The aim of this course is to provide students the basic notions about the management and maintenance of technical installations in buildings and industrial plants. The knowledge to be transferred concerns techniques, technologies and equipment, as well as strategies and working procedures, to allow a critical systemic analysis of building and industrial plants technical installations and to plan and prepare their operation and maintenance. It is to be taken into account operation costs, reliability and components life, environmental risks, component recycling, power consumption and technical performance. Each theme will be illustrated with application examples in engineering field.
Students should acquire basic skills to enable them to know the basic operation of technical installations and adapt to the demands of managing a maintenance department.