Duration
36h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Anne-Sophie Carnoy, N..., Anne-Claude Romain
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course gives students a vision of the impacts that buildings can have on health It revolves around a global vision of sustainable building references, materials, indoor air quality.
It is broken down into several sections:
- - environmental impact (sustainable reference system: water, etc.)
- indoor air quality
- non-ionizing and ionizing radiation
This section covers the following concepts: green building sustainability rating system, building pathologies, water management, how to assess and interpret environmental impact using a life cycle analysis.
Indoor air
each type of pollution will be discussed with practical examples and how to establish a diagnosis. health context sources of indoor air pollution health impacts measurement approaches regulations (guideline values, ...) labels (building materials) HQE and EPD Illustrations
Ionizing radiation
Different types of ionizing radiation (natural and artificial) present in our environment: X-rays, radioactivity
Modes of interaction of this radiation with the material
Detectors used to measure them (+ practical work).
Dangers of this radiation and standards.
Non-ionizing radiation
Different types of electromagnetic fields low frequency (50 Hz) and high frequency (radio waves, GSM, ...).
Detectors used to measure them (+ practical work).
Dangers of this radiation
standards.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, the student will be able to consider the environmental and health impacts of buildings, other than those related to energy consumption strictly speaking, and to identify the positions to be examined in the overall improvement of these impacts.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
none
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lectures and pracitcal exercises
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
lectures and annexes on e-campus
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Each teacher presents his criteria and methods of evaluation during the course.
Final score: weighted average of each part according to the hours and amount of material
If the final score is equal to or higher than 10, the teaching unit is passed.
If the final score is less than 10, the teaching unit is failing and all learning activities (i.e. parts of each teacher and associated competencies) must be represented.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Anne-Claude ROMAIN
Département des Sciences et Gestion de l'Environnement
Université de Liège-Campus d'Arlon
Avenue de Longwy, 185
B-6700 ARLON
Belgium
Tel: 32 (0) 63 23 08 59(0) 63 23 08 5932 (0) 63 23 08 59
Fax: 32 (0)63 23 08 00
acromain@uliege.be
as.carnoy@helmo.be pour R.I.