Energy engineering students on their way to expertise in sustainable energy

Helena Malkki; Kari Alanne; Laura Hirsto

doi:10.2478/v10145-012-0004-z

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Energy engineering students on their way to expertise in sustainable energy

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Volume 8 (2012): Issue -1 (June 2012)

By: Helena Malkki, Kari Alanne and Laura Hirsto

Open Access

|Nov 2012

Abstract

Energy engineering is facing new challenges in educating experts in sustainable energy. The aim of this paper is to characterise expertise related to sustainability in higher education. Future challenges and required skills are explored through recent studies, which have listed key competencies that engineers need in their working life. Sustainability and expertise are discussed on the basis of literature and energy curricula are explored on universities’ internet pages.

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