Project objective:
The project ECOHERITAGE arises from that concern and aims to train students to turn the cultural heritage buildings (including the buildings from the Middle Ages, modern and postmodern buildings with cultural and historical value) more resilient for climate changes and prepared for climate changes by using innovative, conventional, and sustainable solutions. Several options for building envelopes (e.g., nature-based solutions, insulating materials solutions, waste-based solutions, and ecodesign) can improve the climate resilience of buildings. The aim of the ECOHERITAGE project is the education and training of students and professionals to respond to the labour market need in line with the European Green Deal, enhancing the cultural heritage building’s resilience to climate change, creating knowledge, innovation, and adding value intelligence in the construction industry.

Specific objectives:

The ECOHERITAGE project expects to contribute to skillful climate adaption and mitigation measures of the cultural heritage buildings (including the buildings from the middle ages, modern and postmodern buildings with cultural and historical value) by exposing during the courses options (e.g., nature-based solutions, ecodesign, waste-based solutions, and insulation materials) that can increase cultural heritage building’s resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change (extreme temperatures, heavy rain, droughts) and, at the same time minimize the production of greenhouse gas emissions.
The specific objectives of the project are:
(a) To improve the level of competencies and skills of  professional in the field of cultural heritage building resilience and sustainability,
(b) To help in the integration of digitalisation and innovative technologies and practices in the construction,
(c) To develop and implement new and innovative professional courses for the buildings’ resilience in line with the Green Deal framework,
(d) To close the gap between the needs of new knowledge, lack of educational programs, and challenges of organizations (private, public, and NGOs),
(e) To rethink the solutions for a better adaptaton of buildings to climate change events, contributing to long-term planning solutions for cultural heritage buildings’ resilience, considering different countries realities,
(f) To increase the energy efficiency of housing stock and reducing carbon footprint, contributing to EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction ambition for 2030. By tackling the skills and knowledge of the participants, mainly students and professors, the project is enlarging their individual capabilities

The ECOHERITAGE Program will train at least 120 participants through the ECOHERITAGE Platform from Portugal, Germany, N. Macedonia, Greece, and Spain. The innovative  digital based training platform with  tools will enable learners to develop new skills and independently pursue new approaches and strategies in their everyday work.

Target group:

The project aims to spread a new methodology and tools to develop skills of professionals and at the same time raise awareness about the importance of the topic of climate change, and cultural heritage buildings sustainability.

The main target groups of this project are: (1) students and professors engineers in different fields (civil, mechanical, environment, water resources, materials, architecture, urbanism (2) building and infrastructure managers, facility managers (3) Consultants, Green entrepreneurs (4) Other professionals’ interest in this thematic.

 

Effects:

  • Development of practical skills and useful knowledge regarding cultural heritage resilience and sustainability to climate change impacts;
  • Increased consciousness of the impact of climate change on cultural heritage buildings;
  • Increased capacity to deal with the impact of it by employing tools and activities from the training and program;
  • Increased opportunities for an interchange of ideas, points of view, visions, approaches, and experiences; and
  • Ultimately increased cultural heritage resilience and sustainability of the work by participants in the program.

Coordinator:

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal – https://www.ulisboa.pt/

Partners:

Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain, www.upm.es

Institute for Research in Environment, Civil Engineering and Energy, North Macedonia, www.iege.edu.mk

Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany,  https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/a/?lidx=1

Creative Thinking Development, Greece,  https://www.crethidev.gr/

Ethnicon Metsovion Polytechnion – NTUA, Greece, www.ntua.gr

The project ECOHERITAGE has four major results:
  • Research on need assessment and training needs in the field of resilience of cultural heritage,
  • ECOHERITAGE training program with 5 modules, with training tools and materials in the field of retrofitting cultural heritage buildings from the impact of climate changes,
  • ECOHERITAGE Digital training platform with sustainable practices, tools, materials and resources,
  • ECOHERITAGE courses implemented with 100 participants from 5 targeted partner countries.
Courses:
• Module 1-Culture heritage buildings and Climate change
• Module 2- Risk assessment in heritage buildings
• Module 3-Eco-design and social needs in retrofitting
• Module 4-Energy efficiency and economic assessment in heritage buildings
• Module 5-Nature-based and waste-based solutions
    Implementation period

    December 2025-December 2027

    Reference number

    2025-1-PT01-KA220-HED-000362842

    Project keywords

    ArchitectureClimate changeCultural heritageErasmus+HEIResilienceSustainability

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