Environmental Impacts of Construction (3 cr)
Code: IR10002-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.04.2024 - 30.04.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 02.09.2024 - 20.12.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Insinöörikoulutus / Rakennustekniikka (IR)
- Campus
- Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Construction Engineering
- Teachers
- Timo Pakarinen
- Teacher in charge
- Timo Pakarinen
- Groups
-
IRAS22Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction, Blended Learning, Fall 2022
- Course
- IR10002
Evaluation scale
Approved/Rejected
Objective
After completing the course, you will understand the effects of construction on our own living environment and how these effects can be minimized. During the course you will get to know e.g. how the implementation of zoning, design, material selection and demolition can affect the environmental impact of our built environment. During the course, you will also learn about the different methods used to carry out environmental impact assessments and how legislation guides environmental impact assessments.
Content
The course includes:
- Zoning and the possibilities of land use impact and their control
- Emissions from construction and use of materials.
- Environmental statements for construction materials and the environmental impact assessment based on them
- Standards for sustainable construction
- Circular economy and its requirements for the environmental impact of construction
Location and time
The study course is carried out completely without being tied to time and place.
Materials
All material needed is in Moodle platform.
Teaching methods
After completing the course, you will understand the effects of construction on our own living environment and how these effects can be minimized. During the course you will get to know e.g. how the implementation of zoning, design, material selection and demolition can affect the environmental impact of our built environment. During the course, you will also learn about the different methods used to carry out environmental impact assessments and how legislation guides environmental impact assessments.
The course includes:
- Zoning and the possibilities of land use impact and their control
- Emissions from construction and use of materials.
- EPD:s for construction materials and the environmental impact assessment based on them
- Standards for sustainable construction
- Circular economy and its requirements for the environmental impact of construction
Student workload
Guided lectures 4h and the student's independent work 77h.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The course is approved when all assigned tasks have been returned and an approved assessment has been received. For each sub-task, the evaluation criteria have been announced on the Moodle platform by task.