ENAE605-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020

Sustainable Building Design Practice

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 July 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 25 September 2020

Description

Sustainable building design philosophy, strategies and practice. Materials, water, airflow and energy in buildings. High-performance, low energy buildings. Building performance simulation. Coordination and integration with other building design disciplines.

This course applies advanced principles of building engineering physics and energy modelling to the practice of sustainable building design. A systems approach is taken to developing solutions to sustainable building design challenges, with a focus on the early stages of design. The effects of building form, materials, systems, occupants and environment on building energy performance are examined using case studies and simulation analyses.

The course covers the following topics:

- Sustainable building design principles, objectives and strategies.
- Energy, moisture and airflow in buildings.
- Building energy performance modelling and analysis.
- Sustainable building technologies and systems.

Learning Outcomes

A student who successfully completes this course should be able to apply advanced principles of building engineering physics and sustainable design to the professional practice of:

- Developing building design concepts, strategies and technical solutions that respond to sustainability objectives and performance targets.
- Modelling and analysing the effects of proposed building designs on the energy and environmental performance of buildings.
- Communicating the physical basis for the energy and environmental performance of buildings through applying knowledge of energy, moisture and airflow in buildings and the relationship between building design and building energy performance.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Larry Bellamy

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Building energy loads 40%
Natural ventilation 20%
On-site electricity generation 20%
On-site water supply 20%

Additional Course Outline Information

Attendance

The course runs over a period of eight weeks, with learning delivered through lectures and tutorials, 2 one-day workshops and independent learning. There are approximately 150 learning hours in total, comprising:

Lectures and tutorials 20 hours
Independent learning 128 hours (project work and reading)

Lectures and tutorials may be attended in person or by online video. Workshops must be attended in person unless attendance by online video is approved by the course coordinator.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,102.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

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