Workshops & Courses

Workshop: “The perspectives on sustainable building and products - challenges and opportunities. Anticorrosion in sustainable building industry.”

Form: International lectures which will give an overview of sustainability assessment methods and afterward discussion upon announced problems.

​​​Workshop Chairman: PhD Eng. Michał Piasecki, The Building Research Institute, Warsaw

Workshop Vice-Chairman: MSc Eng. Arch. Iwona Gajecka, Polish Corrosion Society, Gdansk

Duration: 12th September, 2018 (Wednesday), 10:00 – 12:50 (2-3 hours)

Location: ICE KRAKÓW Congress Centre, ul. Marii Konopnickiej 17, 30-302 Kraków

General: The rapidly developing world and economic intensification have caused a massive surge in environmental pollution, energy consumption and carbon emission. Construction plays a significant role in causing ecological problems. Specific attention has to be paid to developing sustainable and green solutions in the design of buildings, structures and their protective systems. Architecture should be environmental friendly and resource-efficient throughout the structures’ service life, from design to construction, maintenance, repair and finally recycling or disposal stage. Green building technology refers to many performance functions like anti-corrosion, strength and durability among them. Corrosion is a constant and indiscriminate enemy of building elements. What is a role of anticorrosion in a sustainable building?

Aim: The aim of session is to cultivate interaction between researchers, producers, designers and practicing professionals involved in sustainability including corrosion problems and anticorrosion protection, finally to find sustainable roadmap and possible solutions that meet requirements of sustainable building and green certification.

Content: The mission for a construction sector is to create sustainable buildings for everyone, everywhere, enabling people to thrive both today and tomorrow. Sustainable construction is a wide continuously evolving concept. This has resulted in several iterations of “green” building from early notions of durability, flexibility, natural building and returning to self-sufficiency, to the currently dominant approach of eco-efficiency. The new perspectives on sustainable building are to be found, understood and used. Green building certification in Poland and worldwide is an important information on green performance? What are the challenges and opportunities? Is “Level(s) certification” – the new EU wide approach to sustainable building performance reporting a right answer to the market need? Sustainable construction standards – a necessary language of engineers? CEN/TC35 is responsible for the development of horizontal standardized methods for the assessment of the sustainability aspects of new and existing construction works (buildings and civil engineering works), including horizontal core rules for the development of environmental product declaration of construction products (EPD). CEN/TC350 is also entrusted with an advisory function to CEN TCs to ensure the effective implementation of horizontal core rules regarding the development a specific product category rules based on en 15804. Environmental declarations of construction- necessary information of green products? ECO Platform is an International Non-Profit Association established by European EPD Program Operators registering ECO EPD (Environmental Product Declarations), European Trade Associations in the construction sector and LCA Practitioners. The objective of ECO Platform is the development of verified environmental information of construction products, in particular type III declarations called EPD. The added value of EPD under the ECO Platform framework is the possibility to use these declarations in all European but also international markets.
Manufacturers providing ECO Platform EPDs to their customers will be able to optimice their investments avoiding additional fees, work repetition and reducing communication efforts. ECO Platform EPDs are supported by the most important program operators in Europe and their quality and international acceptance is guaranteed. Traditional anti-corrosion methods have proved messy, costly and can be hazardous to workers and the environment what are the challenges and opportunities? What are the new direction in a research and technology development?

Target group:

• Organizations that promote sustainability internationally and at a local level, providing trainings and certifications;
• Manufacturers of anticorrosion systems interested in expanding the company's business by learning how they can bring sustainable value to own development;
• Designers;
• Contractors;
• Persons looking for an opportunity to develop their skills, wishing to acquire the rights of an  independent sustainable building consultant (when any organizations confirm a training course which will give an overview of sustainability assessment methods).

To be discussed during the workshop:

• The new perspectives on sustainable building and green products;
• The problem of designing and maintaining anti-corrosion systems in the strategy of sustainable development and environmental protection;
• Ecological education in the steel construction industry;
• European and international standards focusing on environmentally sustainable constructions and protective systems;
• Certification systems used to assess the sustainable design, construction, buildings and products throughout their life cycle;
• LCA (Life cycle assessment) of products: purpose and scope;
• Environmental declarations for anticorrosive systems as construction products;
• From the local perspective, we believe it is essential to initiate discussion, especially at a time when painting systems for the protection of steel substrate became the construction products in accordance to the Polish Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure from Nov17, 2016.

