Overview on Possibilities of Timber Building and Sustainability (1 ECTS)

Objective

Goals of the study course, a student´s core competencies: The student
- Understands why timber is urged forward in our society today, especially in public building
- Understands the special preconditions and requirements plus the production processes for timber building
- Masters the basic terminology in industrial, large-scale timber building
- Perceives and understands the central environmental aspects and impacts of timber building
- Recognizes the possibilities and eventual obstacles in timber building

Content

This study course introduces the basics of timber building and its importance in tackling climate change especially in public building and construction. Its starting point is to showcase various points of views and goals in helping the progress of public timber building. In addition, it includes a short history of timber building in Finland as well as an overview on the environmental impacts and circular economy potential of timber. It discusses the obstacles behind timber building not being mainstream in Finland. The idea is to open up for students the framework of modern industrial scale timber building whether it comes to the relevant terminology, processes or general level know-how. The study course is designed to be carried out independently in the Moodle web-based platform and it contains videos, expert statements, and drills for each independent part.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student has understood the information related to the course and answered the tasks correctly at least 40%.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student has mastered the knowledge related to the course and has answered the tasks correctly at least 66%.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has internalized the information related to the course and answered the tasks 90% correctly.