Assignments

• Report submission (via Moodle): on or before 16 March 2018 (Fri)

Assignment 02 --- Green Building Assessment for THEi Chai Wan Campus [PDF]

• Report submission (via Moodle): before 4 May 2018 (Fri)
• - Further information:
  
•   - http://www.vtc.edu.hk/html/en/about/press_3396.html
  
•   - http://greenbuilding.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/projects/view/28
  
•   - http://www.thei.edu.hk/news/thei-new-campus-conferred-green-building-award-2014
  
•   - http://www.thei.edu.hk/news/new-thei-campus-to-create-for-advanced-learning-environment-superstructure-commencement-ceremony-takes-place-for-new-thei-campus
  
•   - http://www.rlphk.com/eng/projects/architecture/education/31/2/294/new-campus-for-the-technological-and-higher-education-institute-of-hong-kong-thei-hong-kong.html

Exercises

1. Classroom exercise: Ecological Footprint

• Make use of your mobile phone, tablet or computer
• Access the following calculators to evaluate your own ecological footprint (EF) & earth overshoot day
• Footprint Calculator http://www.footprintcalculator.org/
• Ecological Footprint Calculator http://ecologicalfootprint.com/
• Discuss with your classmates the following issues:
• What are the major components of your own EF?
• What actions/solutions can reduce your EF and impacts?

2. Exercises on life cycle assessment (LCA)

• Review and study some examples of LCA:
  
• - Life Cycle Assessment: A Key to Driving Sustainability (Life Cycle Thinking Exercise) [PDF]
  
• - Ecological Systems Analysis (exercises 1 to 4) [PDF]
• - The life cycle of a jean (Levis 501 jeans) http://levistrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Full-LCA-Results-Deck-FINAL.pdf
  
• Conduct LCA exercises to learn how to apply LCA and prepare life cycle trees:
  
• - LCA exercises, By Ricardo da Silva Vieira, Universidade de Lisboa https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/downloadFile/3779577392363/LCA%20Exercises.pdf