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AR50436: Low carbon building envelopes

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CW 80%, OR 20%
Assessment Detail:
  • 2000 Word Technical Report (CW 40%)
  • 2000 Word Technical Report 2 (CW 40%)
  • Presentation (OR 20%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: 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.
Programme availability:

AR50436 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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