Analysis of labour market needs for engineers with enhanced knowledge in sustainable renewable energy solutions in the built environment in some Asian countries

Halime Paksoy,Det Damronsak,Luca Cioccolanti,Wenhe Zhou,Wongkot Wongsapai,Mohamad Yusof Idroas,Matteo Moglie,Kwanchai Kraitong,Mohd Azmier Ahmad,Jieqiong Lin ,Suhaidi Shafie,Ermira Junita Abdullah ,Zainal Alimuddin,Yong Liang Guan ,Caiyun Li,Muhamad Azman Miskam,Chatchawan Chaichana,Khamid Mahkamov,Chao Chen,Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi,Teoh Yew Heng

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202123807004

Abstract

Despite the rapid growth in the uptake of renewable energy technologies, the educational profile and the skills gained at University level do not always comply with the practical needs of the organisations working in the field. Furthermore, even though the residential sector has very high potential in curbing its CO2 emissions worldwide thus meeting the challenging goals set out by the international agreements, such reduction has been limited so far. Within this context, the ‘Skybelt’ project, co-funded by the EU under the framework of the Erasmus + programme aims at enhancing in several Universities of Asia and Europe the engineering skills of students of all level for application of sustainable renewable energy solutions in the built environment. With the target of increasing the employability of graduates and the impact of the project, a survey on the labour market needs for specialists with enhanced knowledge and skills in the topic of the project has been conducted in the related Asian countries. Hence, relevant industries, labour market organisations and other stakeholders have been interviewed and the main results of this analysis is reported in the present paper. As first outcome of this activity, the obtained results have been considered in the selection of the modules to be improved according to a student centred study approach.

Highlights

The increasing energy demand, the catastrophic consequences of climate changes and the limited conventional energy sources have stressed the importance of renewable energy technologies to promote a sustainable development
With the target of increasing the employability of graduates and the impact of the project, a survey on the labour market needs for specialists with enhanced knowledge and skills in the topic of the project has been conducted in the related Asian countries
Considering the high impact of the building sector in the energy consumption at global level, renewable energy solutions for the built environment may play a significant contribution in curbing CO2 emissions and de-carbonising the sector

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Introduction

The increasing energy demand, the catastrophic consequences of climate changes and the limited conventional energy sources have stressed the importance of renewable energy technologies to promote a sustainable development. It is evident that at global level further efforts are still needed to promote the uptake of renewable energy technologies supporting a sustainable development. In order to support such transformation an informed public is of paramount importance. For this reason, in [5] Middleton provided a number of general techniques to enhance education at all levels. As recently reported by Wojuola and Alant [6] for the case of the Nigeria country, the public awareness of a sustainable development is still limited and there is a need of educational curricula incorporating themes related to renewable energy and sustainable livelihood

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