PART A – Sustainability of steel and steel structures & LCA
1. INTRODUCTION
A) Sustainable development aspects, key indicators, European directives, international standards;
B) Sustainable construction: main concepts, key influence in design, lifetime perspective.
2. SUSTAINABILITY OF STEEL AND STEEL STRUCTURES
A) Production of steel and sustainability;
B) Contribution of steel buildings for the sustainability of the construction sector
C) Identification of main barriers/drawbacks of steel construction
3. SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS
A) General methodologies and tools for the assessment of sustainability (eco-labels and rating systems BREAM, LEED, HQE, VALIDEO, etc);
B) General computational tools.
4. LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS
A) Main concepts of life cycle analysis (ISO standards);
B) Standards for life cycle assessment of buildings (new CEN standards – Sustainability of construction works);
C) Life-cycle inventory (data sources for steel and other materials);
D) Allocation of recycling materials (Relevance of module D in CEN standards);
E) Computational tools for LCA.
EXERCISE A1: Cradle-to-gate analysis of composite columns
EXERCISE A2: Cradle-to-cradle analysis of composite columns (using different allocation procedures)
PART B – Thermal Behaviour and Energy Efficiency in Buildings
1. ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF BUILDINGS
a) Increase of global energy demand, global primary energy Consumption, the potential of renewable energies, etc;
b) Energy consumption share in buildings (Hot Water, Heating, Cooling, Illumination, Appliances).
2. ENERGY CONSUMPTION - KEY FACTORS
a) Climate (air Temperature, solar radiation, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, ground temperature, daylight hours);
b) Building envelope (building shape coefficient, building orientation/exposition, opaque elements (walls, roof, etc), thermal insulation, thermal bridges, air tightness, windows, glass types, frame types, shading devices, overhangs;
c) Building services (appliances, illumination, natural daylight, efficient lamps, heating, air-conditioning, ventilation, hot water, heat recover);
d) Human factors (schedule, utilization, internal gains).
3. ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF STEEL BUILDINGS
a) High thermal inertia vs. low thermal inertia;
b) Passive house characteristics;
c) Measures to improve the thermal behaviour of steel buildings.
EXERCISE B1: Weather data analysis using software ECOTEC
EXERCISE B2: U-value quantification using software THERM
EXERCISE B3: Parametric analysis using software DesignBuilder
PART C – Assessment of the Sustainability of Buildings
Life cycle assessment of a light-weight steel building considering environmental, economical and social criteria
Program
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
8:30 |
Registration |
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9:00 |
A1. Introduction |
9:00 |
A4. Life-cycle analysis (cont.) |
9:45 |
A2 . Sustainability of steel and steel structures |
9:45 |
Exercise A2 |
10:30 |
Coffee-break |
10:30 |
Coffee-break |
10:45 |
A3 . Sustainability assessment methodologies and tools |
10:45 |
B2 . Energy consumption – key factors (cont) |
11:30 |
A4 . Life-cycle analysis |
11:45 |
Exercise B2 |
12:30 |
Lunch |
12:30 |
Lunch |
13:30 |
Exercise A1 |
13:30 |
B2 . Energy consumption – key factors (cont) |
14:15 |
B1 . Energy consumption of buildings |
14:30 |
B3 . Energy efficiency of steel buildings |
15:00 |
Coffee-break |
15:45 |
Coffee-break |
15:15 |
B2 . Energy consumption – key factors |
16:00 |
Exercise B3 |
17:15 |
Exercise B1 |
16:45 |
C . Assessment of the sustainability of buildings |
18:00 |
End of day 1 |
18:00 |
End of day 2 |
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