Department : UNESCO "Energy Saving and Renewable Energy Sources"

The "UNESCO" department represents the interests of the engineering and technical profile. The department trains students in the following specialties:

"Energy Efficient Technologies and Energy Management" , qualification engineer-energy manager (full-time and part-time education);

"Low-temperature technology" , qualification mechanical engineer (full-time education).

The Department of Energy Saving and Renewable Energy Sources was established at the Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy (BSPA) in accordance with the agreement signed by the rector of the Academy M. I. Demchuk and the Director General of UNESCO F. Mayor on August 26 , 1996 . about the UNESCO Chair.

The main activities of the department.

The main goal of the department is to form and implement an integrated system of educational, scientific, informational and organizational measures for the training of engineering personnel for the Republic of Belarus, aimed at solving energy saving problems, including with the widespread use of renewable energy sources, and capable of solving these problems using advanced world experience.

The main tasks of the department are:

• development of curricula integrated into the world system and recommendations for the training of engineers on the problem of energy saving and renewable energy sources;
• preparation and publication of educational, methodological and scientific literature summarizing world experience in solving the problem;
• organizing and conducting lectures, practical and laboratory classes for students and specialists of various specialties, including with the involvement of foreign teachers;
• creation of specialized educational laboratories;
• creation of specialized courses on the problem for advanced training and retraining of existing industrial engineers;
• organization of international contacts that provide training of specialists in foreign educational institutions and organizations and the exchange of world experience in this field;
• coordination of the activities of various domestic and foreign organizations on the issues of training relevant specialists;
• coordination and implementation of research work, including joint projects with foreign partners on the problem;
• выполнение просветительских и информационно-рекламных функций, создание информационных, учебных и научных компьютерных программ и баз данных, интегрированных в мировую информационную систему;
• проведение учебно-методических и научных семинаров, конференций и встреч по проблеме.

Материальная база кафедры

Кафедра располагает тремя учебными лабораториями для проведения занятий со студентами и помещением для преподавателей. Учебные лаборатории оснащены оборудованием, позволяющим проводить занятия по дисциплинам: термодинамика, теплопередачи, прикладная гидрогазодинамика, энергосбережение, возобновляемые источники энергии. В настоящее время идет доукомплектование лабораторий учебными установками и развитие учебно-информационной компьютерной сети кафедры.