Curricular Unit:			Code:
Sustainability and Innovation in Construction			827SICS
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Civil Engineering	4 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese/English	52
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
This subject aims to give future engineers a new perspective on construction, leading to new approaches in building design, its execution process and management, introducing technological innovation. It is about bringing to this field, innovative concerns, to obtain long term sustainable development. These worries involve all phases in the process: design, execution and exploitation. They will also be alerted to rehabilitation problems and thechniques as well as maintenance importance.
Syllabus:
Sustainability and sustainable construction. Definitions and concepts. Sustainable construction. Intervention scope. Building rehabilitation. Sustainable building principles and innovation. Water management. Energy management. Waste management. Environmental comfort. Maintenance.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The syllabus presented cover the essential areas of knowledge and consistent to achieve the objectives set out, as the topics included in the program such as sustainability and sustainable construction and sustainable building principles and innovation covering the main aspects of study that enables the student in their professional life to recognize the importance of adopting a new approach both in the design of buildings and in the implementation process adopted and their management, capitalizing on technological innovation.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The UC is taught with lectures from exposure of the material listed, with the use of elements of observation and / or supporting experimental – theoretical and practical lessons dedicated to solving specific situations. The evaluation process will include a periodic evaluation based on the following elements: A. Assessment test, consisting of a theoretical part and a part of theory and practice. B. Classification obtained through the arithmetic mean of several papers (including reports of study visits). C. Participation in classroom theory and practice. Participation in classroom student understands not only your interest and participation in class, but also their participation and performance in lecture-discussion of topics proposed by teachers, members of matters of discipline, and prepared by students independently. The final grade the student is calculated by the equation: Final grade = 0,35*(A) + 0,35*(A) + 0,2*(B) + 0,1*(C)
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The proposed methodologies are consistent with the objectives set for the course because of the study support the development-oriented, seeking to establish a parallelism between the theory and practice applied to real problems that enable students to adopt an open attitude and a new perspective on the construction or design of buildings or in the process adopted for the application as well as part of rehabilitation and maintenance.
Reading:
Cóias e Silva V. (2004). Guia prático para a conservação de imóveis, Publicações D. Quixote, Lisboa, ISBN 972-20-2184-2. Ferreira, V. (Coord.)(2008). Inovação na Construção Sustentável, CINCOS’08 (Congresso de Inovação na Construção Sustentável), CentroHabitat, Curia. Halliday, Sandy. (2018). Sustainable Construction. Taylor & Francis. ISBN:9781138200289. Heywood, Huw. (2017). 101 Regras Básicas Para Edifícios e Cidades Sustentáveis. Editorial Gustavo Gili. Mateus, R. e Bragança, L. (2006). Tecnologias Construtivas para a Sustentabilidade da Construção, Edições Ecopy, Porto. Tirone L., Nunes K., (2007). Construção Sustentável, Sinalivro, Lisboa, ISBN 978-989-20-0883-7. World Economic Forum (2016). Shaping the Future of Construction: A Breakthrough in Mindset and Technology.
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Miguel Branco Teixeira (lbt@ufp.edu.pt)