Professional Programme
Energy Systems & Building Performance
Greece's building stock is old, the climate is getting harder, and the gap between what a retrofit promises and what it delivers is usually a measurement problem.
Duration16 months · full-time
ModeOn campus, Thessaloniki, with site work
IntakeSeptember
Fee€6,100 total
What you will be able to do
- Audit a building's energy use with instruments rather than assumptions
- Model a retrofit and state the uncertainty in the payback
- Specify systems that the client can actually maintain
- Commission an installation and prove it performs
- Write a report a non-engineer can act on
Modules
| Term 1 | Thermal physics Heat transfer, envelope performance, humidity, comfort. |
| Term 1 | Measurement Metering, data logging, billing analysis, common instrumentation errors. |
| Term 2 | Systems Heat pumps, ventilation, solar thermal and PV, controls. |
| Term 2 | Retrofit practice Sequencing, disruption, cost, and the difference between a model and a building. |
| Term 3 | Economics and policy Payback, incentives, procurement, and reporting to a client. |
| Term 3 | Site project An audit and retrofit proposal for a real building, with measurements. |
Northgate awards a certificate of completion for this programme. It is not a degree, and it does not carry accreditation from a national higher-education authority.