustainable building, renewable energy, and energy efficiency sectors. The programme covers a broad range of technologies which can be applied in many different sectors and past graduates now work in a wide variety of industries. It is not necessary to have studied Construction or Engineering for the Leaving Cert, all the required construction, engineering science, and practical skills are covered within the programme.

Top 3 Reasons

• The Sustainable building sector is one of the fastest growing industries worldwide.
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy are the best options for reducing our dependency on fossil fuels and investment in both will continue to increase.
• The skills learned on the programme can be applied in a wide range of industries giving excellent job prospects.

​Jobs Include

• Sustainable building design and retrofit.
• Building services and energy engineering.
• Energy System Design, Installation and Maintenance.
• Building energy audits.
• Facilities management.
• Wind farm design & project management. ​

Further Studies

You can continue to complete a Level 8 Honours degree in Energy Management or to other Level 8 programmes within LIT or in other colleges as this Level 7 degree is accredited by CIOB and recognised worldwide. ​