Undergraduate Course: Building Energy and Environmental Performance 5 (CIVE11057)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course considers environmental and energy aspects of buildings, with emphasis on the operational life cycle. It adopts a focus based on building physics and modelling to empower engineers and designers with a systematic approach to deliver high performing buildings. |
| Course description |
This course is an introduction to building physics for sustainable design. The course explores the role buildings, and their occupants play in the transition to a decarbonised world and establishes the foundations for their analysis and designing. The course focuses on the design of the building envelope, its systems, and how everything is connected through occupant behaviour. Practical applications are considered through a project-based approach to showcase current and future societal challenges.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework %: 100 |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Recognise the role buildings and their occupants play in the transition to net zero.
- Describe fundamental building physics processes that drive building design.
- Analyse energy use in simple buildings driven by weather conditions.
- Appraise design options available and their influence on net zero goals.
- Create building designs that meet aspirations for net zero.
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Reading List
Beausoleil-Morrison, I., 2021. Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation.
Passiv House Institute, 2022. Passive House Planning Package Version 10 (2022). Passiv House Institute, Darmstadt.
Szokolay, S.V., 2008. Introduction to architectural science: the basis of sustainable design, 2nd ed. ed. Elsevier, Architectural Press, Amsterdam.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | building physics,net zero,energy demand,simulation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Daniel Fosas De Pando
Tel: (0131 6)50 7204
Email: d.fosas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Tom Lawford-Groves
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: t.lawford-groves@ed.ac.uk |
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