ISLA Santarém 8464

Energy Management

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  The course addresses sustainable energy use, developing a critical perspective on energy consumption and policies, renewable energy technologies, intensive consumption management systems, and energy certification, enabling students to assess and optimize organizational energy performance.
• ProgramaProgramme

  1. Notions of environmental ecology. Environmental impacts 2. Fundamental concepts of energy and definitions 3. Energy management 4. Global specific consumptions 5. Analysis of the national regulation on the energy field 5.1 Direct and indirect energy costs 5.2 Reference values 5.3 Energetic invoice 6. National energetic balance 6.1 Consumption’s evolution and disaggregation 6.2 Energy intensity and other indicators 6.3 National Plans for the Energy Sector 7. Energy sources and energy consumption in the World and in Portugal 8. Fossil fuels and climatic changes 9. Renewable energies and sustainable development 10. Energy Intensive Consumption Management System (SGCIE) 11. Energy Certification of Buildings System (ECS) and Indoor Air Quality in Buildings
• ObjectivosObjectives

  The objectives of the curricular unit are: O1. Develop critical skills in the energy sector, in particular, ability to discuss differences between primary and final energy, indirect energy consumption, pricing policy, intake structures, etc. O2. Introduce the issue of sustainable development, its relation to the use and power conversion. O3. Transmitting knowledge about the technologies associated with the various types of renewable energy. O4. Provide students with knowledge of the Energy Intensive Consumption Management System (SGCIE). O5. Provide expertise on the Energy Certification of Buildings System (SCE). At the end of the curricular unit students should be able to: C1. Discuss the differences between primary and indirect consumption, pricing policies, etc. C2. Identify the different technologies associated with renewable energy. C3. Evaluate the different aspects associated with the problem of intensive energy consumption
• BibliografiaBibliography

  Castro, R. (2018). Uma introdução às energias renováveis: Eólica, fotovoltaica e mini-hídrica (3.ª ed.). Lisboa, Portugal: IST PRESS. ISBN: 978-989-8481-01-6. Del Río, P., & Ragwitz, M. (Eds.). (2023). Handbook on the economics of renewable energy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Russell, C. (2018). Managing energy from the top down: Connecting industrial energy efficiency to business performance. CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Inc. Weisz, H. (Ed.). (2025). Industrial ecology and sustainability: A textbook for students. Singapore: World Scientific.  
• MetodologiaMethodology

  Face-to-face:  1. Expository method: the defined program content is explored. In addition, the demonstrative method is used to present concrete examples of how the content can be applied. 2. Case study-based learning aimed at discussing and finding solutions to problems identified by students or proposed by the teacher. Independent: 3. Guided research proposed by the teacher to consolidate the topics under study and provide input for the practical work developed by students.
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  6
• NaturezaNature

  Mandatory
• EstágioInternship

  Não
• AvaliaçãoEvaluation

  A avaliação contínua consiste na realização de um trabalho prático (40%) e num exercício de avaliação teórico (60%). Os estudantes que não obtiverem aprovação, ou não se tenham submetido, à avaliação contínua, serão sujeitos à avaliação final concretizada através de exame (100%).