ENE3031 · Building sustainability

Overview

This unit will address issues of sustainability in the built environments from a number of perspectives and provide you with a variety of lenses in which the built environments interlock with the human and natural system. You will apply skills and knowledge from this unit, and use a rigorous process of design, simulation, validation, and evaluation, to solve real-world problems. Topics include passive and active technologies, building energy simulation and modelling of different domains in indoor environmental quality, field data acquisition and analysis, building codes and rating system, and the topics intersecting with other fields, such as ubiquitous computing, architecture design, public health, high-performance materials, etc.

Areas of study: E3001 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Specialisation: Environmental engineering Minor: Environmental engineering Minor: Sustainable engineering

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Continuous assessment: 50% Final assessment: 50% This unit contains a hurdle requirement that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. identify the key sustainability issues that should be addressed in different phases of the building lifecycle
2. think critically and apply appropriate techniques for sustainable development of the built environments
3. analyse the building performance using a combination of simulation and measurement approaches
4. compare different building codes and rating systems, and use one of them to appraise the building performance
5. generate high-quality technical reports to summarise the design and operation of a sustainable building.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.