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2025 unit information
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1 x 2 hour lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
This unit allows students to investigate the climatic and environmental factors that influence the design and construction of buildings in the context of ecologically sustainable development. Students will be introduced to tools to rate the energy use of simple buildings. A trimester long project requires multi-disciplinary teams to analyse and improve upon the resource efficiency of houses designed by local built environment professionals.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Interpret and effectively communicate issues of ecological sustainability.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO7 Teamwork
Appraise and effectively communicate choice of building materials, structural systems, component systems materials, products and the construction techniques.
Demonstrate an understanding of active and passive services systems for energy, thermal comfort, and their relationship to natural systems.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO7 Teamwork
Demonstrate an understanding of the use of systems of evaluation using manual and/or electronic means for the assessment of the performance of built environments (e.g. thermal, energy etc.).
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO7 Teamwork
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for SRT257 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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