Study Guide

Objective

Students will gain a broader and deeper insight into building maintenance and sustainable management as well as experience of international collaboration in the industry.

Content

This is an elective course within the Nordplus cooperation with Novia UAS, Uppsala University and Estonian Academy of Arts et al in the Nordic-Baltic Network of Engineering.
This course is implemented as a 3-7-day intensive course held in Sweden, Estonia or Finland, arranged mainly by the hostuniversity in the country where the course is held.

Location and time

Monday 21.8 - Fridag 25.8.2023: Intensive course in Raseborg

Materials

Most of the literature needed will be available to the students during the course.
Details to be informed to course participants prior to the course.

Teaching methods

Intensive course for members of the Nordic-Baltic Network of Engineering. The course is financed by Nordplus.

Teachers, students and specialists of Construction Engineering and Building Conservation meet to focus on sustaining the built heritage in the Baltic Sea Region. The course is held in cooperation between Uppsala University, Estonian Academy of Arts and Novia University of Applied Sciences.

Understanding of the built heritage from different professional angles is promoted by bringing the different disciplines and cultures of the partners together. Students, teachers and experts of the cooperating partners EAA and UU are invited to join this intensive course.

The intensive course deals with the concept of life cycle analysis and sustainability in both modern timber construction and in the preservation of old timber buildings.
We will focus on the life cycle of a wooden structure from forest management, raw material, sawmill, building industry, construction site, maintenance, re-use. Students will learn thru lectures and workshops as well as excursions. We will get acquainted with the life cycle analysis using LCA software and be able to discuss the differences between modern wooden constructions and traditional historic buildings being renovated.

Thus, the knowledge of life cycle and sustainability for wooden constructions will become deeper for both students and teachers as they get to experience it thru excursions and from a more theoretical perspective. The aim is also the achieve a discussion on ethics and sustainability.

Employer connections

The course is held in close co-operation with Nordplus and partner universities Estonian Academy of Arts and Uppsala University. Working life is represented by among others Museum of Western Uusimaa, Emmahus and S-trä.

Exam schedules

Course consists of mandatory lectures, intensive course excursion and reporting. All parts of the course must be completed in time in order to be approved in the course.

International connections

Course is done in co-operation with Uppsala University, Estonian Academy of Arts in the Nordplus network Nordic-Baltic Network of Engineering.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Course consists of mandatory lectures, intensive course excursion and reporting. All parts of the course must be completed in time in order to be approved in the course.

Further information

Detailed course description is available from course teachers.

Students shall be prepared to pay for meals etc.

As a student at Novia UAS you are insured via Novia’s accident insurance. This is only an accident insurance. Therefore, students travelling from abroad are strongly recommended to have a private travel insurance.

Students shall also have a passport or ID-card.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Course evaluation is approved/rejected. Active participation in preparations, in intensive course days and in report work is required to achieve "approved".

Assessment methods and criteria

Course consists of mandatory lectures, intensive course excursion and reporting. All parts of the course must be completed in time in order to be approved in the course.

Qualifications

no prerequisites