SRT257 - Building Environmental Studies

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 2: Waterfront (Geelong)
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment

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.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 2 hour lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.

Content

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.

Unit Fee Information

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