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Career prospects Sustainable Buildings and Cities
As an energy and environmental engineer, you are in demand on the job market.
The Sustainable Buildings and Cities study field offers a wide range of professional fields. Here are some of the possible fields of activity:
- Consultancy for energy-efficient and sustainable buildings and areas
- Holistic energy and building technology planning and implementation
- Specialist planning of building physics with inclusion of sustainability aspects
- Sustainable renovations and operational optimizations
- Planning services for sustainable building labels, e.g. calculation of gray energy
- Sustainable urban development: heat reduction, mobility concepts, energy city consultations, etc.
What our graduates have to say
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"During my studies, I learned to think in a networked and holistic way in order to conserve resources and promote renewable energies. That helps me in my job and in my private life."
![Esther Siegenthaler, Fachspezialistin Gebäude bei Bundesamt für Energie BFE, Abschluss BSc Energie- und Umwelttechnik 2019](https://www.fhnw.ch/en/degree-programmes/engineering/bsc-energy-and-environmental-technology/sustainable-buildings-and-cities/career-prospects-sustainable-buildings-and-cities/@@fhnw.tiles.wi_047_testimonial/b8dfa74c69c74bddb918efd5eae5eea9/@@images/17d47b45-517b-43f3-929d-c3586d3790f3.jpeg)
"We spend most of our lives in buildings and there is a lot of potential for sustainability there. I was able to get to know this through the 'Energy in buildings' specialization. Today, I work every day to ensure that more and more buildings in Switzerland are heated with renewable energy and help to reduce CO2 emissions."
![Lukas Trümpi, Abschluss BSc Energie- und Umwelttechnik 2021](https://www.fhnw.ch/en/degree-programmes/engineering/bsc-energy-and-environmental-technology/sustainable-buildings-and-cities/career-prospects-sustainable-buildings-and-cities/@@fhnw.tiles.wi_047_testimonial/a2ab71ee358748cb8c3b9d423e463c82/@@images/a65c5cb3-bc49-480e-989f-78c5d987d6ab.jpeg)
Thanks to the specialist knowledge I acquired in the modules of the 'Energy in Buildings' specialization, I now have the tools to contribute to the energy transition and achieve the net-zero target. I was also able to apply this specialist knowledge in the areas of building technology, renewable energies and energy efficiency as part of my bachelor's thesis, where I was able to develop an energy concept for an alpine cheese dairy."