Environmental Aspects of the Built Environment

About this programme

Buildings and the built environment is responsible for a significant part of the societal environmental impacts. At the same time, they are essential for human activities and well-being. In this course, you will develop your understanding about the interplay between humans, buildings and the surrounding environment as well as strategies for reducing environmental impacts from buildings. The course is designed to give you a profound understanding about the environmental impacts of the built environment in relation to specific settings and contexts and the ability to suggest and argue for relevant approaches for assessing and adressing the environmental impact in planning situations that you might encounter in your future profession. Choose semester and course offering to see current information and more about the course, such as course syllabus, study period, and application information. Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format. The course activities include lectures, a lab and a project work in group with seminars. The overall aim of the course is to give students understanding about the interplay between humans, buildings and the surrounding environment as well as strategies for reducing the environmental impacts from buildings. In total 7,5 ECTS-credits within the subject environment and sustainable development, e.g. AL1301 Natural Resources Theory or AE1502 Environmental Systems Analysis for Energy and Environment, or AG2150 Sustainable Planning and Design