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Building Materials and Resources

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Building Materials and Resources
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Environmental Technologies, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2025
Module code: UI-I-BST
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P251-0065
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4VU (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 6
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Exam

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

UI-I-BST (P251-0065) Environmental Technologies, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2021 , semester 6, mandatory course
UI-I-BST (P251-0065) Environmental Technologies, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023 , semester 6, mandatory course
UI-I-BST (P251-0065) Environmental Technologies, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2025 , semester 6, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Jung
Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Jung

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Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will be able to:
- describe the main building and construction materials and their most important chemical and environmentally relevant properties,
- explain the main pollutants associated with these materials that are harmful to humans and the environment,
- independently categorize and describe these and other building materials,
- distinguish and classify raw materials, resources and reserves,
- weigh up resource efficiency and recycling against each other using economic criteria and taking urban mining into account,


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Module content:
• Introduction to the topics of building materials and resources:
        • Mineral building materials
        • Metals and corrosion protection
        • Wood / wood building materials and wood preservatives
        • Plastics, fiber-bonded building materials
        • Insulation materials, sealants
• Raw materials industry
• Efficient use of resources
• Recycling and reuse
• Perspectives on resource procurement and utilization
 


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Teaching methods/Media:
None

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Recommended or required reading:
•        Lecture notes (passed out at the beginning of the semester), Internet research
•        Scholz/Hiese: Baustoffkenntnis; Werner-Verlag
•        Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen: Baufachliche Richtlinien: Schadstoffe in der Bausubstanz
•        Bossemeyer, Dolata, Schubert, Zwiener: Schadstoffe im Baubestand
•        Gesamtverband Schadstoffsanierung: Schadstoffe in Innenräumen und an Gebäuden
•        Umweltbundesamt: Urban Mining, Ressourcenschonung im Anthropozän
•        Richtlinien DGUV, TRGS, GefStoffV


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