Description:

The students will get insight into design strategies in green architecture and sustainable built environment and will learn how to make assessment in order to achieve high quality of buildings. Besides that they will learn basic information on making life cycle assessment of materials and buildings.

Contents:

The students will get insight into design strategies in green architecture and sustainable built environment and will learn how to make assessment in order to achieve high quality of buildings.
Besides that they will learn basic information on making life cycle assessment of materials and buildings.

Lectures:
1. Sustainability and integrated building design
2. Key performance indicators - social, economic, environmental
3. Sustainability assessment methods and certification schemes
4. Principles of efficient design of buildings
5. Life cycle assessment of building materials and buildings
6. Examples of high-performing sustainable buildings

Seminars:
1. Sustainability certification schemes used/applicable in my country
2. 15 key performance indicators for selected building typology
2. Setting up own simplified assessment system
3. Sustainability certification schemes applied/applicable in my country
4. Environmental assessment of a building structure
5. Examples of 3 environmentally friendly buildings/projects in my country
6. Reserved for presentations and consultations

Seminar contents:

1. Sustainability certification schemes used/applicable in my country
2. 15 key performance indicators for selected building typology
2. Setting up own simplified assessment system
3. Sustainability certification schemes applied/applicable in my country
4. Environmental assessment of a building structure
5. Examples of 3 environmentally friendly buildings/projects in my country
6. Reserved for presentations and consultations

Recommended literature:

[1] Sarja A.: Integrated Life Cycle Design of Structures, Spon Press, 2002
[2] Kibert CH.: Sustainable Construction, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2005,
[3] AGENDA 21 on Sustainable Construction, CIB Report No. 237, 999

Keywords:

Sustainability, environmental impacts of buildings, energy efficiency

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar