Search result: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2024
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| 101-0579-00L | Infrastructure Management 2: Evaluation Tools | W+ | 6 credits | 2G | B. T. Adey, C. Richmond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | This course provides tools to predict the service being provided by infrastructure in situations where the infrastructure is expected to 1) to evolve slowly with relatively little uncertainty over time, e.g. due to the corrosion of a metal bridge, and 2) to change suddenly with relatively large uncertainty, e.g. due to being washed away from an extreme flood. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | The course learning objective is to equip students with tools to be used to the service being provided from infrastructure. The course increases a student's ability to analyse complex problems and propose solutions and to use state-of-the-art methods of analysis to assess complex problems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Reliability Availability and maintainability Markov chains Event trees Fault trees Regression analysis Neural networks Bayesian networks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | All necessary materials (e.g. transparencies and hand-outs) will be distributed before class. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Appropriate reading material will be assigned when necessary. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Although not an official prerequisite, it is perferred that students have taken the IM1:Process course first. Understanding of the infrastructure management process enables a better understanding of where and how the tools introduced in this course can be used in the management of infrastructure. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 101-0588-01L | Re-/Source the Built Environment | W+ | 3 credits | 2S | G. Habert, M. Posani, E. Zea Escamilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The course focuses on material choice and energy strategies to limit the environmental impact of construction sector. During the course, specific topics will be presented (construction technologies, environmental policies, social consequences of material use, etc.). The course aims to present sustainable options to tackle the global challenge we are facing and show that "it is not too late". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | After the lecture series, the students are aware of the main challenges for the production and use of building materials. They know the different technologies/propositions available, and environmental consequence of a choice. They understand in which conditions/context one resource/technology will be more appropriate than another | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | A general presentation of the global context allows to identify the objectives that as engineer, material scientist or architect needs to achieve to create a sustainable built environment. The course is then conducted as a serie of guest lectures focusing on one specific aspect to tackle this global challenge and show that "it is not too late". The lecture series is divided as follows: - General presentation - Notion of resource depletion, resilience, criticality, decoupling, etc. - Guest lectures covering different resources and proposing different option to build or maintain a sustainable built environment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | For each lecture slides will be provided. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | The lecture series will be conducted in English and is aimed at students of master's programs, particularly the departments ARCH, BAUG, ITET, MAVT, MTEC and USYS. No lecture will be given during Seminar week. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 102-0348-00L | Prospective Environmental Assessments Prerequisite for this lecture is basic knowledge of environmental assessment tools, such as material flow analysis, risk assessment and life cycle assessment. Students without previous knowledge in these areas need to read according textbooks prior to or at the beginning of the lecture. | W | 3 credits | 2G | S. Hellweg, N. Heeren, A. Spörri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | This lecture deals with prospective assessments of emerging technologies as well as with the assessment of long-term environmental impact caused by today's activities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | - Understanding prospective environmental assessments, including scenario analysis techniques, prospective emission models, dynamic MFA and LCA. - Ability to properly plan and conduct prospective environmental assessment studies, for example on emerging technologies or on technical processes that cause long-term environmental impacts. - Being aware of the uncertainties involved in prospective studies. - Getting to know measures to prevent long-term emissions or impact in case studies - Knowing the arguments in favor and against a temporally differentiated weighting of environmental impacts (discounting) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | - Scenario analysis - Dynamic material flow analysis - Temporal differentiation in LCA - Systems dynamics tools - Agent based models - Assessment of future and present environmental impact - Case studies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture slides and further documents will be made available on Moodle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 102-0248-00L | Infrastructure Systems in Urban Water Management Prerequisites: 102-0214-02L Urban Water Management I and 102-0215-00L Urban Water Management II. | W | 3 credits | 2G | J. P. Leitão Correia , M. Maurer, A. Scheidegger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | An increasing demand for infrastructure management skills can be observed in the environmental engineering practice. This course gives an introductory overview of infrastructure management skills needed for urban water infrastructures, with a specific focus on performance, risk and engineering economics analyses. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | After successfully finishing the course, the participants will have the following skills and knowledge: - Know the key principles of infrastructure management - Know the basics of performance and risk assessment - Can perform basic engineering economic analysis - Know how to quantify the future rehabilitation needs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The nationwide coverage of water distribution and wastewater treatment is one of the major public works achievements in Switzerland and other countries. Annually and per person, 135,000 L of drinking water is produced and distributed and over 535,000 L of stormwater and wastewater is drained. These impressive services are done with a pipe network with a length of almost 200,000 km and a total replacement value of 30,000 CHF per capita. Water services in Switzerland are moving from a phase of new constructions into one of maintenance and optimization. The aim today must be to ensure that existing infrastructure is professionally maintained, to reduce costs, and to ensure the implementation of modern, improved technologies and approaches. These challenging tasks call for sound expertise and professional management. This course gives an introduction into basic principles of water infrastructure management. The focus is primarily on Switzerland, but most methods and conclusions are valid for many other countries. