Sustainable housing from a European perspective
1 - 11 July 2025
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft
Housing is of key importance for societies. It drives the economy and is a key issue for sustainable urban and regional development in growing as well as declining areas.
The energy crisis and energy transition have a huge impact on human behavior relating to energy, housing, and the built environment. The summer school will give insight into the European perspective on the development of a sustainable housing stock, and speeding up energy transition goals, by presenting European and national goals, policies, regulations, assessment tools, process innovations, behavioural, institutional and management approaches. It will shed light on emerging economies and institutions in a similar context.
Scope
This Summer School is organized with in-depth lectures covering a variety of perspectives on sustainable housing transformation, workshops, site visits, and a tender game for the renovation of a housing complex.
The lecturers are given by professors at the TU Delft and are all well-known experts in their fields. In the tender game, you, as part of a group, are challenged to design the technical, social, environmental, and financial strategies to make sure that the housing complex will be as sustainable as possible, has future value for existing and new residents, and acts as an exemplary role for market diffusion.
The Summerschool in a Nutshell
Programme
The programme for the 2025 Summer School will be published as soon as possible. Below you can find the programme of 2023 as reference.
Download concept programme (PDF)
Organisers
TU Delft is one of the world’s leading schools of Architecture and the Built Environment. The energy transition features the school’s key educational themes. The faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment is a prominent school in housing research and education
The Summer School is organized by:
- Dr. Queena Qian (coordinator)
- Dr. Ad Straub and Mr. Ragy Elgendy (co-coordinators)
Registration
We invite Bachelor students in their final year, Master students, PhDs and professionals with background knowledge and research interests on sustainable housing and the built environment. The summer school aims to attract international participants in the field of sustainable housing and the built environment. Previous summer schools have successfully attracted worldwide participants.
Registration fee, early bird before 15 January 2025, is €975.
After 15 January 2025, the standard registration fee is €1350.
Full attendance is a prerequisite for receiving the certificate of participation.
Application
Your application should include a convincing motivation letter, a short CV (max. 2 pages) and a summary of research interests (max. 1 page). Please submit your application by 15 January 2024 (early bird) to the Department of Management in the Built Environment (mbe-bk@tudelft.nl). Due to the limited 40 spaces available, the selection will be given priority to the eligible applicants who make the earlier registration.
Upon approval of the application, please register within 10 working days to guarantee your place at the Summer School.
For application submissions, registration and other practical questions, please contact Eline Baert
For other practical questions, please contact Ragy Elgendy or Sun-Ah Hwang
Practical information
Accommodation
Students attending the Summer School are responsible for finding their own accommodation.
Venue
Summer School will be hosted at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft. Our address is Julianalaan 134, 2628 BL, Delft, The Netherlands. The venue is easily accessible from Delft city centre and from Delft main train station on foot or by bike or bus.