NTNU Ålesund · BYGA2352 · Autumn 2026

Buildings that
think ahead.

A platform to demonstrate creative and innovative student projects in smart buildings.

This course is about buildings, energy systems, and smart control — all working together for a sustainable future.

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01 COLLABORATORS

Built on real cases,
shaped by collaboration.

We welcome collaboration with companies that want to share real cases, ideas and feedback with our students.

INDUSTRY COLLABORATOR

Company coming soon

Project case, industry input and student dialogue will be presented here.

COMING SOON

INDUSTRY COLLABORATOR

Company coming soon

Project case, industry input and student dialogue will be presented here.

COMING SOON

JOIN THE COURSE

Are you interested in collaboration?

02 COURSE PROJECT

Designing a Smart and
Sustainable Building

Each student group develops a building concept and explores how climate, design, simulation, intelligent control and user engagement can improve its performance.

01CLIMATE ANALYSISWeather · location · conditions

02DESIGNGeometry · envelope · systems

03SIMULATEEnergy · comfort · renewables

04CONTROLAI · logic · optimization

05USER ENGAGEMENTDashboard · interact · communicate

SENSE

Understand the building

Combine simulation and operational data to understand indoor conditions and energy behaviour.

DECIDE

Make intelligent decisions

Use control logic, forecasts and AI to respond to changing conditions and defined targets.

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OPTIMIZE

Use energy at the right time

Coordinate demand, renewable production and building systems while maintaining comfort.

03 STUDENT PROJECTS

6 groups.
6 smart solutions.

Each group will publish its final interactive building dashboard here. Project pages will become active as the semester progresses.

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