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2014/5 |
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Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
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Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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Semester 1 |
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CW 80%, OR 20% |
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Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
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Aims: To evaluate how low carbon building envelope solutions may be combined and integrated for the optimal through-life performance of low-carbon buildings. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit, students should: * Have a critical awareness of the principles and methods of construction of low carbon building envelopes, embodied carbon, and their impact on whole building lifetime performance. * Be able to evaluate the implications of low carbon solutions on construction and appearance. * Be able to select and integrate appropriate low-carbon building envelope solutions to meet total L-C building performance requirements. Skills: To defend the cost/benefits/impacts of a selected low-carbon building envelope solution to a multi-disciplinary audience. (T, F, A) To integrate of low-carbon building envelope solutions to meet specific design drivers/intent. (T, F, A) Content: * Low-carbon construction materials/methods. * High performance glazings, environmental impact of (structural) glass, (from EU COST action C13). * Double skin facades, including work at the HIVE façade testing facility. * Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) envelope solutions * Adaptive/intelligent and reconfigurable building envelopes for low-carbon performance * Cost, benefit and impact analysis of low-carbon building envelope solutions. |
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AR50436 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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