Sustainable Building Materials

Garant předmětu:

Miloš Jerman

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Material Engineering and Chemistry

Synopsis:

The aim of the course is to introduce students to low-energy and environmentally oriented construction. Introductory classes will focus on legislation and energy performance of buildings. The course also looks at specific materials with a low carbon footprint. The course will not explicitly focus only on biomaterials, from a sustainability perspective it is necessary to combine modern synthetic materials with purely eco-friendly ones. The aim of the course is for students to be able to appropriately combine modern materials with purely natural ones, to be able to minimise the negative environmental impact of the construction industry, and to be able to create a pleasant interior with a healthy microclimate. Last but not least, to assess materials in terms of their entire life cycle, i.e. production, maintenance and subsequent disposal or better recycling.

Requirements:

None

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to the issue, principles of low-energy construction.

2. Energy audit.

3. Carbon footprint of building materials.

4. Concretes with natural fillers (hempcrete).

5. Concretes with natural fillers 2 (concretes made from oilseed rape, alternative binders, waste materials).

6. Use of waste in construction.

7. Natural thermal insulation materials.

8. Wood, wood-based materials, wood-plastic.

9. Clay plasters.

10. Straw as a building material

11. Materials for green roofs.

12. Professional excursion 1.

13 . Professional excursion 2.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction

2. Production of test samples from hemp shives

3. Preparation of test samples from cellulosic materials

4. Seminar1

5. Testing of hemp samples

6. Seminar 2

7. Testing of cellulosic materials

8. Seminar 3

9. Thermal Insulating Environmentally Friendly Materials

10. Environmentally friendly surface treatments

11. Seminar 4

12. Testing of wood fibre materials

13. Credit test

Study Objective:

The aim of the course is for students to be able to appropriately combine modern materials with purely natural ones, to be able to minimise the negative environmental impact of the construction industry, and to be able to create a pleasant interior with a healthy microclimate.

Study materials:

[1] Jimmy C.M. Kao, Wen-Pei Sung, Ran Chen: Green Building, Materials and Civil Engineering, CRC Press 2014, ISBN 9781138026698

[2] Kennedy J: The art of natural building. New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island 2010, ISBN-13: 978-0865714335

[3] Nagy,E.: Nízkoenergetický ekologický dům, Jaga 2002, ISBN 80-88905-74-5

[4] Attmann O. Green Architecture. Advanced Technologies and Materials, McGraw-Hill; 2010, ISBN: 0071625011

[5] Berge, B., Butters, C., Henley, F.: The ecology of building materials, Elsevier/Architectural Press; 2009, ISBN 978-1-85617-537-1

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Stavební inženýrství, specializace Materiálové inženýrství (compulsory course in the program)