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Sustainable Buildings

Code

CE-SUB1

Version

2.1

Offered by

Civil Engineering

ECTS

5

Prerequisites

For exchange/transfer students:
General admission requirements.

Main purpose

 
 

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Knowledge

The students will gain knowledge about the concept of sustainable buildings.

Skills

After completion of the course, the student must be able to:
  • Define sustainability i.e. relate to and apply sustainable concepts and understand The UN Sustainable Development Goals - 17 SDG´s
  • Understand and apply the concept of sustainable assessment tools, with focus on DGNB and introduction to LEED
  • Understand and work with the importance of early teamwork in the planning process between developer, architect and engineer – Integrated design process IDP.
  • Design and analyze a building with respect of the concept of Integrated Energy Design.
  • Calculate, analyze and evaluate the Energy performance Framework with passive and active techniques.
  • Acquire knowledge and understanding of indoor environmental climate in buildings, i.e. simple analyze of daylight.
  • Implement methods of LCA and Cradle to Cradle concept.

Competences

Following completion of the course, the student can:
  • Relate Engineering competences to the UN Sustainable Development Goals - 17 SDG´s – role and responsibilities
  • Assess the sustainable assessment method DGNB by screening the overall performance of the build environment.
  • Evaluate in depth selected DGNB credits with respect of:
    • Integrated Energy Design IED/Integrated design process IDP
    • Sustainable building materials.
    • Energy performance framework
    • Indoor climate, daylight calculation
    • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Topics

  • Sustainable Assessment of Buildings.
  • Working with the assessment tool DGNB, including sub areas such as sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
  • Integrated Energy Design IED/Integrated design process IDP
  • Sustainable building materials.
  • Energy performance framework
  • Indoor climate, daylight calculation
  • Working with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Cradle to Cradle principals.

Teaching methods and study activities

One semester of 12 weeks (48 lectures scheduled + 8 group work/self-study)
Acquired workload for students is estimated to 137,5 hours.  
Activities include; theory, problem solving, compulsory written tasks and excursions.
 
Student Activity Model
According to the Study Activity Model, the workload is divided as follows:
CATEGORY 1 (Participation of lecturer and students, initiated by the lecturer) (26%)
Comprises 48 lessons of 45 minutes (36 hours) varying between lectures, exercises and course assignments (as consultation)
CATEGORY 2 (Participation of students, Initiated by the lecturer) (54%)
Homework, course assignments, self-study, (74 hours).
CATEGORY 3 (Participation of students, initiated by students) (10%)
Comprise freedom in choosing method to work with course assignments, self-study, preparation for evaluation, etc. (14 hours)
CATEGORY 4 (Participation of lecturer and students, initiated by students) (10%)
Activities initiated by students (14 hours)
 

Resources

  • Material uploaded to studynet
  • Internet
  • IT tools: DGNB tools, VELUX Daylight Visualizer, BE18

Evaluation

Examination

Prerequisites:
NA
Type of examination:
Ongoing assessment of 3 written individual/group assignments, weighing 10% each, and a final exam consisting of a written group course assignment, weighing 70%
Internal assessment
 
Allowed tools:
NA
 
Re-exam:
Oral re-exam, 15 mins, with an internal examiner. Individual presentation of final course assignment and draw of a question in the full course content.

Grading criteria

Grading based on the Danish 7-point scale.

Additional information

Responsible

Dorte N. Holm

Valid from

2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM

Course type

Energy Design

Keywords

Sustainability, integrated energy design, energy efficiency, low energy buildings.