Higher Engineering Education for Sustainable Buildings | HEESeB | Report on the 2nd project year

The project Strengthening Capacity of Higher Engineering Education for Sustainable Buildings | HEESeB is an academic collaboration between Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (JNEC), Royal University of Bhutan and Universität Innsbruck, Austria. 

HEESeB was officially launched on 1st February 2023. This collaboration aims to promote sustainable and resilient buildings in Bhutan, through extensive research and collaboration. The academic partnership will formulate a certificate programme in Timber Engineering for Energy Efficient Buildings (TEEEB) at JNEC aiming to generate qualified manpower for sustainable and resilient infrastructure planning, design, construction and maintenance of timber structure. It shall also lead to synergy of emerging technologies with natural building materials and age-old traditional practices through the transfer of knowledge and skills.  

The overall project goal is as follows: 

Diversify academic programmes

• Develop new academic programme on timber engineering for energy efficient buildings
• Develop two new courses related to gender, equity and diversity sensitive science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); building modelling and simulation, and HVAC

Improve instructional support services at JNEC

• Offer short-term courses in collaboration with UIBK in the field of gender, equity, and STEM
• Professional development in operation and management of timber engineering laboratory equipment

Knowledge and experience sharing to enhance teaching and research capacity for JNEC through staff and student exchange

JNEC has officially launched a Certificate in Timber Engineering as you can read here.