S_UVB Sustainable construction of buildings

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Luděk Mlnařík (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Michal Kraus, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering – Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Civil Engineering – Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
S_UVB/S01: Wed 18:10–19:40 B5, L. Mlnařík
Prerequisites (in Czech)
OBOR ( CAP )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim of the course Sustainable Construction of Buildings is to introduce students with sustainable construction. Fundamental principles and objectives of sustainable development are formulated in the document Agenda 21. The course deals mainly with environmental and energy aspects of building and possibilities of recycled materials in building construction. The aim of the exercise is to obtain basic knowledge and an overview of the complex evaluation of the quality of buildings in terms of criteria of sustainable construction.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- identify and summarize important features of sustainable development;
- explaining of basic principles of design green building;
- compare of rating systems for sustainable buildings;
- design an energy-efficient building (passive house).
Syllabus
  • 1: Principles of sustainable development, Agenda 21, the context and scope
  • 2: Systems of environmental assessment of buildings in the Czech Republic and abroad
  • 3: Principle of multi-criteria evaluation of building by national method SBToolCZ (methodology, environmental criteria)
  • 4: Principle of multi-criteria evaluation of building by national method SBToolCZ (socio-cultural criteria, economy and management)
  • 5: Urban concept of sustainable construction, factors of site selection
  • 6: Green concept of sustainable human settlements planning
  • 7: Sustainable design of buildings
  • 8: Renewable energy sources
  • 9: Materials management of buildings, environmental labeling, eco-design
  • 10: Waste and energy management in buildings
  • 11: Water and its forms in envirosystem of buildings
  • 12: Air as medium of transmission and transformation of individual agendas environment
  • 13: Examples of environmentally evaluated buildings
Literature
    required literature
  • BAUER, Michael, Peter MÖSLE a Michael SCHWARZ. Green building: guidebook for sustainable architecture. New York: Springer, c2010. ISBN 9783642006357.
    recommended literature
  • VONKA, MARTIN et al.: Metodika SBToolCZ. Manuál hodnocení bytových staveb ve fázi návrhu. CIDEAS, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04664-7. NAGY, Eugen. Nízkoenergetický ekologický dům. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Jaga group, 2002. 283 s. ISBN 80-88905-74-5. KOČÍ, Vladimí
Forms of Teaching
Seminar
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Project Teaching
Brainstorming
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial26 
Preparation for the Final Test52 
Semestral Project + presentation52 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion26 
Total:1560
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Exam – written 70 %
Presentation 15 %
Seminary Work 15 %
Exam conditions
Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points: A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 –30,F 29,99 - 0.
Language of instruction
English
Teacher's information
Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subjet in a semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2018, summer 2019, summer 2020, summer 2021, summer 2022, SUMMER 2023, winter 2023, winter 2024.
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