Building Automation Competence Center

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT?

Techcollege wants to establish a competence center within building automation.

The vision is that the competence center will contribute with a holistic view in the field of Intelligent Building Installations (IBI), through both the didactic approach, interdisciplinary approach and the physical framework.

We currently have a strong professional environment within governance and regulation, and will be able to draw on our experience from here, among other things.

The ambition of the competence center is that it should be an interdisciplinary learning environment that collectively contains the latest technologies within building automation, such as monitoring, control and operation of entire buildings within the installation industry with a special focus on electrician education. We will create an experimental teaching environment with a framework for students to collaborate across disciplines and develop competencies that are in demand by the labor market, so that they are equipped to be an important player in the green transition.

WHO IS BEHIND?

EVU (the education secretariat for the electrical and plumbing industry for TEKNIQ Employers, the Danish Electrical Association and the Danish Plumbers' Association) and AUB have allocated funds from the AUB pool 2022 to projects and initiatives that strengthen apprenticeship support work, search and quality (Tripartite funds).

WHICH COURSES ARE PARTICIPATING?

Electrician training

THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS

Phase 1 (granted): Total project budget: DKK 2,408,150

Of which subsidy from the tripartite pool: DKK 608,150

Project period: 01.06.2022 – 31.12.2023

2nd phase (applied in autumn 2023): Total project budget: DKK 2,340,000

Of this, funding is sought from the tripartite pool: DKK 840,000

Project period: 01.01.2024 – 31.06.2026

WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE PART OF THE PROJECT?

In the project we will, among other things:

Purchase equipment for establishment and renovation of premises

Conduct a feasibility study among companies, students and suppliers

Competence development for subject teachers

Describe the didactics and professionalism of the competence center

Communicate about the competence center

Conduct a visit campaign at companies

Develop teaching material for integration into the education's current and possibly new modules

Integrate the competence center into EUD, EUX and bridge-building activities

Collaboration with knowledge institutions, companies and organizations

WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE PROJECT?

The goal is to create a unique interdisciplinary competence center that can attract more highly qualified young people to the programs and strengthen a holistic understanding of building automation and the large energy savings that can be found in the field.

We want to educate students who can lead companies and help shape the agenda within the green transition and strengthen the attractiveness of the electrician education. We also want to create a center for the development of the education so that the electrician profession lives up to its central role in the future green transition process.

The ambition is to expand the competence center's professional field to include all areas within building automation, including plumbing and energy education.

The objective of the project is to:

Establish a sustainable competence center for building automation within the electrician education, which can be operated and further developed with its own funds after an implementation period

Create visibility about electrician training, including in particular building automation and the profession's central role in the green transition

Attract more students to the electrician education, including more EUX students

Establish forums for knowledge sharing about building automation among LUU, companies, knowledge institutions and other vocational schools