Moses - Circular Economy for the Built Environment: Principles, Practices and Methods

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Module / Version:
#61392 / #1

Validity:
SoSe 2020 - WiSe 2023/24

Default display language:
English

Module title:
Circular Economy for the Built Environment: Principles, Practices and Methods

Credits:
6

Responsible person:
Hartmann, Timo

Grading:
benotet

Type of exam:
Portfolioprüfung

Zugehörigkeit

Faculty:
Fakultät VI

Institute:
Institut für Bauingenieurwesen

Area of expertise:
36312400 FG Systemtechnik baulicher Anlagen

Prüfungsausschuss:
Bauingenieurwesen

Kontakt

Office:
No information

Contact person:
Hartmann, Timo

E-mail address:
timo.hartmann@tu-berlin.de

Website:

http://civilsystems.tu-berlin.de

Learning Outcomes

Building construction and demolition comprise 40% of our waste stream, and buildings account for similar amounts of our embodied energy and resource usage, so moving toward a circular economy in the built environment is necessary for our sustained well being. To enable students to design civil engineered products under consideration of circular economy aspects, at the end of the module, students will understand basic circular economy principles for the built environment such as closed materials loops, reduced waste and increased reuse, (2) are familiar with prevailing and emerging practices such as LCI (Life Cycle Impact) analysis, adaptive reuse project planning, and BIM (Building Information Modeling) for interface and multi-physics analysis, and (3) have knolwedge of a subset of the most common methods and software tools used for executing those practices such as the Excel based Capital Expenditure & ROI workbook, Autodesk Revit®, and Tally®. A significant part of the course will be a project through which the participants can focus on self-study of a tool set of particular interest to them (such as multi-physics plug-ins to BIM, system dynamics modeling, scan-to-BIM, etc.) and its application to a problem of interest such as reuse of construction materials, buildings as materials banks, or abiotic resource depletion related to a class of infrastructure assets. On completion of the course, participants can apply a broad circular economy systems perspective to built environment issues, identify knowledge gaps and problems of interest, set the boundaries for a subsystem problem analysis, and be able to select and learn to use appropriate available tools for the analysis.

Content

Materials and product flows Product modeling for the circular economy: architectural, structural, electrical, and mechanical Embodied energy and Life-Cycle assessment Modules, interfaces, and disassembly Status assessment of building components: structural capacity, market value, and aesthetics Non destructive testing and evaluation Markets in a circular economy: district, city, regional, national, and international System dynamics modeling Urban databases: embodied energy and materials, reuse potential, etc. Option Appraisal for Building Adaptation Renovation and reuse project planning and definition

Module Components

Pflichtgruppe:

All Courses are mandatory.

Course Name	Type	Number	Cycle	Language	SWS	VZ
Circular Economy for the Built Environment	VL		SoSe	English	2
Circular Economy for the Built Environment	PJ		SoSe	English	2

Workload and Credit Points

Circular Economy for the Built Environment (VL):

Workload description	Multiplier	Hours	Total
Attendance during the lectures	15.0	2.0h	30.0h
Reading and commenting of literature	15.0	4.0h	60.0h
			90.0h(~3 LP)

Circular Economy for the Built Environment (PJ):

Workload description	Multiplier	Hours	Total
Attendance during the project support sessions	15.0	2.0h	30.0h
Work on the project assignment	15.0	4.0h	60.0h
			90.0h(~3 LP)

The Workload of the module sums up to 180.0 Hours. Therefore the module contains 6 Credits.

Description of Teaching and Learning Methods

- Read and comment on selected texts to acquire the fundamental knowledge about circular economy concepts - Reflection and discussion of the concepts based on the texts; practice and application examples during lectures - Project work: application of some selected concepts during a project The module will be provided in collaboration with the University of Waterloo. The collaboration will involve joint lectures and student exchanges during the work on the project assignment.

Requirements for participation and examination

Desirable prerequisites for participation in the courses:

no formal requirements are needed to follow the class; a good understanding of civil engineering analysis methods will be helpful to follow the module

Mandatory requirements for the module test application:

This module has no requirements.

Module completion

Grading

graded

Type of exam

Portfolio examination

Type of portfolio examination

100 Punkte insgesamt

Language

English

Test elements

Name	Points	Categorie	Duration/Extent
comments on literature	40	written	ca. 10 selected readings
project proposal	10	written	ca. 3-4 pages
final project report	50	written	max. 15 pages

Grading scale

Notenschlüssel »Notenschlüssel 6: Fak III (2)«

Gesamtpunktzahl	1.0	1.3	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.7	4.0
100.0pt	90.0pt	85.0pt	80.0pt	75.0pt	70.0pt	66.0pt	62.0pt	58.0pt	54.0pt	50.0pt

Test description (Module completion)

comments on readings will be graded a proposal for the module project needs to be provided a final project report will be graded

Duration of the Module

The following number of semesters is estimated for taking and completing the module:
1 Semester.

This module may be commenced in the following semesters:
Sommersemester.

Maximum Number of Participants

This module is not limited to a number of students.

Registration Procedures

please sign up through Qispos

Recommended literature
No recommended literature given

Assigned Degree Programs

Semester:

Zeige auch ausgelaufene Studiengänge und StuPOs

This module is used in the following Degree Programs (new System):

	Studiengang / StuPO	StuPOs	Verwendungen	Erste Verwendung	Letzte Verwendung
This module is not used in any degree program.

Students of other degrees can participate in this module without capacity testing.

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Circular Economy for the Built Environment: Principles, Practices and Methods