Project Partners


Technische Universitaet Dortmund, Chair for Environmental Architecture

The Chair for Environmental Architecture is part of the Faculty of Building at the Technische Universitaet Dortmund, which was founded in 1968. The Faculty provides an interdisciplinary collaboration between architects and civil engineers which is called "Dortmunder Modell Bauwesen". It offers "Integration of Renewable Energies in Buildings" as a major field of study in co-operation with several European partner universities since WS 2005/2006. A MSc - Course "Renewable Energies and Building Climate" will start in one of three profiles in October 2006. The Chair for Environmental Architecture, which was founded in 1993, consists of an interdisciplinary team of architects and civil engineers who are engaged in teaching and in different research areas like facade technology, integrated photovoltaics, visualization, computer-aided modelling of thermal and fluid dynamics in buildings and daylighting technologies. The Chair attends, on the one hand, to the knowledge of appropriate and specific solutions that take the current standards of technology and the newest scientific findings in consideration, but also deals moreover with the integration of design solutions that lead to an optimal whole. http://www.bauwesen.uni-dortmund.de/ka/



International Solar Energy Society (ISES)

The International Solar Energy Society (ISES) is a multi-faceted, non-profit organisation. Since its foundation in 1954, ISES has been working to promote the wide-scale implementation of renewable energy technology worldwide. ISES acts as a non-governmental advisory organisation to the United Nations (UN) and is a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC). As a membership organisation ISES has an international network of approximately 30.000 members in more than 110 countries. The formal structure consists of 54 National Sections, 4 Regional Offices and the Headquarters, based in Germany, that promote Renewable Energy in their various areas of responsibility. ISES implements programmes and projects, with specific activities aimed at different groups. http://www.ises.org


London Metropolitan University, Low Energy Architecture Research Unit (LEARN)

The unit was created in 1987 to bridge the gap between architecture and research in low energy design. That research focuses on the efficient use of energy and its conservation in building design. While the unit competes for international research contracts it also operates as an architectural practice and an educational resource for the London Metropolitan University. In that regard, the unit integrates its work with undergraduate and graduate programmes. Recently completed Phd's have been in Thermal Comfort in Algeria, Planning and Reflected Sunlight in Urban canyons and Affordable warmth. The LEARN website (see packages- TAREB) contains the notes for the European masters course on the Integration of Renewable Energies in Buildings. http://www.learn.londonmet.ac.uk


The Uganda Martyrs University (UMU), The Faculty of Building Technology and Architecture

The Uganda Martyrs University is a private university founded in 1993 as a teaching and research university. It was granted a full University Charter in 2005. The Faculty of Building Technology and Architecture, one of eight academic units in the university, was established in 2000. The faculty currently offers two degree programs: a three year undergraduate pre-professional degree program - Bachelor of Science in Building Design and Technology, and a two year graduate professional program - Bachelor of Architecture. Both programs emphasise practical approaches to urban development, with sustainable development and environmental design as key components of the programs. http://www.umu.ac.ug/ or http://www.fiuc.org/umu/


The University of Athens, Group of Building Environmental Research (GRBES)

The Group of Building Environmental (GRBES), operates under the frame of the Section of Applied Physics, Department of Physics of the University of Athens. It carries out specific research and development programs on the field of environmental quality of the built environment. In parallel, offers education and training to under and post graduate students, and prepares educational material and books on the field of energy and environment. Also, GRBES provides design advices on energy and environmental performance of new projects aiming to present a high environmental quality. Many prestigious International and National projects have been undertaken and completed in collaboration with GRBES. http://grbes.phys.uoa.gr/


The University of Dar es SalaaM and Ardhi Universtiy

The University of Dar es Salaam was born out of a decision taken on March 25th, 1970, by the East African Authority, to split the then University of East Africa into three independent universities for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The University is situated on the west side of the city of Dar es Salaam, occupying 1,625 acres on Observation Hill, 13 k.m. from the centre of the city of Dar es Salaam. For purposes of maintaining East African inter-university academic cooperation and communication, an Inter-University Council for East Africa was set up in 1970. The Council has established an Inter-University Exchange Programme, through which the University admits students from other East African countries mainly Kenya and Uganda. The University also admits students from several other countries the world-over through established links, exchange programmes or individual applications. Most of these students receive their bursaries from their respective governments. Students from other countries are considered for admission to both undergraduate and postgraduate studies, subject to the availability of vacancies. http://ce.udsm.ac.tz


The University of La Rochelle, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department

The University of La Rochelle was founded in 1994 as a teaching and research university. The Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department organizes the European master course Integration of renewable energies in buildings, two professional master courses, one in Numerical Modelling in Mechanical Engineering and another in Civil Engineering (Innovative technologies for construction and retrofit of buildings, Intelligent building energy management, Low energy design and integration of renewable energy sources in buildings) and a research master in Civil Engineering. 35 researchers and 30 PhD students conduct their research activity in the Laboratory for transport phenomena applied to buildings. The main research topics are Numerical methods and modelling of turbulent transfer, Indoor environment, and Transport phenomena in porous materials. The laboratory has participated in numerous European and French research projects and has tight collaboration with French industrials. University of La Rochelle (Universität de La Rochelle) France http://www.univ-lr.fr Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department http://www.univ-lr.fr/poles/sciences/formations/gc/ Laboratory for transfer phenomena applied to buildings http://www.univ-lr.fr/labo/leptab/


The University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), School of Architecture and Planning

WITS is located in Johannesburg which falls in the demographic and economic hub of South Africa called the Gauteng City Region with a population of close to 15 million. The region and the country has challenged WITS to evolve into a contextually relevant as well as globally referenced tertiary institution. In its history of over 120 years, WITS has grown to be a leading national and regional institution in a diverse range of disciplines which include medicine, architecture and planning, engineering (especially mining and process engineering) and palaeontology as well as the physical and life-sciences. Programmes of the university are clustered around five faculties and 37 schools. WITS draws its competitive edge out of an emphasis on problem-based research-linked teaching and learning supported by diversified range of research infrastructure and resources. Within the School of Architecture and Planning (the host to the PREA project), we are strongly networked with stakeholders in the built environment and energy market not only within Johannesburg and the Gauteng City Region but also nationally and within Africa. Within its degree programmes in architecture, planning and urbanism, sustainable architecture and sustainable cities has become one of the focus areas both in terms of research, teaching and consulting initiatives. It is within this focus area that energy efficiency and renewable energy in buildings and cities is being pursued both in terms of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as well as in research and stakeholder outreach activities. The PREA project will therefore form a valuable component in the growth of this focus area. http://www.wits.ac.za.