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Postgraduate Course: Energy Efficiency, Resource and Environment (MSc) (PGEE11112)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaPostgrad (School of Engineering) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionConcerns over energy sustainability and climate change are driving governments to seriously question their national energy consumption rates. Long term opportunities include the development of new renewable energy sources but there already exist opportunities to extend the lifetimes of existing resources through energy efficiency and new, low energy technology. These will be explored in this course.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 76 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 95 %, Coursework 5 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course the student will be able to:

(i) Discuss and describe the availability of natural resources and appreciate the implications of finite fossil resources.

(ii) Understand the concept of proved reserves and R/P ratios.

(iii) Describe and discuss techniques for energy efficiency in buildings, including passive solar design.

(iv) Understand technologies such as heat-pumps which can be used domestically or industrially to provide heat.

(v) Appreciate the contribution of transport to the energy budget and how this can be reduced through technology and practice.

(vi) Understand the relationships between energy use and climate change.
Assessment Information
95% Degree Exam, 5% Group Workshop
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywordsenergy, efficiency, sustainability, resource, environment
Contacts
Course organiserProf Gareth Harrison
Tel: (0131 6)50 5583
Email: gareth.harrison@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Sharon Mulvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 7076
Email: Sharon.Mulvey@ed.ac.uk
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