Integrated Building Design

Course guarantor:

Petr Hájek, Antonín Lupíšek

Lecturer:

Antonín Lupíšek

Tutor:

Antonín Lupíšek

Supervisor:

Department of Architectural Engineering

Synopsis:

The main objective of the subject Integrated Building Design is to get an complex overview of the principles of integrated buildings design, life cycle assessment of buildings, evaluation of building performance, green/sustainable certificaition systems and understand environmental, social and economic aspects of the built environment.

Requirements:

Basic insights into architectural or construction engineering.

Interest in sustainability.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to sustainable building

2. Integrated building design

3. Basics of life cycle assessment

4. Design principles of energy- and material-effcient buildings

5. Economic and social aspects of buildings

6. Environmental aspects of buildings

7. Methods of complex assessment of buildings

8. Complex assessement of buildings- tools

9. Utilization of environmental friendly materials

10. Utilization of high performance materials – concrete and silicate composites

11. Utilization of recycles materials and design for re-use

12. Sustainable urban development and re-use of brownfileds

13. Examples of high-performing buildings

Syllabus of tutorials:

not available

Study Objective:

The main objective of the subject Integrated Building Design is to get an complex overview of the principles of integrated buildings design, life cycle assessment of buildings, evaluation of building performance, green/sustainable certification systems and understand environmental, social and economic aspects of the built environment.

Study materials:

[1] Sarja A.: Integrated Life Cycle Design of Structures, Spon Press, 2002, ISBN 0-415-25235-0

[2] Kibert C.: Sustainable Construction, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2005,ISBN 0-471-66113-9

[3] AGENDA 21 on Sustainable Construction, CIB Report No. 237, 1999, ISBN 90-6363-015-8

Note:

Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: