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Due to Covid-19 restrictions, learning and teaching activities on campus as described in the module descriptors are currently restricted. Learning and teaching will be enabled through a mixture of scheduled online activity where you will be able to engage with your tutor and classmates in real-time and unscheduled guided activity where you will be required to complete activities and tasks at a time which best suits you. Teaching will take place on campus, wherever possible, and where this is safe to happen.

Definitive information on module delivery during 2020/21 will be provided on Module Moodle Sites. For specific enquiries please contact the module leaders directly.

Core Module Information
Module title:	Sustainable Building Design
SCQF level:	11:
SCQF credit value:	20.00
ECTS credit value:	10
Module code:	BSV11114
Module leader:	Lina Khaddour
School	School of Engineering and the Built Environment
Subject area group:	Building and Surveying

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Description of module content:

Environmental Sustainability:
Energy and Environmental issues; the global and local imperatives;
Renewable technologies;
Sustainable Design Strategies:
Brownfield Site Redevelopment;
Materials and waste strategies;
Low carbon building designs;
Environmental assessment;
Implementation & Performance Targets:
(building regulations, LCA, performance rating systems)

Learning Outcomes for module:

On completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1: outline the principles of environmentally sustainable design.
LO2: discuss the underlying social and cultural issues faced by designers within the global context
LO3: Identify the key issues to be addressed when developing a building or site
LO4: Evaluate sustainable design solutions
LO5: Apply sustainable design techniques

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment

2021/2, Trimester 1, Face-to-Face, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence:	001
Primary mode of delivery:	Face-to-Face
Location of delivery:	MERCHISTON
Partner:	Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module:	Francesco Pomponi
Module Organiser:

Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach:

The aim is to advance the learner’s knowledge, comprehension and problem solving abilities using a combination of lectures and tutorials. Use is made of practitioners from outside agencies, together with research and consultancy input, to ensure that the learning experience is based on current real-life Sustainable Design issues.

Learning & teaching methods including their alignment to LOs
Lectures provide the stimulation and knowledge of the key factors that must be considered when developing an environmentally sustainable design solution (LOs:1,2,3,4). Case studies will be used to illustrate these issues in real design situations (LOs:3,4,5).

Embedding of employability/PDP/scholarship skills;
Leading construction sector professions have identified sustainability as a key challenge for the industry. A number have introduced a need for sustainability to be tested out in their assessments of professional competence.

Research/teaching linkages:
A substantial amount of research material generated by the Building Performance Centre, Centre for Timber Engineering and the Scottish Energy Centre is embedded in the teaching material of this module.

Assessment:
The module is assessed by two courseworks. Coursework 1 will provide the student with the opportunity to describe and critically assess the feasibility and practicality of sustainable designs. It addresses formative learning and assimilates the summative elements of LO1, 2 & 3. Coursework 2 addresses formative learning and assimilates the summative elements of LO3, 4 & 5 in a practical client focussed project which is based on real life sustainable design problems. This assessment scheme is used to develop research and evaluation techniques and to provide formative feedback. The module will also be available on a Virtual Learning Environment.

Internationalisation
Where appropriate, international examples of sustainable development are used where they demonstrate good practice.

Formative Assessment:

The University is currently undertaking work to improve the quality of information provided on methods of assessment and feedback. Please refer to the section on Learning and Teaching Approaches above for further information about this module’s learning, teaching and assessment practices, including formative and summative approaches.

Summative Assessment:

Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activity	Learning & Teaching Activity	NESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face	Lecture	36
Face To Face	Tutorial	12
Independent Learning	Groupwork (Independent Study)	76
Independent Learning	Guided independent study	76
	Total Study Hours	200
	Expected Total Study Hours for Module	200

Assessment
Type of Assessment	Weighting %	LOs covered	Week due	Length in Hours/Words
Other	25	1-4	8	HOURS= 0, WORDS= 4000
Oral Presentation	15	1-4	8	HOURS= 0, WORDS= 0
Other	10	1-4	8	HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1 A4 PAGE
Essay	50	3-5	14/15	HOURS= 0, WORDS= 3000
Component 1 subtotal:	100
Component 2 subtotal:	0
Module subtotal:	100

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