n.BA.FM.GLNaIm.11HS (Basics of sustainable buildings) 
Module: Basics of sustainable buildings
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No.
n.BA.FM.GLNaIm.11HS
Title
Basics of sustainable buildings
Managed by
Stefan Jäschke Brülhart
Credits
4

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2012
Study programme Facility Management
Courses/Weighting
Course Code Course title Weighting
n.BA.FM.GLNaIm.11HS.V Basics of sustainable buildings 100%
     
     
     
     
     
Status Compulsory module
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme, 22 June 2010
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up modules Basics of building management
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 59 72
Email stefan.jaeschke@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module
 
Course: Basics of sustainable buildings
No.
n.BA.FM.GLNaIm.11HS.V
Title
Basics of sustainable buildings
Managed by
Stefan Jäschke Brülhart

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2012
Status Compulsory Course
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme, 22 June 2010
Total workload in lessons
Semester 2. Semester
Lectures 46
Coached selfstudy 10
Autonomous selfstudy 64
Total workload 120
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Jäschke
Heinz J. Bernegger
Learning outcomes and competencies The aim of the course is that the students have the following competences:

The students
  • Understand the structural and construction principles for sustainable and FM-compatible building design
  • Know the basic construction and building types and understand their advantages and disadvantages in relation to different concepts of use
  • Know the basics of evaluating the sustainability of building designs and structural subsystems
  • Develop responsible and sustainable action on energy issues
  • Evaluate a technical solution in terms of integration into the existing building (assess a facility's needs for building systems)
  • Know the building services recommended today
  • Know the division of responsibility with respect to the acquisition, installation, operation and maintenance of building services
  • Know the recommendations and policies, practices and procedures that need to be established for the building services
  • Know the options for procurement, installation, operation and maintenance of the building services
  • Can make recommendations and establish policies, practices and procedures for building services
  • Know the process of allocation of resources for building services
  • Work independently and understand the subdivisions of building services
  • Obtain expertise in awarding contracts to planners and installers of technical building equipment
  • Assess the needs of building services installations
  • Obtain professional qualifications for conducting simple projects on the client side
  • Develop the ability to make objectively justified and correct decisions on simple questions of technical building equipment
  • Gain basic expertise on working as a dialogue partner with "technicians"
  • Develop basic understanding of the operation of these installations
Course content Introduction: Sustainability in architecture and structural engineering
- History, historical development of building technology, brief outline, designing sustainability, the building as a system, sustainability in the planning process, legal framework, location-based sustainability

Building ecology
- Basics of healthy construction, materials use, environmental impacts, introduction to LCAs

Resource-efficient construction
- Land use, water supply and sanitation, rainwater / gray water use, use of renewable raw materials in the building (construction) and building operation, basics of recycling, use of recycled materials

Value stability
- Potential for alternative use, re-use and marketability, structural modularity and flexibility, site quality and appreciation potential

Structural and physical principles
  • Heat: heat conduction / heat radiation / insulation / heat protection
  • Humidity: water vapour content / moisture transport / condensation of water / mould formation in homes
  • Flow: flow, pipe friction, laminar and turbulent flow
  • Incineration / Combustion: oxidation, air speed
  • Comfort
  • Fire safety basics
  • Structural analysis
  • Building acoustics
  • Room acoustics
  • Noise immission protection
Construction and building typologies
  • Solid construction (systems & products, & properties and projects)
  • Wood construction (systems & products, properties and projects)
  • Steel construction (systems & products, properties & projects)
  • Glass construction (systems & products, properties & projects)
Energy-efficient building envelope
  • Introduction / boundary conditions
  • Daylight basics
  • Using daylight
  • Maintaining and recovering heat
  • Sanitary engineering
  • Refrigeration
  • Avoiding overheating
  • Ventilation
  • Generating electricity
Language of instruction German
Expected attendance -
Assessment Midsemester test (50%), written final module exam (50%)

If 5 or fewer students take part in a repeat exam, the test can be modified at the request of the lecturers: ie, instead of a written, an oral examination will be held. This requires the written consent of the students. (Please notify the altered examination form to pruefungsadmin.lsfm@zhaw.ch; form can be obtained from the Admissions Office.)
Bibliography Teaching scripts; handouts
Entrance requirements Mathematics, physics 
Follow-up courses Basics of building management
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 59 72
+41 (0)58 934 56 91  
Email stefan.jaeschke@zhaw.ch
heinz.bernegger@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module