An Advanced Master’s® in Eco-Construction
The Advanced Master’s® in Energy-Plus Buildings - BE+ will provide you with the keys and methodological tools you need to meet the expectations and requirements of the various regulations and laws in force for buildings, from thermal, energy and eco-design perspectives:
• Energy Transition Act for Green Growth
• Anti-Waste and Circular Economy Act (AGEC)
• RE 2020 energy regulations, which replace the RT 2012 thermal regulations, imposing the “low-energy building” (BBC) standard on future constructions.
Become an eco-construction expert
The Advanced Master’s® in Energy-Plus Buildings - BE+ at IMT Mines Albi is accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE). This course is for you if you want to:
• contribute to building a cleaner world;
• become an expert in reducing the environmental impact of sustainable construction and renovation;
• have a meaningful career.
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Duration1 year, including 1 semester in an internship
StructureFull time on the IMT Mines Albi campus
Tuition fees€6,500 to €12,500
Start of academic yearSeptember 2025Curriculum of the Advanced Master’s® in Eco-Construction
The program includes lectures, project-based training, and 6 months of internship in the following areas.
Comfortable housing
• Fundamentals of heat engineering & thermal comfort
• Indoor air quality
• Acoustic and visual comfortBuilding shell & energy systems
• Scaling energy systems
• Renewable energies
• Thermal renovation & energy efficiencyModeling for buildings
• Methods and tools for dynamic thermal modeling of buildings
• Digital modeling (BIM)Building integration & environment
• Bioclimatic architecture
• Urban planning
• Tools and approaches for sustainable developmentScientific and technical project/Visits
Renovation project for an existing building owned by a local authority or association. This project, tutored by IMT Mines Albi’s research professors, places the students, in groups of 3-4, in the role of project manager. Part of the schedule for this unit is dedicated to visits to building sites and/or residential areas, participation in housing-related events and conferences designed to broaden students’ perspectives.
Internship and final year project
To complete the program and obtain the degree, a 6-month internship is also required. The purpose of this internship is to put into practice your ability to grasp an industrial problem in its broadest sense: scientific, economic, organizational, relational, human, etc. A report is required at the end of the internship to obtain the necessary credits.
How do I join the Advanced Master’s® in Energy-Plus Buildings?
This program is open to students with a civil engineering or energy engineering background and one of the following degrees/levels:
with a foreign degree equivalent to the French Bac +4 or Bac +5
Read more- Based on application and tests
- 5 application sessions from December to June 2025
The application deadlines for each session are:
• Session 1: 8 December 2024
• Session 2: date TBC
• Session 3: date TBC
• Session 4: date TBC
• Session 5: date TBC
International students are encouraged to apply for the first two sessions, to give them time to complete the administrative formalities with the diplomatic post in their home country, if they are accepted.
For jobseekers registered with France Travail and who obtained their degree more than two years ago, the Advanced Master’s® program may be fully funded by the Occitanie region through the ForProSup scheme.
Advantages of the Advanced Master’s® in Energy-Plus Buildings - BE+
• Master all the technical and managerial skills related to energy in the building sector: thermal engineering for buildings and sustainable construction
• Understand the methodological tools needed to meet the expectations of new environmental and energy laws
• Be able to design low-energy or low-carbon positive energy buildings
• Expand your professional networkA profile sought after by companies
Graduates take on positions with a high level of responsibility in project management and site supervision, research and design, and R&D, earning a salary of €37k on entry (gross salary with bonuses in France) with various construction and public works companies, design offices or consultancies.
Skills acquired during training
Planning and design
• Thermal calculations for regulations and thermal dynamic simulation tools
• Optimized scaling of energy systems
• Building definition (design/adaptation)
• Assistance to project owners and architects
Project manager and/or site supervisor
• Coordination of the various trades
• Identification and approval of adaptations for the renovation of existing buildings
• Verification of compliance with regulations
Research and development
• Development of new techniques and optimized energy systems for the buildings of the future
• Identification and development of new materials, eco-materials and phase-change materials
• Identification and optimization of Positive Energy building concepts
Sectors of activity and types of company
• Design offices of major groups or mid-sized companies involved in waste recovery and recycling in the building sector;
• SMEs or industrial establishments of major groups involved in waste recovery, collection and separation operations in the building sector;
• Local authorities, institutions or eco-organizations
• Architectural firms for the construction of low-impact and energy-plus buildingsContact form
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