MOOC Course: Zero Living
Transformative learning towards a societal model and personal lifestyles that have less environmental impact is one of the main challenges of our time.
The objective of the course is to transmit the knowledge generated in the field of housing and sustainable lifestyles to society by virtual means, through the activities of the LOW3 Living Lab.
- Start date: to be defined
- Duration: to be defined (10 weeks)
- Hours per week: to be defined (6 hours per week)
- Language: English / Catalan / Spanish
- Contact: torsten.masseck@upc.edu
The following abilities will be attained:
- To know and understand the basic concepts needed for a critical view on different lifestyles and domestic architectures, and to know how to assess them through the collection and evaluation of energy data and environmental impact parameters.
- To analyse and assess the potential of solar energy technologies (such as solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems) and technologies for the treatment and reuse of rainwater and grey water applied to housing.
- To acquire knowledge about sustainability indicators such as one’s own ecological footprint, the carbon footprint and the energetic payback of solar technologies.
- To collect and evaluate real data related to one’s own home or other dwellings in specific case studies regarding concepts such as resource and materials consumption, bioclimatic performance of buildings, energy saving and generation potential and water saving and reuse potential.
The Zero Living MOOC focuses on the important areas of sustainability in relation to our lifestyle:
The MOOC applies the methodology of a virtual living lab and offers to participants a combination of distance learning and the observation and analysis of their own environment or other real environments, and the sharing of data for working collaboratively to create collective knowledge.
Self-evaluation exercises ensure the level of knowledge acquired.
Practical activities carried out individually or in small groups focused on the lifestyle of each participant or of real families, e.g. through exercises on the energy consumption in their homes or their mobility pattern, which can then compared with that of other participants.
Access and aggregation of the real data that are obtained in the practical activities, contribute to the generation of new knowledge and to the evolution of the course over time; discussing results in the moderated and assessed debate forums, contribute to collective knowledge acquisition and create a transformative learning experience for the participants.
- General concepts of sustainability
- Important aspects of housing in relation to sustainability
- Sustainable housing technologies and materials
The MOOC applies the methodology of a virtual living lab and offers to participants a combination of distance learning and the observation and analysis of their own environment or other real environments, and the sharing of data for working collaboratively to create collective knowledge.
Self-evaluation exercises ensure the level of knowledge acquired.
Practical activities carried out individually or in small groups focused on the lifestyle of each participant or of real families, e.g. through exercises on the energy consumption in their homes or their mobility pattern, which can then compared with that of other participants.
Access and aggregation of the real data that are obtained in the practical activities, contribute to the generation of new knowledge and to the evolution of the course over time; discussing results in the moderated and assessed debate forums, contribute to collective knowledge acquisition and create a transformative learning experience for the participants.
The course's online platform provides access to the content and can be used as a network of connections that enhances social interaction in the course and allows intercultural communication.
- Albert Cuchí Burgos, PDI UPC
- Torsten Masseck, UPC
- Laia Núñez Pinart
- Daniel Calatayud, PDI UPC
- Joaquim Arcas Abella
- Isabel Vega Ainsa, PDI UPC
- Joris Voerten
- Explanatory video about the course done for the call for proposals IVERSITY MOOC 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCe37LAjwoo
- Blog of the LOW3 Living Lab: http://livinglab-low3.blogspot.com/2018/03/mooc-low3-zero-living-officially-started.html Each module has its own bibliography with recommended links