AR30403: Building environment 3
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
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On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to design and critically analyse different building environment control systems and how these interact with the architecture and structure of a building. |
| Aims: | To gain knowledge and experience in the design of environmental control systems for buildings, building upon the principles Building Environment 1 and 2. |
| Skills: | Intellectual skills
* To understand taught material - taught Professional/Practical skills * Analytical and design skills related to the material covered - assessed Transferable/key skills * To communicate ideas verbally and in writing - facilitated and assessed. |
| Content: | Resource use in construction and operation of buildings. The need for resource efficient buildings. The needs and perception for internal environment control. Assessing passive and active methods of environmental control for heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting and acoustics. |
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AR30403 is Compulsory on the following courses:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
AR30403 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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