COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 1154 SUSTAINABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KAMILE TOSUN FELEKOĞLU

Offered to

Civil Engineering (Evening)
Civil Engineering

Course Objective

Nowadays, the concept of sustainability has gained importance in the construction process of buildings in order to prevent increasing environmental pollution and to ensure the conservation of energy resources. In addition to having sufficient mechanical performance, building materials are expected to be materials that do not harm the environment and human health and can meet the necessary sustainability criteria. In this context, emphasis will be placed on building materials that minimize energy consumption in the production and use stages, and that do not have harmful effects on the environment and human health from the waste that may arise during the raw material production, processing, use, maintenance and repair stages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about the concept of sustainability
2   To have knowledge about the properties of sustainable building materials
3   To have knowledge about the sustainability features of commonly used building materials
4   To be able to evaluate materials to choose sustainable materials
5   To be able to perform life cycle analysis for Building Materials

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction , The concept of sustainability
2 The importance of materials in sustainable building design
3 Sustainable building materials and building technologies
4 Characteristics of sustainable building materials
5 The relationship between climate and sustainable building
6 Evaluation of natural and artificial stone materials in terms of sustainability
7 Evaluation of cement, aggregate and concrete in terms of sustainability
8 Evaluation of wooden building materials in terms of sustainability
9 Evaluation of metals and alloys in terms of sustainability
10 Evaluation of plastic construction materials in terms of sustainability
11 Evaluation of glass construction materials in terms of sustainability
12 Recyclable construction materials
13 Sustainability standards in building and construction materials
14 Sustainability indexes and life cycle analysis

Recomended or Required Reading

Jamal M.Khatip, Sustainability of construction materials, 2016, Woodhead publishing.
Yves Mouton (Editor) Organic Materials for Sustainable Construction, 2011 John Wiley publishing.
Other course materials: presentations used in the course.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Textbook (given in the resources section.)
Visual presentations and presentation slides made in the course (uploaded to online.deu.edu.tr)

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5: Learning outcomes will be evaluated by midterm and final examination questions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course rules will be announced to students at the beginning of the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Kamile Tosun Felekoğlu: kamile.tosun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced by instructors after the completion of semester program

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

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