Graz University of Technology (Austria)

January 13. 2025

This university seminar will demonstrate the life cycle-based sustainability assessment of buildings and explain a decisive role in optimizing buildings.

Fundamentals and application of life cycle assessment and life-cycle costing in the building sector

• Fundamental principles of the life cycle assessment and life-cycle costing methodology
• System boundaries
• Valuation methods
• Databases and tools
• Application examples, influencing factors, and strategies
• Communication of results

Lif cycle-based sustainability assessment and optimisation of buildings

• Fundamentals and trends for assessing sustainability in the building sector
• Assessment, optimisation, and certification of building sustainability

Energy and buildings

• Energy flows in the building, considering aspects of building physics and building technology