COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5113 SUSTAINABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AHMET VEFA ORHON

Offered to

Structural Construction Design
Structural Construction Design

Course Objective

The course aims to raise awareness of sustainable building materials and construction technologies by informing about basic concepts, approaches and evaluation methods for the sustainability of construction.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognizing the importance of sustainability in construction.
2   Understanding the concepts and approaches of sustainable construction.
3   Utilizing the calculation methods to evaluate the sustainability in construction.
4   Evaluating the sustainability of building materials.
5   Evaluating the sustainability of construction technologies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction. Sustainability of building materials and construction Technologies; sustainability of construction.
2 Sustainability of building materials: basic concepts. 2.1. Embodied energy 2.2. Embodied carbon dioxide (ECO2) 2.3. Building materials inventories
3 Sustainability of building materials: eco-labels, Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
4 Life cycle concept; life cycle for building materials, building components and elements.
5 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) 5.1. Goal and scope definition 5.2. Inventory analysis 5.3. Impact Assessment 5.4. Interpretation
6 Partial LCA; Gate-to-gate, carbon footprint
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Approaches for sustainable construction 8.1. Direct gain approaches 8.2. Indirect gain approaches
9 Direct gain approaches; approaches for reducing carbon emissions during construction process
10 Indirect gain approaches; construction-based approaches for reducing carbon emissions during building life
11 Sustainability of reinforced concrete and R.C. structures. (Homework presentation and discussion)
12 Sustainability of steel and steel structures. (Homework presentation and discussion)
13 Sustainability of timber and timber structures. (Homework presentation and discussion)
14 Sustainability of other building materials (composite, plastic etc.). (Homework presentation and discussion)

Recomended or Required Reading

- Spiegel, R., Meadows, D., 2006, Green Building Materials, John Wiley &Sons, New Jersey.
- DetailGreen 01/10, Detail Specific Edition, May 2010.
Supplementary Books:
- Berge, B., 2000, The Ecology of Building Materials, Architectural Press, Elsevier, Oxford.
- Calkins, M., 2009, Materials for Sustainable Sites, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey.
- Edwards, B., 2010, Rough Guide to Sustainability, RIBA Publishing, London.
- Fernandez, J., 2006, Material Architecture, Architectural Press, Elsevier, Oxford.
- Meisel, A., 2010, LEED Materials, A Resource Guide to Green Building, Princeton Architectural Press, New York.
Materials: -

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and individual study.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm Exam (30%)
Homework Assignment (20%)
Final Exam (50%)

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam 30% (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Homework Assignment 20% (LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final Exam 50% (LO1, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

vefa.orhon@deu.edu.tr, (232) 301 84 49

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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