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | A script to support the lectures will be available for download from the Moodle course page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 101-0531-00L | Digital Transformation for Circular Construction  All students who register go on a waiting list until 09.02.2024. To register: 1. Enroll before 09.02.2024 2. Send a short motivation letter (max. 300 words) and a 1-page CV to cea-course@ibi.baug.ethz.ch by 09.02.2024 3. MIBS students: This course is mandatory and there is no need to send your application documents Please only register for the course if you really intend to participate on all course dates (see course catalog), otherwise, you will deprive someone else of a place. | W | 8 credits | 7.5P | C. De Wolf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The course is about digital innovation towards a circular economy in the built environment. How can we bring together two worlds that are often too distinct: low-impact construction and digital innovation? Bringing digital tools already used in other sectors into the construction sector, students will learn about circular construction (e.g., reuse of materials) through hands-on learning practices. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | By the end of this course, students will be able to use digital technologies enabling circular design and construction, with a view to environmental implications. They will be able to assess the challenges and opportunities of low-carbon, circular construction and evaluate possible solutions using digital technologies to enable a circular built environment (more specifically, with reused building materials). To achieve this, they need to be able to do the following: 1. Apply circular principles using recovered materials of the Huber Pavilions and/ or other structures. 2. Compare different digital technologies applied in circular construction (e.g., material passports, LiDAR scanning, drone imagery, photogrammetry, tracking, tracing, blockchain technology, computational design, digital fabrication, AI, computer vision, extended reality, LCA tools etc.) 3. Communicate the importance and urgency of circular construction. 4. Assess the environmental impact implications of their design and technology decisions through a preliminary Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Students will receive an introduction to circular principles by experts from the building industry and visit of (de-)construction sites where circular construction is exemplified. Flexibility, responsibility, and spontaneity is expected from the students to adapt to the contingencies from demolition and construction sites with reused materials. • They will explore how to use digital technologies such as LiDAR scanning, photogrammetry, scan-to-BIM, computer vision, computational design, digital fabrication, blockchain technology and learn about the design implications using reclaimed building materials. This course is meant as an overview/introduction of many digital technologies that could be useful for circularity and gives the tools to students to further study the technologies they are most interested in on their own. • They will learn how to communicate the urgency of circular construction to their clients, government, and the public. Creativity in essay writing, design & construction, and filmmaking is expected from the students. • They will learn how to evaluate the environmental impact savings of circular construction through simplified life cycle assessment methods. This course will give the tools to students to learn more on LCA if they wish to deepen their knowledge further. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Language: English Courses are on Tuesday afternoons, but also require out-of-the-semester work and significant homework and site visits outside of class hours. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Çetin, S., De Wolf, C., Bocken, N. (2022) "Circular Digital Built Environment: An Emerging Framework." Sustainability - Circular Economy in the Digital Age special issue, 13, 6348, DOI: 10.3390/su13116348 De Wolf, C. (2022) "4 promising digital technologies for circular construction." World Economic Forum, September 13, Link Raghu, D., Marengo, M., Markopoulou, A., Neri, I., Chronis, A., and De Wolf, C. (2022) "Enabling Component Reuse from Existing Buildings. Using Google Street View and Machine Learning to Enhance Building Databases." The Association of Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Sydney, AU, April 5-9. Gorden, M., Batallé, A., De Wolf, C., Sollazo, A., Dubor, A., Wang, T. (2022) "Automating Building Element Detection for Deconstruction Planning and Material Reuse: A Case Study" Automation in Construction. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Interest in Digitalisation and Construction. Flexibility: This is a hands-on course, where students explore digital technologies and opportunities/challenges of reuse. Flexibility (e.g. adapting to unforeseen circumstances), responsibility (e.g. arriving on time for safety briefing), and spontaneity (e.g. finding innovative solutions) is expected from the students to adapt to the contingencies from demolition and construction sites with reused materials. The course is mandatory for MIBS students. If you are an MIBS student, please do not apply, you are automatically accepted. All other students from D-BAUG, D-ARCH, and other departments should apply. Please only register for the course if you really intend to participate on all course dates (see course catalog); otherwise, you will deprive someone else of a place. Please only register for the course if you are willing to send us a letter of motivation and really intend to participate; otherwise, you will deprive someone else of a place. All non-MIBS students who register go onto a waiting list until 13.02.2024 and up to 25 of them will be selected by the lecturer. To register: 1. Enroll before 09.02.2024. 2. Send a short letter of motivation (max. 300 words) and a 1-page CV to cea-course@ibi.baug.ethz.ch by 09.02.2024. Collaborators: Wick upcycling GmbH baubüro insitu ag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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