暖通空调系统能耗占建筑总能耗的比重较大。随着建筑节能和绿色建筑的不断发展，暖通空调系统运行中“人”的素质已经成为不容忽视的因素。为了适应时代的要求，培育高素质的公用设备运行管理人才，南京工业大学从教学理念与培养目标、课程群建设与教学体系重构、建设实践教学基地与实践教学模式、教师队伍工程训练等方面进行实质性教学改革，通过工程教育理论与工程实际的结合，为建筑可持续运行，实现真正“绿色”“节能”提供智力支持和保障。

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system consumes a large proportion of energy in buildings. With the continuous development of energy-saving and green building, the professional quality of people who is in charge of the operation of HVAC system is one of the critical factors, which cannot be ignored. In order to meet the requirement of the times, as well as to cultivate talents with good quality for operation of public utilities, substantive work has been carried out at Nanjing Tech University, which includes the concept of education, cultivation objective, construction of curriculum group, rebuilding of teaching system, establishment of practical teaching base, mode of practical teaching, and engineering training of teachers. It has obtained both acknowledgement of students and support from industry. By combination of the idea of engineering education and the practical project, intellectual support can be provided for sustainable operation of building which will be real "green" and "energy efficient".

2015年江苏省教育厅高等教育教改研究立项课题“互联网时代具有科学思维的工程教育培养模式改革与实践”（No.2015JSJG173）；2016年南京大学教育教学改革研究课题一般立项项目（No.110）；国家自然科学基金项目（51508267）；江苏省自然科学基金（BK20130946）