Resources, Materials and Sustainability - SUSD0002


	Faculty: Faculty of the Built Environment
	School: Architecture Program
	Course Outline: http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/futurestudents/PGCoursework/MSustDev/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

The life cycle of building materials from the availability and acquisition of the raw materials, through processing and manufacture to on-site construction and use, maintenance and refurbishment, and eventual demolition and reuse/recycling or disposal. Consideration of environmental impacts at each stage of the life cycle, such as embodied energy, wastes generated and their disposal, and ways in which design may minimise or eliminate such impacts. Economics and management of sustainable buildings.