Programme:

1. Ewa Kosmala, Sustainability Trainers & Experts STAE – session moderator
Key-subjects: Corrosion problems in a sustainable construction, roadmap via discussion, summary
2. Damien Féron, EFC President – KEY SPEAKER
Key-subjects: EFC’s view on sustainability, role of EFC in green market development, role of anti-corrosion in sustainable construction, sustainable surface protection, what should be done, roadmap
3. Josefina Lindblom, EC DG ENV high level representative – EC’s sustainable building assessment – KEY SPEAKER
Key-subjects: EC’s view on sustainable construction, Review of European Policy for Sustainable Construction, Sustainable buildings - methodology, Level(s) – EC’s sustainable building assessment method, Level(s) Pilot stage, roadmapping
4. Rafał Shurma, Polish Green Building Council (PLGBC) Founder President
Key-subjects: sustainability in construction - green building certification, actual situation overview, problems and opportunities, “protection against corrosion and durability” in green certification, better to start solving problems before failure, what should be done in a future
5. Sven-Olof Ryding, ECO-PLATFORM President
Key-subjects: sustainability of green construction product- green product certification, environmental product declaration – what is EPD, ECO, role and activity, standardization CEN TC 350, EPD vs PEF, what should be done in a future
6. Michał Piasecki / Ewa Sudoł, Building Research Institute, Warsaw
Key-subjects: Corrosion problems around the corner-sustainability starts with small things, construction corrosion examples, informal typology, life time costs LCC, carbon footprint, formal typology, technical solutions, what should be done to avoid future problems and costs, real life examples
7. Fred van Rodijnen, Oerlikon Metco Europe GmbH, Surface Solutions Expert
Key-subjects: Novel Surface Solutions for Corrosion Protection in a sustainable building industry, surface coating solutions that provide corrosion protection over the entire lifetime, environmentally sensitive environments, Practical applications - the reliability of wind turbines
8. Discussion

Workshops materials: Lectures notes distributed during the workshop.

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Course: Electrochemical methods of corrosion research for non-electrochemists

Course chairman: Dr A. Królikowski, Warsaw University of Technology

Duration: 9th September, 2018 (Sunday), time: 12:00 – 16:00

Location: ICE KRAKÓW Congress Centre, ul. Marii Konopnickiej 17, 30-302 Kraków

General: Electrochemical techniques are widely used for corrosion tests in laboratory and field conditions. These are measurements of characteristic potentials, current densities,  impedance parameters and other corrosion related issues. Such methods are used not only in corrosion community but also in material science, electronics and medicine environments.

Aim and content: The objective of the course is to present and discuss information on the electrochemical methods and their applications to various areas of corrosion research. This course aims to survey the bases of these methods and point out main problems in the planning and conducting of electrochemical corrosion tests as well as analysis and interpretation of acquired data. Possible consequences of unsuitable experimental arrangements and interpretation pitfalls are indicated.

Target group: This course is dedicated for graduated students, beginners and more experienced users of electrochemical corrosion tests working in academic or industrial environments. The interest in the verification and expanding their understanding for electrochemical methods used in corrosion research is a prerequisite. The introductory lecture covers necessary background information.
 
Agenda:

• Bases of electrochemical techniques (DC and AC methods), their attributes, limitations and applications in corrosion research

• Planning of electrochemical corrosion tests (material susceptibility to various corrosion forms, effectiveness of corrosion protection methods, measurements of corrosion rate), general guidelines for the arrangement of experiment conditions and conducting of the measurements, laboratory versus field tests, examples of unsuitable measures

• Uncertainty of electrochemical measurement / error analysis  

• Interpretation of obtained results: pitfalls and transgressions

Mode: Introductory lectures, exercises in small groups on announced problems / practical cases taken from practice and publications, afterward discussion upon proposed solutions and final recapitulation.

Course materials: Lectures notes and training materials (problems to be solved) will be distributed during the course

Registration fee: 150 € (entity with a VAT-exempt status)

Registration: on-line registration form on www.eurocorr2018.org

Course: Painting control - training for future inspectors

Course chairman: Msc Eng. Michał Jaczewski – Polish Corrosion Society, Tikkurila Polska S.A.

