Transnational MSc in BIM and Energy Efficiency in Buildings

The EU aims to become climate-neutral by 2050, with a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. As buildings account for 40% of total energy use and 36% of emissions, energy efficiency in this sector is critical. Achieving this requires an Integrated Building Design Approach, where Building Information Modelling (BIM) plays a key role by enabling data-driven, collaborative, and resource-efficient building processes. However, there is a significant skills gap: few professionals graduate with combined BIM and energy efficiency expertise. A needs analysis across the partner institutions confirmed this disconnect in both university hihger education and professional training. The project consortium applied for this project to tackle this skills gap. GREENBIM addresses this gap by developing a market-oriented transnational programme focused on BIM and Energy Efficiency in Buildings. The project supports the EU’s urgent call for skilled human capital capable of advancing the digital and green transformation of the built environment.

The main objective of GREENBIM was to tackle the lack of know-how and engineering skills on Building Information Management (BIM) in EU and Turkiye for achieving energy efficiency in buildings. The broader objective of GREENBIM was to make the building stock more energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, less carbon-intensive over their full life cycle and more sustainable. To serve these objectives GREENBIM wanted to develop easily accessible educational and public platforms, educational materials that can be used by educational/professional institutions and a micro-credential framework, all serving to increase the know-how and engineering/architectural skills of students, professionals, techicians, etc. on BIM and energy efficiency in buildings.

The project consisted of 5 work packages with the following activities: WP1: Project Management 1.1: Project Management 1.2: Quality Management and Evaluation WP2: Micro-credential enabled curriculum design for BIM applications and energy efficiency in buildings 2.1: Content Development 2.2: Content peer-review 2.3: Content transformation into digital formats 2.4: Micro-credential Framework 2.5: Material update and institutionalisation 2.6: Multiplier Event 2 WP3: GREENBIM Pilot Trainings and Webinars 3.1: Train-the-Trainers Lab 3.2: Training Academy C2 3.3: Training Academy C3 3.4: Training Academy C4 3.5: Webinar content curation 3.6: Webinar preparation 3.7: Webinar delivery 3.8: Multiplier Event 1 WP4: GREENBIM Website and VLE 4.1: Development of the Website 4.2: Development of the Dissemination and Sustainability Strategy 4.3: Design and development of the VLE & content creation 4.4: Verification and validation of VLE 4.5: Website & VLE update and maintenance 4.6: Multiplier Event 3 WP5: GREENBIM Platform for Citizen Engagement 5.1: Requirement analysis 5.2: (Software) development and functionality testing 5.3: Platform update 5.4: Virtual Pilots 5.5: Platform refinements & formal release 5.6: Multiplier Event 4

The concrete results of GREENBIM: 1) A co-created university curriculum (MSc/Undergrad level) on BIM applications and Energy Efficiency in Buildings, built upon independent Competence Units (CUs). 2) Pilot Trainings and webinars 3) GREENBIM Micro-Credential Framework 4) GREENBIM Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) 5) GREENBIM Platform for Citizen Engagement (PCE)