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 Academic Year: | 2016/7 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 3 [equivalent to 6 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 60 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Description:
| Aims: To provide the basic principles of environmental design, with the aim to minimise the impact of buildings on the environment while maintaining human well-being within the building, primarily through passive means. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this Unit, students will be able to demonstrate the following: Knowledge of: * Principles associated with designing optimum daylighting and low carbon material and energy, environments * Systems for environmental comfort realised within relevant precepts of sustainable design An understanding of: * The impact of buildings on the environment, and the precepts of sustainable design. Skills: Analytical skills and drawing presentations of technical aspects. Content: Formal lectures on modifications of local climate by topography, passive heating and cooling, ventilation and indoor air quality, day-lighting design, atria and simplified modelling techniques for buildings' energy consumption. Tutorials will also be provided to introduce simplified thermal modelling tools. The Unit will be integrated with the Project of the Design Studio, where knowledge of these principles will have to be demonstrated as part of the Environmental Design Strategy. |
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AR20297 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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