Build upon your energy expertise, combining your existing knowledge with global and multidisciplinary strategies, and learn to create smart and sustainable integrated energy systems. This course has been developed with the support of EIT InnoEnergy and ESIG.Businesses and institutions all over the world...

A scientific study of the natural world and how it is influenced by people. Major topics include: food, energy, human population, biodiversity and global change. Introduction to Environmental Science, ENVX, was first offered in early 2015. Environmental science is the study of patterns and processes...

This course brings together the different aspects of the hydrologic cycle and introduces several common watershed modelling techniques for water resource management. Water within the environment is often modelled both to fill-in gaps in data as well as to predict future water quality and quantity. This...

The course explores the processes that cause earthquakes, as well as the methodologies used by seismologists to analyze seismograms, to measure source parameters, and to simulate the seismic wave impact at the Earth's surface. The course introduces the basic theories and experimentalworkfocused on earthquake...

How to deal with risks and ethical questions raised by development of new technologies. There is no doubt that technological innovation is one of the key elements driving human progress. However, new technologies also raise ethical questions, have serious implications for society and the environment...

Climate change is real, so why the controversy and debate? Learn to make sense of the science and to respond to climate change denial. In public discussions, climate change is a highly controversial topic. However, in the scientific community, there is little controversy with 97% of climate scientists...

Discover how building design and occupancy determines the energy demand in buildings and learn how to (re)design low energy buildings. Building design strongly influences the quantity of heating, cooling and electricity needed during building operation. Therefore, a correct thermal design is essential...

This course focuses on watershed systems and their influences on water movement and water quality. This includes the implications of agriculture and urbanization on water movement and quality within a watershed. Water that falls on the earth embarks on a journey that imparts on it the qualities of the...

We need to understand the science behind global warming to avoid the most damaging and irreversible climate change impacts on people and planet. Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge of our time. Human activity has already warmed the planet by one degree Celsius relative to pre-industrial...

Learn how to manage high shares of variable renewable electricity sources to achieve cost-effective and reliable electricity supplies Wind turbines and solar panels are likely to play a critical role in achieving a low-carbon power sector that helps address climate change and local pollution, resulting...

Learn the basics of sustainable development -- what it is, why it's important and how we can achieve it. Sustainable development is the most urgent challenge facing humanity. Its fundamental question is: How can the world economy continue to develop in a way that is socially inclusive and environmentally...

Explore the amazing range and complexity of wild animal behaviour. Discover how animals learn, communicate, find food, avoid predators, and interact socially. Do you want to understand how and why animals behave the way they do, and how we test hypotheses about behaviour scientifically? This biology...

Take the challenge and understand problems and solutions to managing tropical coastal ecosystems. Do you want to develop the skills and knowledge needed to help preserve tropical coastal ecosystems? These habitats provide goods and services for hundreds of millions of people but human activities have...

Basics of Energy Sustainability

This course provides learners with an overview of the mining sector through the lens of the value chain, examining how companies and other stakeholders explore for and then transform a mineral resource to create valuable products and other forms of capital. The industrial advancement of mankind is inextricably...

Learn how to decide on efficient combinations of energy conversion systems and how to distribute and control air and energy flows in buildings whilst minimizing carbon emissions and optimizing thermal comfort in close consideration with the architect. In this course you will start by identifying the...

Become a problem solver who knows how to enforce sustainable development What can we do to address the sustainability challenges we face? In this course, you will gain insight into how individuals, organisations and societies approach sustainability challenges in different ways. In various parts of the...

Understand the European energy market and the economic principles behind it. Energy markets are governed by the laws of economics. Generators and consumers interact to shape the transactions in the energy markets, and thus the energy system. But how does the 'invisible hand' of economics show up in practice...

This course covers the flow of water as it falls to the earth and travels towards rivers, lakes and oceans. This course covers the flow of water as it falls to the earth and travels towards rivers, lakes and oceans. This includes the basic concepts and definition of a watershed, including how to delineate...

This course has been designed to make you understand climate change, energy sustainability and you will also learn to assemble a solar study lamp. The course also lays protocols for conducting the Students Solar Ambassador Workshop. The Hands-on training on Solar Study Lamp Assembly is a part of the...