Sustainability Specialist
Profession will appear after 2025-2030
Trends
The specialist is professionally versed in assessment tools and standards that help assess the environmental performance of a building (for example, LEED, BREEAM, DGNB certification systems). In accordance with the selected certification system, it sets the design criteria for an environmentally friendly building. Assists construction crews in project implementation in accordance with environmental standards. The main goal of the specialist's work is the design and construction of energy- and resource-saving buildings, taking into account the goals of the client, as well as the needs and well-being of residents, paying special attention to minimizing their impact on the environment and the environment: developing and implementing environmentally friendly solutions for energy supply, water supply, waste disposal, resource conservation, choice of environmentally friendly materials, etc. For existing buildings, the specialist conducts an energy audit and recommends the necessary improvements before re-commissioning the building.
The novelty of the profession: a holistic approach to green building design: the specialist takes into account the entire life cycle of a building, from the earliest stages of design, construction and operation to demolition.
Key competencies:
- Higher education in one of the areas "architecture", "design", "civil engineering".
- Knowledge and experience in applying environmental certification standards and methods (e.g. LEED, BREEAM, DGNB).
- Energy audit (e.g. ASHRAE Level 1 and 2).
- Energy modeling of buildings and BIM.
- Development and implementation of environmentally friendly solutions for energy supply, water supply, waste disposal, resource conservation, selection of environmentally friendly materials, etc.
Over-professional skills
Systemic thinking
Intersectoral communication
Project and process management
Environmental thinking
Lean
Programming, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence
Educational institutions
Eurasian National University. L.N. Gumilyov
Pavlodar State University named after S. Toraigyrova
North Kazakhstan State University. M.Kozybaeva
West Kazakhstan Agrarian Technical University named after Zhangir Khan
South Kazakhstan State University. M. Auezova
Karaganda State Technical University
Central Asian University
Companies in which this profession may be in demand
BI Group
LLP "Construction company" Basis "
JSC "NGSK" KazStroyService "
ISKER Consortium LLP
JSC "Almatyinzhstroy"
Highvill Kazakhstan LLP
LLP "Concern" Naiza-kurylys "
LLP "Promstroy-Energo"
JSC "Montazhspetsstroy"
JSC "Imstalkon"
Integra Construction KZ LLP