Detail předmětu

Life-cycle Assessment of Buildings

Akademický rok 2025/26

BHA048-A předmět zařazen v 1 studijním plánu

​ BPC-ENI zimní semestr 3. ročník

Garant předmětu

Ing. Karel Struhala, Ph.D.

Zajišťuje ústav

Ústav pozemního stavitelství

Jazyk studia

angličtina

Kredity

5 kreditů

semestr

zimní

Způsob a kritéria hodnocení

zápočet a zkouška

Nabízet zahraničním studentům

Nenabízet

Předmět na webu VUT

https://www.vut.cz/studenti/predmety/detail/295368

Přednáška

13 týdnů, 2 hod./týden, nepovinné

Osnova

  • 1. Introduction to the issue, an overview of the literature, basic terms and legislation related to the assessment of the life cycles of buildings and construction products.
  • 2.–3. Principles of life cycle assessment (Life-Cycle Assessment).
  • 4.–5. Evaluation of the environmental impacts of the life cycle of buildings, building materials and products; environmental statement, etc.
  • 6. Evaluation of construction life cycle costs.
  • 7. Evaluation of cultural and social aspects of the life cycle of buildings.
  • 8. Multi-criteria evaluation of buildings, building materials and products; examples of used methodologies.
  • 9.–10. Design solutions for climate-neutral construction in the context of life cycle assessment of buildings: green roofs and facades, solar walls, integration of renewable sources, etc. Comparison of efficiency, environmental, economic and social impacts.
  • 11.–12. Design solutions for climate-neutral construction in the context of life cycle assessment of buildings: traditional vs. natural building materials. Comparison of efficiency, environmental, economic and social impacts.
  • 13. Energy in the construction life cycle: Available resources, their effectiveness, environmental and economic impacts.

Konzultace v kombinovaném studiu

5 týdnů, 3 hod./týden, nepovinné

Cvičení

13 týdnů, 2 hod./týden, povinné

Osnova

  • 1. Introduction to the exercise, presentation of the required scope and form of processing the semester work.
  • 2.–3. Evaluation of socio-cultural aspects of the construction life cycle: application of the SBToolCZ methodology to the specified construction.
  • 4.–5. Evaluation of the environmental impacts of the product life cycle: setting boundary conditions, creating inventory tables and evaluating the impacts of the specified product.
  • 6.–9. Evaluation of the tied environmental impacts of the life cycle of building constructions: evaluation of the impacts of specified typical building constructions, optimization of construction compositions, comparison of traditional and natural building materials.
  • 10.–11. Evaluation of operational environmental impacts of buildings: tied vs. operational impacts, evaluation and comparison of the environmental impacts of specified energy sources.
  • 12.–13. Presentation and comparison of the results of individual assignments. Discussion and evaluation of semester papers. Credit.