Course Details

Multi criteria assessment of buildings

Academic Year 2023/24

NHA060 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-EVB Winter Semester 1st year

Obtaining theoretical and practical skills in sustainable building.
Principles of sustainable building.
Methods of assessmnet of the sustainability of buildings.
Structural and material solutions for sustainable building.
Introduction to selected methodology for multi-criteria assessment of buildings.
Barrier-free use of buildings.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Syllabus

1. Recommended literature, basic definitions, legislation, concepts of sustainable development.
2. Life-Cycle Assessment- principles.
3. Life cycle assessment of buildings, building materials and products, environmental declarations, etc.
4. Multi-criteria evaluation of buildings, building materials and products. Overview of used methodologies.
5.–7. Detailed acquaintance with the multi-criteria assessment methodology.
8.–9. Renewable building materials and materials with low embodied emissions and energy. Overview, use in building process.
10. Recycled raw materials in the context of sustainable building - demolition vs. deconstruction, reuse, full or partial recycling, etc. Introduction of available technologies and procedures.
11.–12. Structural solutions for sustainable building - green roofs and facades, solar walls, integration of renewable sources, etc.
13. Socio-cultural aspects of sustainable building. Sustainable from the point of view of the barrier-free use of buildings. Requirements and examples.

Prerequisites

knowledge of desing of building structures, advance knowledge of thermal engineering, acoustics, daylighting and building services

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Recommended literature, basic definitions, legislation, concepts of sustainable development. 2. Life-Cycle Assessment- principles. 3. Life cycle assessment of buildings, building materials and products, environmental declarations, etc. 4. Multi-criteria evaluation of buildings, building materials and products. Overview of used methodologies. 5.–7. Detailed acquaintance with the multi-criteria assessment methodology. 8.–9. Renewable building materials and materials with low embodied emissions and energy. Overview, use in building process. 10. Recycled raw materials in the context of sustainable building - demolition vs. deconstruction, reuse, full or partial recycling, etc. Introduction of available technologies and procedures. 11.–12. Structural solutions for sustainable building - green roofs and facades, solar walls, integration of renewable sources, etc. 13. Socio-cultural aspects of sustainable building. Sustainable from the point of view of the barrier-free use of buildings. Requirements and examples.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Assignment of building, backgrounds for calculations, assignment of semestral work. 2. Calculation of material weights. 3.-5. Evaluation of environmental criteria. 6-7. Assessment of socio-cultural criteria. 8. Evaluation of economic criteria. 9. Evaluation of location. 10.-11. Working with the selected software tool. 12. Presentation of semestral work. 13. Final corrections, credit.