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Life Cycle Analysis for Buildings (3 cr)

Code: BYR22BH09-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2023 - 03.03.2024

Timing

04.03.2024 - 26.04.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Construction Management

Teachers

  • Isa Melander-Ekström

Groups

  • BYS22D-E
    Ingenjör (YH), byggnads- och samhällsteknik, 2022, dagstudier, Ekenäs
  • BYB22D-E
    Byggmästare (YH), h22,dagstudier

Objective

The student:
- knows how to make life cycle analyses for buildings, construction work and renovations as well as entire building projects.

Content

General principles of life cycle analysis
Life cycle analysis taking into account various building materials
steel structures
Composite structures
Wooden structures
Masonry constructions
Aluminum structures
General principles for investment calculations
Payback period
The present value method
Annuity
The IRR method

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students fulfill the objectives of the course, and in the relevant realization compulsory parts, at a satisfactory level

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students fulfill the objectives of the course, and in the relevant realization compulsory parts, at a good level

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students fulfill the objectives of the course, and in the relevant realization compulsory parts, at an excellent level

Qualifications

The educational modules Introduction to Building Techniques and the math course Functions and Equations 1, or similar knowledge