Training structure
Montpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The GEEB or BEPOS professional degree offered at the Montpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology allows students to pursue a course of study entitled "Building Management and Energy Efficiency. "
Objectives
The professional license in"Building Energy Management and Efficiency" (BEPOS or GEEB) is a diploma-based, vocational training program in the field of energy management, with a particular focus on renewable energy for buildings. Its objective is to equip new buildings and, above all, to renovate individual homes, apartment buildings, and commercial buildings with a focus on efficiency (rational use of energy). This specialization is not only oriented toward design, diagnosis, and consulting, but also toward marketing, coordination, implementation, and operation of innovative and economical solutions in the field of energy.
Know-how and skills
• Know how to configure building management and centralized technical management dialogue systems.
• Understand the basic concepts of thermal, hydraulic, and geothermal energy.
• Know how to identify heat sources in order to size a heat pump.
• Know how to use architectural tools for bioclimatic construction.
• Know how to size an electrical installation.
• Know how to make the most environmentally friendly energy choices and be able to apply the appropriate regulations or labels (RT2012, RT2020, eco-neighborhoods, etc.) to professional and private settings.
• Know how to size and choose the equipment best suited to improving the passive and active energy efficiency of a building.
• Participate in the definition, design, and pre-dimensioning studies for a cogeneration system at the preliminary design stage.
• Be able to propose a wood energy heating solution.
• Design, install, implement, and continuously improve the systems of a smart building.
• Know how to choose the components of a photovoltaic energy production chain.
Organization
Program
The courses (450 hours) are divided into seven teaching units (plus a scientific refresher unit):
- Energy and Environment,
- Energy Management,
- Thermal energy,
- Companies/English,
- Energy production and management systems,
- Supervised project,
- Internship or professional project.
The degree is worth 60 European credits (ECTS).
You can take this course in the traditional way, as continuing education, or as a work-study program:
- through an apprenticeship with the CFA ENSUP LR Sud de France.
- through professional training with the SFC at the University of Montpellier.
Work-study schedule: 1 week of training and 3 weeks in the workplace, for a total of 12 weeks of training and 38 weeks in the workplace.
Admission
Admission requirements
Online registration procedure for a limited time only: ecandidat.umontpellier.fr.
Enrollment in a Professional Bachelor's Degree program at the IUT consists of three steps. Each step must be validated in order to proceed to the next one:
Step 1 – Admissibility of the application:
- Hold a two-year college degree or be currently enrolled*.
- Complete file.
Step 2 – Eligibility : Determined by an educational committee after reviewing the application (resume, cover letter, transcript, etc. – details on e-candidat). The committee may request additional documents for the application.
Step 3 – Final admission: Subject to the signing of a work-study contract (apprenticeship or professional training contract) with a company offering assignments in line with the LPro program, subject to availability.
Suitable profiles: DUT (Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Thermal and Energy Engineering, Physical Measurements), BTS (Building, Electrical Engineering, Digital Systems (Electronics and Communication Option), Fluids, Energy, Home Automation), Students with a Bachelor's degree in Physics, Chemistry, and Social and Political Sciences.
Target audience
Holders of national diplomas equivalent to two years of higher education.
• Initial training/work-study program:
Suitable profiles:
- DUT (Civil Engineering, Electrical and Industrial Engineering, Thermal and Energy Engineering, Physical Measurements),
- BTS (Building, Electrical Engineering, Digital Systems (Electronics and Communication Option), Fluids, Energy, Home Automation),
- Students with a Level 2 degree in Physics, Chemistry, and Social Sciences and Humanities.
- Open to students with a technical university degree (DUT) or advanced vocational diploma (BTS) in business and services who have a scientific background (high school diploma in science or industrial science and technology).
• Continuing education:
Suitable profiles:
- Two years of higher education or equivalent (VAE) with three years' experience in the secondary sector.
Mandatory prerequisites
Two-year postsecondary degree completed.
And after
Continuing education
The objective of the professional degree is rapid integration into working life, not further study.
Professional integration
Graduates of the GEEB professional bachelor's degree program will be able to hold positions such as:
- Thermal engineers, resellers, and/or equipment distributors,
- technical advisors or assistant engineers,
- Head of methods, maintenance, refurbishment, installation, renovation, or thermal operation in the following sectors: design offices, architectural firms, local authorities, resellers/distributors, producers, operators, installers, building diagnostics and certification organizations, etc.