About department

        In 1961 15th of April there was established department of Heating and Ventilation in Kaunas polytechnic institute to qualify heat, gas supply, heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialists for Lithuania. 2035 engineers of this specialty were prepared in Kaunas. Since 1988 some of department lecturers moved to Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute (now Vilnius Gediminas technical university) with the same name. Here in 1990 released the first graduates of Vilnius. Since 2009 1st of September the department named Building Energetics department. Today the department has developed 3839 university educated engineers, graduates and postgraduates.
        The aim of heating, ventilation and air conditioning is efficient energy use by creating and maintaining comfortable microclimate in the building, for plants, equipment, artworks, animals and so on. The goal of heat and gas supply is to provide effectively gas and heat for building heating, ventilation, air conditioning, hot domestic water and technological processes by enabling efficient use of energy. The most energy efficient operation of the system primarily based on fundamental thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer principles.
        Presently 3 professors, 7 associated professors, 3 lectors, 4 PhD students and 5 technical workers work in the department. Already the third generation of the department lecturers trying to train highly qualified professionals. In addition, department in their study and research activities seeks of dynamism, continuously improve, respond to the society, employers and students needs.