Policies and strategies for sustainability

Recommended Prerequisites

None.

Teaching Methods

Lectures aimed to the systematization and organization of knowledge and methodological approaches.

The theoretical and practical classes- although there are no clearly difference from them - intended for the analysis of case studies presented by the students in the light of knowledge and adopted methodology.

 Students will develop a small project based on the observation of real situations that they will propose.

Learning Outcomes

Provide the students with knowledge about Policies and Strategies for Sustainability at different levels:
a)    Sustainable development: as what concept evolution concerns and its different involved areas, namely: economic, social, environmental and political;

b)    Sustainable Construction: focusing on the impact on sustainable development of the construction sector and of the policies of the urban intervention, including their influence on environmental balance;

c)    Multi-criteria analysis of the implementation of sustainable construction/rehabilitation principles in order to optimize their impact on social, economic and environmental issues.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.    The evolution of the meaning of “sustainable development” (i) crisis after the world, (ii) eco-development, (iii) relevant meetings and conferences, (iv) different scopes of sustainable development (economic, social, environmental and political), (v) the situation in Portugal;

2.    Sustainable construction and the urban metabolism; sustainable construction and life cycle of buildings: (i) conception and design, (ii) construction phase, (iii) rehabilitation / maintenance and (iv) selected demolishing;

3.    Conceptual models and parameters for the evaluation of sustainability of construction: LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability), GbTool and Lider A;

4.    Renewable energy sources for buildings. Brief approach to Passive and active solar technology for buildings. Green buildings and green architecture. Reducing of consume and rational use of resources;

5.    Building stock and the sustainable rehabilitation of buildings.

Assessment Methods

Continuous
Fieldwork: 10.0%
Project: 15.0%
Exam: 75.0%

Bibliography

Allen, Robert (1980). “How to Save the World: Strategy for World Conservation”. London: Kogan Page.

Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (2001). [on line, citado em 25 Março 2006] Disponível na World Wide Web: http://www.sustainable.doe.gov

Direcção Geral do Ambiente (2000). “Proposta para um Sistema de Indicadores de Desenvolvimento Sustentável”.

National Research Council (1999). “Our common Journey: a transition toward sustainability” [on-line, citado em 27 Março 2006]. Disponível na World Wide Web em http://books.nap.edu/catolog/9690.html

Paiva, José Vasconcelos, Aguiar, José, Pinho, Ana (2006). “Guia Técnico de Reabilitação Habitacional”. Lisboa: INH e LNEC. Volumes 1 e 2.

Renn, Ortwin, Goble, Rob, Kastenholz Hans (1998). “How to apply the concept of sustainability to a region”. Tecnological Forecasting and Social Change, nº. 58, pp.63-81.