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CE3CS1-Sustainability
Module Provider: School of Construction Management and Engineering, School of Built Environment
Number of credits: 10 [5 ECTS credits]
Level:6
Terms in which taught: Autumn term module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
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Current from: 2023/4
Module Convenor: Dr Eugene Mohareb
Email: e.mohareb@reading.ac.uk
Type of module:
Summary module description:
The Sustainable Built Environments Module describes the interdependency between the built environment and the natural environment and explores solutions towards improving urban resource efficiency.
Aims:
- To explain the role, practice, and application of sustainability for built environment professionals;
- Applying the fundamentals of resource efficiency and relevant frameworks (including urban metabolism and life cycle assessment) to debate and research-based learning to better evaluate technical options;听
- To demonstrate the role of natural systems & processes in cities and how they affect the sustainability of urban areas;
- To enable students to apply critical thinking and problem solving to their knowledge and understanding of sustainability; including in application to current solutions being proposed for our sustainability challenge.
Assessable learning outcomes:
- Evaluate the ways in which built-environment practitioners are reliant upon natural systems;
- Evaluate the sustainability of resource consumption in the built environment;
- Describe the resource cycles and material flows that influence the built environment;
- Evaluate an urban metabolism or life cycle assessment case study;
- Compare and contrast carbon footprints of different cities;
- Discuss ways in which cities can be modelled after natural ecosystems to improve resource efficiency;
- Demonstrate the limitations imposed on urban areas through thermodynamic principles;
- Developing a deep understanding of the environment-economy relationship and imaginative approaches to reducing resource throughputs in the built environment.
Additional outcomes:
- An assignment in which students examine social, economic, and environmental impacts of advancements in urban systems;
- Development of teamwork skills;
- Students should be able to present the outcome of their work to course staff and other members of the class;
- Assignment in which students examine an urban metabolism or LCA case study and propose context-specific improvements to the resource flows.
Outline content:
- Introduction to the Sustainable Built Environments module; aims, objectives, learning outcomes;
- Energy and the role and limits of resource efficiency in buildings, including domestic buildings;
- Urban resource consumption and its mitigation;
- Water, material, nutrient conservation, efficiency and technologies in the built environment;
- Greenhouse gases from cities and how they can be mitigated;
- Solutions for urban sustainability, using natural ecosystems for inspiration.
Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
Lectures, Debates, Group Work, Presentations, and associated Problem-Based Learning, and Private Study.
听 | Autumn | Spring | Summer |
Lectures | 20 | ||
Seminars | 10 | ||
Project Supervision | 2 | ||
Guided independent study: | 68 | ||
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Total hours by term | 100 | 0 | 0 |
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Total hours for module | 100 |
Method | Percentage |
Report | 70 |
Oral assessment and presentation | 30 |
Summative assessment- Examinations:
Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:
1 group debate, 1 teammate evaluations, 1 individual report, and a series of complementary participation (in-class or online assessments) to present engagement on the module material.
Formative assessment methods:
Students will submit a proposal in week 4-6 describing their chosen case study, why they have selected it, some of the issues the case study has with resource consumption, and a list of relevant literature.
Penalties for late submission:
Assessment requirements for a pass:
40% Overall
Reassessment arrangements:
A written report worth 100%
Additional Costs (specified where applicable):
1) Required text books:听
2) Specialist equipment or materials:听听
3) Specialist clothing, footwear or headgear:听听
4) Printing and binding:听听
5) Computers and devices with a particular specification:听听
6) Travel, accommodation and subsistence:听听
Last updated: 30 March 2023
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