CEM17B-Sustainable Design and Management Principles and Practice B

Module Provider: School of Construction Management and Engineering, School of Built Environment
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:7
Terms in which taught: Spring term module
Pre-requisites: CEM17A Sustainable Design and Management Principles and Practice A
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded: CEM107 Sustainable Design and Management Principles and Practice
Current from: 2022/3

Module Convenor: Dr Emmanuel Essah
Email: e.a.essah@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

This module provides the learning opportunities through site visits and seminar provided by external speakers.  Health and safety issues will be included in the module contents. The module will also provide experimental practice.

Aims:

The aim is to provide holistic approach to deliver sustainable buildings. Students will also be trained in experimental skills. Students will be required to grasp the knowledge of health and safety issues in engineering practice.

Assessable learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

• Understand health and safety issues


• Conduct experiments and data collection


• Present the work to audience

Additional outcomes:

Students should be able to work within a team and present the outcome to audience.

Outline content:

• Experiments (methods and practice)


• Data analysis


• Presentation

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

Lectures, seminars, tutorials, site visits, lab experiments, computer simulations and coursework practice.

Contact hours:

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Lectures		6
Seminars		6
Tutorials		10
Project Supervision		10
Practicals classes and workshops		4
Supervised time in studio/workshop		6
Fieldwork		6
External visits		6
Work-based learning		6
Guided independent study:		140
Total hours by term		200
Total hours for module	200

Summative Assessment Methods:

Method	Percentage
Report	50
Oral assessment and presentation	50

Summative assessment- Examinations:

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:

Spring Term

Assessment 4 - Online Test

Assessment 5 Part 1 - Environment Quality and Wellbeing Report

Assessment 3 - Indoor Environment Experiment

Formative assessment methods:

Penalties for late submission:

The below information applies to students on taught programmes except those on Postgraduate Flexible programmes. Penalties for late submission, and the associated procedures, which apply to Postgraduate Flexible programmes are specified in the policy £Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes£, which can be found here: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/cqsd-old-site-documents/penaltiesforlatesubmissionpgflexible.pdf
The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of five working days;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than five working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/cqsd-old-site-documents/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Assessment requirements for a pass:

A mark of 50% overall.

Reassessment arrangements:

Additional Costs (specified where applicable):

1. Required text books: 


2. Specialist equipment or materials: 


3. Specialist clothing, footwear or headgear: 


4. Printing and binding: 


5. Computers and devices with a particular specification: 


6. Travel, accommodation and subsistence: 

Last updated: 22 September 2022