Sustainable Building Certification

Introduction and consolidation

The students are able to:
• identify and analyze requirements for a sustainable building in all planning phases
• compare different national and international certification systems and methods of certification
• describe the process of certification systems
• prepare life cycle analyses and life cycle assessments
• explain ecological, economic and socio-cultural criteria of sustainability in relation to buildings

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• Requirements for a sustainable building in the planning and construction process as well as in operation
• Life cycle analyses
• National and international certification systems
• Ecological, economic and socio-cultural sustainability criteria in relation to buildings (e.g. flexibility and conversion capability)

• Bragança, L., Cvetkovska, M., Askar, R., & Ungureanu, V. (Eds.). (2024). Creating a Roadmap Towards Circularity in the Built Environment. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45980-1
• De Wolf, C., Çetin, S., & Bocken, N. M. P. (Eds.). (2024). A Circular Built Environment in the Digital Age. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39675-5
• Lynn, T., Rosati, P., Kassem, M., Krinidis, S., & Kennedy, J. (Eds.). (2023). Disrupting Buildings: Digitalisation and the Transformation of Deep Renovation. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32309-6
• Moore, T., & Doyon, A. (2023). A Transition to Sustainable Housing: Progress and Prospects for a Low Carbon Housing Future. Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2760-9

Project and seminar thesis

English

5

30

2.5

Blended Learning

3

director of studies

ZERT

integrated lecture

Compulsory

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