Sustainable Infrastructures and Circular Economy (UC)

Code:

MBUILD11

Acronym:

ISEC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Civil construction and Civil engineering

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.mbuild.eu
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Sustainable Design, Construction and Management of the Built Environment

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MBUILD	17	Syllabus	2	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

English

Objectives

• The main goal of this module is that the student learns the relevance of Sustainability of Infrastructures along their useful life, not only during design and construction, but also during the exploitation period.


• The students will learn the main aspects related to infrastructures maintenance and exploitation.


• Besides, they will learn the importance of applying environmental rating systems during the design and construction, in order to get the optimum cycle of circular economy. Finally, the students will learn the aspect related to sustainable mobility in cities, what will ensure their more rational use.

Learning outcomes and competences

Learning outcomes

• To understand the importance of maintenance in the management of infrastructures (IS), in view of Circular Economy (CE).
• To learn the different types of preventive or corrective maintenance (P/CM). To be able to develop a planning of IS maintenance activities.
• Learn the different types of P/CM and be able to plan its tasks.
• To be able to identify the most common pathologies and failures and to know the different technologies for the maintenance of roads and urban IS.
• Understand the importance of carrying out an environmental rating system (ERS) into a company, in view of CE.
• Be familiar with the general concepts of the most common ERS: CEEQUAL, LEED, ENVISION, SIRSDEC,Etc...
• To understand the mobility needs of citizens and the role of transport planning in IS planning and managing systems.
• To learn the most common sustainable mobility policies and traffic management measures.
• To know how Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) work and their benefits.

Specific competences:

• Being able to sustainably manage the maintenance and operation of urban infrastructures..

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

As referred in the admission requirements for MBUILD

Program

Block 1 (15h). Daniel Castro:

Unit 1. Sustainable maintenance and rehabilitation of infrastructures.

• General concepts. Importance of maintenance and Circular Economy.
• Infrastructure Management Framework
• The most common pathologies and the different technologies for their maintenance.
• The preventive and corrective activities of maintenance.
• Visit to the facilities of the road maintenance center and the tunnel control center.

Block 2 (30h). Luigi Dell Olio & Borja Alonso Oreña:

Unit 2. Urban mobility:

• Sustainable Mobility and Transport modelling approaches: Demand models
• Intelligent Transport Systems and New mobility trends
• Traffic management and transport policies: towards sustainability
• Workshop on mobility impact assessment

Block 3 (15h).: Joaquin Diaz & Christian Karl Baier

Unit 3. Environmental rating systems.

• Introduction, General concepts. The Circular economy and the Environmental Rating Systems.
• Main aspects to take into account for their implementation in a company.
• General characteristics of the most common environmental rating systems, e.g. CEEQUAL, LEED, ENVISION, SIRSDEC, Etc. Case studies.
• General Concepts and competitive similarities of sustainable evaluation systems.
• Implementing sustainable goals into BIM.
• Modell checking and evaluation of those properties.

Mandatory literature

Class notes provided by the lecturers; '

Complementary Bibliography

S. Chen Zhong 2017; An Interdependent Infrastructure Asset Management Framework for Public Facilities.
Frederick; Public Infrastructure Management. Tracking Assets and Increasing System Resiliency
Waheed Uddin, W. Ronald; Bloetscher, 2019. Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition.
Greg Schulz, 2019; Hudson, Ralph C. G. Haas, 2013. Data Infrastructure Management. Insights and Strategies
Supporting a circular; Adams, K; Hobbs, G (2017). Material Resource Efficiency in Construction:
A Wealth of Flows.; Webster, K (2017). The Circular Economy:
The Circular Economy Advantage.; Lacy, P; Rutqvist, J (2015). Waste to Wealth:
Build; Cole RJ (2005) Building environmental assessment methods: redefining intentions and roles.
L. G. Modelling Transport, 4th ed. Wiley.; Res Inf 35(5):455–467 Ortuzar, J. de D. & Willumsen,
L. G. Modelling Transport, 4th ed. Wiley. 2011; Res Inf 35(5):455–467 Ortuzar, J. de D. & Willumsen,
ECMT, 2007.; OECD Managing Urban Traffic Congestion.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presential

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	15,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Exame	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	4,00
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Trabalho de investigação	40,00
Elaboração de projeto	30,00
Total:	156,00

Eligibility for exams

GRADING SCALES AND PERFORMANCE

• U.PORTO Portugal<=> Excellent=> 20; 19; 18; | Very Good=> 17; 16; | Good=> 15; 14; | Sufficient => 13; 12; 11; 10; | Fail=> 9; ...; 0; |
• U. CANTABRIA Spain<=> Matrícula de honor=> 10.0; | Sobresaliente=> 9.9; 9.0; | Notable=> 8.9; ...; 7.0;| Aprobado=> 6.9; ...; 5.0; | Suspenso=> 4.9; ...; 0.0; |
• THM GERMANY<=>Excellent=> 100; ...; 88; | Good=> 87;...; 73;| Satisfactory=> 72;..; 58; | Sufficient=> 57;...; 50; | Fail=> 49;...; 0; |

Calculation formula of final grade

Block 1 = 25%
Block 2 = 50%
Block 3 = 25%

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Internship work/project

N/A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

N/A

Classification improvement

• If the final grade of the module is FAILED, then the student has to resubmit the failed parts and/or retake the exam in order to increase the final grade of the module to obtain a PASS. In those cases where the original exercise/workshop was submitted in group or in pairs, the new submission will be carried out individually; in those situations, lecturer will adapt the exercise to accommodate the working effort for an individual submission.


• Deadline of the re-submission or resit exam will be done, as latest, during the official resit period of the semester at UC.