Topic outline

  • Life Cycle Assessment - what´s in it for building designers?


    Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method for quantifying environmental impacts of a product or a building. For architects and building designers this is an essential tool, if we wish to maximise our potential in the mitigation of climate change.

    This course consists of online lectures and online tutoring. You will be calculating the carbon footprint of a building with LCA tool One Click LCA. We are providing two exemplary buildings for the course. 

    This course is worth minimum 2 credits. If you do broader life cycle analysis, there will be more credits. There will be no exam, but you need to complete and return a calculation report.

    Because of the ongoing Covid pandemic, the course will be arranged online only.

    Welcome!

    Schedule and anticipated progress

    Date

    Topic

    Anticipated progress

    14.1.

    Introduction to course

    Presentation of case study projects

    21.1.

    Introduction to OneClickLCA tool

    Quantity take-offs from BIM model
    Case study building and LCA tool experimented

    28.1.

    Tutoring + LCA tips
    Bills of materials added into the tool

    4.2.

    Tutoring + LCA tips
    Material inventory complete

    11.2.

    Tutoring + LCA tips
    Energy inventory complete

    18.2.

    Tutoring + LCA tips
    Alternatives complete, presentation planned

    25.2.

    Final review
    Final report submitted