Reference no: EM132463940

Learning Outcomes:

LO 1. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the conditions humans seek to create in buildings, the effects of climate, and the resulting carbon emissions and energy use in the existing building stock.

LO2. Students will be able to describe the main impacts buildings have on their environment and propose appropriate solutions as how to minimise them.

LO3. Students will gain an understanding of the range and scope of legislation and voluntary codes on making buildings more sustainable, with examples from around the world.

LO4. Using their understanding of passive building design, students will be able to select appropriate design options for achieving well performing buildings based on the building purpose, site context and local climate - mainly at a qualitative level at this stage - and justify their choices.

LO5. Students will be able to critically analyse the performance of existing buildings in regards to sustainability, including resources use, occupant comfort, impact on their surroundings, social and cultural aspects.

Sustainable Buildings Assignment

The assessment of the Sustainable Buildings module consists of two items of individual student work:

Assignment: Building retrofit proposal

Your task is to describe in the form of a report, a detailed plan for one aspect of building retrofit. Ideally this should be one of the three retrofit measures identified from your Assignment A group report, although if you have re-considered these since, you may choose a different one with justification.

Your building retrofit plan should be for the case study building you used in Assignment A, which should save you time and duplication of work. However if this is unsuitable, you may choose a building type from the following:

• Small hotel (at least 15 guest rooms, all en suite i.e. with bathroom), with reception, office, kitchen, restaurant, bar and small fitness room with exercise machines.
• Primary school, 200 pupils (25 pupils per 60 m² classroom), plus offices, staff room and hall for meals, assembly etc.)
• Small light engineering/assembly plant, minimum 2000 m², with requirement for high levels of lighting in most areas.
To contain office area, small canteen serving drinks and light meals and storage area within building. Significant electricity use and some low temperature heat demand (below 300 °C).
• Another type of non domestic building, with a minimum 3000m² gross internal floor area.

Attachment:- Sustainable Buildings Assignment.rar