Life Cycle & Maintenance Management
Niveau
Introduction & in-depth study
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The participants:
• explain the life cycle of buildings and technical facilities from technical, economic and ecological perspectives.
• distinguish and evaluate maintenance strategies according to efficiency, risk and cost.
• calculate life-cycle and maintenance costs and interpret their significance for operations and investment.
• analyze and reflect on the influence of sustainability, digitization and ESG criteria on life-cycle management.
• explain the life cycle of buildings and technical facilities from technical, economic and ecological perspectives.
• distinguish and evaluate maintenance strategies according to efficiency, risk and cost.
• calculate life-cycle and maintenance costs and interpret their significance for operations and investment.
• analyze and reflect on the influence of sustainability, digitization and ESG criteria on life-cycle management.
Prerequisites for the course
Building Materials, Physics & Construction, Computer-Aided Design & Modeling, Digital Tools & Data Skills
Course content
- Fundamentals and strategies of maintenance
- Life cycle costing and economic evaluation of FM measures
- Sustainability and ESG aspects in maintenance management
- Digitization and predictive maintenance
- Documentation, reporting and key performance indicators
- International case studies from building operations and asset management
- Life cycle costing and economic evaluation of FM measures
- Sustainability and ESG aspects in maintenance management
- Digitization and predictive maintenance
- Documentation, reporting and key performance indicators
- International case studies from building operations and asset management
Recommended specialist literature
- Levitt, J. (Ed.). (2013). Facilities management: Managing maintenance for buildings and facilities. Momentum Press.
- Sacks, R. (2025). BIM handbook: A guide to building information modeling for owners, designers, engineers, contractors, and facility managers (Fourth edition). Wiley.
- Sacks, R. (2025). BIM handbook: A guide to building information modeling for owners, designers, engineers, contractors, and facility managers (Fourth edition). Wiley.
Assessment methods and criteria
Portfolio assessment
Language
English
Number of ECTS credits awarded
4
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
Lectures, discussions, case studies, group work
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
2