ZELab - planning a living lab to educate modern engineering professionals
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The document discusses the need for a living lab called ZELAB to educate modern engineering professionals. It notes that 40% of global energy is consumed in buildings and sustainability is an important issue. Current engineering education faces challenges in preparing students for complex, multidisciplinary systems used in smart buildings and grids. The ZELAB would provide hands-on learning in areas like energy efficiency, smart systems, and green building design to give students important skills for developing future energy solutions.
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- 2. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Structure Introduction Energy issues Smart systems – smart grid; smart buildings Engineering learning / teaching challenges Conclusion
- 3. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Introduction • 40% of the global energy produced is consumed in buildings • Sustainability – expend the exact resource to obtain a required result (air renovation; air conditioning, room light, etc.) • We already have Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB) • EU is preparing legislation packages imposing new resource limitations (green buildings) • The actual situation can be viewed as a comparison between an old 60´s car against a new one: performance came from the introduction of a huge amount of technology (electronic, communication, …) • We have fewer and fewer students choosing STEM careers. • Who will provide these new solutions?
- 5. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Energy issues • Energy is a civilizational issue: all human activities depends largely on it. Exercise: Try to find out what will happen if you don’t have other energy sources than the sun (oil, electricity, coal,..) during: 1 day, 3 days, 10 days, one month, …
- 6. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Energy issues The EU has set a target for all new buildings to be nearly zero-energy by 2020. …how can we do it?
- 8. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Smart systems The actual building situation can be viewed as a comparison between an old 60´s car against a new one: performance came from the introduction of a huge amount of technology (electronic, communication,…) “Moderns smart cars have 70 to 100 processors with over 100 million lines of code!”
- 10. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Smart systems Near half of the global energy is consumed in buildings. Sustainability concerns demand more rational energy use towards the Zero Energy Buildings.
- 12. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Smart systems How should educate next generation of technicians? Engineering branches Architecture Educational system Professionals Building Global design Designs interaction infrastructure Electr. design Civil design Arch. design Autom. design ZEB design I/O comunication infrastructure (others designs) Civil Electrical Autom. NZEB Eng. (others) Architect
- 14. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Engineering learning / teaching challenges Chemical Mechanical Smart System Modern systems are complex They involve several knowledge areas Transversal skills are important Team work
- 15. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Engineering learning / teaching challenges Also needed: More time Multidisciplinary Softy skills (team work!) More choosing STEM Internet: + knowledge Networking Generation Having: Short curses Specialists Hard skills Fewer choosing STEM Internet: +information Digital generation Evidence plays important role!!
- 16. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Engineering learning / teaching challenges The conservative approach aims to develop methodologies that reeducate the old school of professionals in order to begin working as members of a team The disruptive approach includes the development of an appropriate environment for training the new class of professionals. This means we should have in the school the same environment that the new-graduation students will face in their professional life.
- 17. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Engineering learning / teaching challenges Fundamental Objectives of Engineering Instructional Laboratories, there is one (11th) that is specifically oriented for the teamwork: “Objective 11: Teamwork. Work effectively in teams, including structure individual and joint accountability; assign roles, responsibilities, and tasks; monitor progress; meet deadlines; and integrate individual contributions into a final deliverable” L.D. Feisel, A.J. Rosa. (2005). The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education. Journalof Engineering Education, 94(1), 121-130.
- 18. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Engineering learning / teaching challenges “In my examination of the undergraduate engineering laboratory, I have identified three roles or objectives as major ones. First, the student should learn how to be an experimenter. Second, the laboratory can be a place for the student to learn new and developing subject matter. Third, laboratory courses help the student to gain insight and understanding of the real world.” E.W. Ernst. (1983). A New Role for the Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory. IEEE Transactions on Education, E-26(2), 49–51.
- 19. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 The ZELAB Energy productionand distribution; Energy efficiency; Water consumption; Climatization; Ventilation; Information and data networks; Controlsystems; Lighting; Waste management; Constructionmaterials and LCA; Behaviour in the lab;
- 20. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Conclusion Near half of the global energy is consumed in buildings. Sustainability concerns demand more rational energy use towards the Zero Energy Buildings. We have fewer and fewer students choosing STEM careers The development of new systems and buildings rely on qualified professionals with a new set of skills. The ZELAB can be a way to make engineering a very attractive profession.
- 21. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Thank you very much for your attention.
- 22. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Smart systems …which is the most frequent word?
- 23. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Smart systems What is a Smart Grid? European TechnologyPlatform SmartGrids “A Smart Grid is an electricity network that can intelligently integrate the actions of all users connected to it - generators, consumers, and those that do both - to efficiently deliver sustainable, economic and secure electricity supplies” www.smartgrids.eu
- 24. TEEM 2018 TEEM 2018 _Salamanca, Spain, 24-26 October, 2018 Smart systems Remarks: • “ 'Smart Grid' is today used as marketing term, rather than a technical definition • “For this reason there is no well-defined and commonly accepted scope of what "smart" is and what it is not.” “It is worth noticing that according to the IEC definition a "Smart Grid" is not a grid but a concept” http://www.iec.ch/smartgrid/background/explained.htm SMART? GRID?