2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
CIVE2250 Sustainable Engineering Solutions
10 creditsClass Size: 80
Module manager: Professor Cath Noakes
Email: c.j.noakes@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2015/16
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to identify how civil engineering projects impact on the environment and assess the nature of these impacts.They will understand the range of options that are available for engineers to reduce the impact of a project and increase sustainability. They will be able to undertake a full cradle to grave environmental evaluation of each phase in the construction cycle.
Syllabus
- What is the environment?
- How are engineers involved in environmental issues?
- Linear and sustainable development
- "The Code for Sustainable Homes"
- Environmental management systems
- Achieving carbon neutral buildings
- Case studies: redevelopment of contaminated land; restoration of polluted waters; design of water friendly buildings
- People in ecological systems - the major global crises
- Implications for Civil Engineering: the infrastructure, the built environment and communities.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Consultation | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Lecture | 9 | 2.00 | 18.00 |
| Seminar | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Private study hours | 75.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 25.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
- 5 hours: seminar preparation- 20 hours: coursework assignment
- 55 hours: reading and researching lecture topics.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
1 x student seminar. Feedback on exam performance will be provided after the examination results are released via the VLE.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| In-course Assessment | Intermediate Assignement | 20.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 20.00 | |
100% re-sit examination
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 80.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 80.00 | |
100- Re-sit examination
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 25/01/2017
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