Mandatory Course Sustainable Design - Assignment:
The lower the energy demand in the use phase of the building becomes, the more important is the so called ‘embodied energy’ (or grey energy) and the related emissions. Embodied energy is the energy required to extract resources, process the building materials in the plant, transport them, assemble them into a building and at the end disassemble and reuse or dispose the materials. In a Minergie-P building the embodied energy and the energy demand in the use phase for the first 30 to 50 years are of the same order of magnitude.

Learning Objectives:
The examination of building materials from cradle to grave is subject of life cycle assessment (LCA). The LCA Score of a building will be calculated with a toll.  All considerations will be proved in the section, plan and elevation in scale 1:20.

Goals:
Students
- will calculate the embodied energy over the lifespan of a building

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