Duration: 9th September, 2018 (Sunday), time: 9:00 – 16:00

Location: ICE KRAKÓW Congress Centre, ul. Marii Konopnickiej 17, 30-302 Kraków

Aim: The established guidelines for each stage of administration and their correct fulfilment determines effective anticorrosion protection. The guidelines have been adapted from standards and mutual agreements between the principal and the contractor.

These guidelines summarise:

• preparation of the surface for painting;

• effective control of protective coating materials;

• effective management of application conditions for protective coatings;

• quality control of coatings.

This course is intended to give participants (students, graduates and industrial professionals) a solid background of standards and methods related to the control of whole surface preparation and application processes. During the course, participants will complete learning modules consisting of all important stages and their effective control, both preceding the application of protective coating as well as management and care of completed anti-corrosion coating.

The course will include an introductory lecture by a very experienced inspector and the individual learning modules will be supervised by outstanding practitioners - FROSIO Inspectors.

Target group: Corrosion specialists, graduates and students wishing to expand their knowledge of practical anti-corrosion protection practices or individuals planning to become inspectors of anti-corrosion work. This course is also suitable for individuals who want to expand their knowledge and gain practical experience on the topic.

Programme*:

The course includes an introductory lecture and four key modules:

I. Preparation of steel surfaces

1. assessment of surface cleanliness,

2. assessment of surface roughness,

3. determination of water-soluble salts,

4. dust contamination.

II. Climatic conditions

1. measurements of ambient and surface temperatures,

2. determination of dewpoint temperature,

3. measurements of paint temperatures.

III. Control of paint coatings

1. measurements of coat thickness,

2. measurements of color,

3. measurement of gloss,

4. measurement of coat adhesion (cohesion),

5. detection of pores (low and high voltage methods).

IV. Coating defects

*tentative programme which may be subjected to small changes in its final version.

Course materials: Lectures and learning modules will be conducted and supervised by the lecturers at the start of the course.

Registration fee: 150 € (entity with a VAT-exempt status)

Registration: on-line registration form on www.eurocorr2018.org

Graduate Course: Corrosion science

General: The course is intended for graduate students or researchers working in academic or industrial environments with an interest in materials science and engineering.

Aim and contents: Corrosion is a truly interdisciplinary science and the aim is to discuss the underlying chemistry and physics of the most important forms of metal corrosion. Mechanistic as well as applied aspects will be dealt with.

Lectures: The course includes lecture hours on three consecutive days prior to EUROCORR 2018 (which is held September 9-13, 2018, Krakow, Poland). Most lecturers are part of KorrosionsCentrumTM (a collaboration between Swerea KIMAB and KTH) in Stockholm and most competent experts in their respective fields.

Course materials: Selected chapters in "Corrosion Mechanisms in Theory and Practice",  33d edition, Ed. P. Marcus, CRS Press, Taylor & Francis Group, New York (2012). It is recommended, but not mandatory, to purchase the book in advance. In addition, lecture notes will be distributed by the lecturers.

Prerequisites: The participants are assumed to be graduate students at some university or researchers working in industry with a background in physics, chemistry or materials science. The introductory lecture covers necessary background information.

Course fee:

• 270 € (Congress attendants)
• 340 € (remainder)

Examination: An individual project task must be completed within each of the topics of the course, and under supervision of the corresponding lecturer. The total amount of work of all tasks should be of the order of four weeks and should be completed by Dec 31, 2018.

Contact person: Dr. Johan Tidblad, Swerea KIMAB, johan.tidblad@swerea.se

Registration: on-line registration form on www.eurocorr2018.org

Course: Microbial corrosion: fundamentals and advanced techniques

Target group: This course is dedicated for graduated students, beginners and more experienced corrosionists working in academic or industrial environments interested to approach microbial corrosion. The course aim to provide basic information on fundamentals and methods from transversal fields.

Chairman: Dr. P. Cristiani, Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE SpA, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry - CNR, Italy

Course: 4 Invited Lectures:

Date: 9th September, 2018 (Sunday)

Duration: 14:00 – 18:00 (4 hours)

Location: Congress venue

Price: free for Congress attendants*
*the number of places is limited

Registration: on-line registration form on www.eurocorr2018.org