Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
AS30309: Environmental ergonomics and logistics |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 2 at Wiltshire College |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Supplementary assessment information not currently available (this will be added shortly) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This is a multidisciplinary unit that will provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the interactions between people and other elements within environmental systems with practical reference to factors associated with energy use and the design and modification of environments to make them compatible with peoples' needs, abilities and limitations and thus optimise human wellbeing. Learning Outcomes: On completion of the unit the student should be able to: * Evaluate how rural-based society resources and consumes energy; * Explain the influence of mechanisation on energy use; * Evaluate the sustainability of industry initiatives to environmental concerns; * Explain the influence of ergonomics and logistics to rural project management. Skills: Intellectual: * Gathering and processing information (F, A) * Problem solving (T, F, A) Professional: * Written and verbal skills (F) Practical: * Using IT skills (F, A) Key: * Report writing (A) * Communicating effectively to a variety of audiences (F) Content: This unit makes reference to: * Sustainable energy conservation and management; * Energy generation (e.g., biofuels. marine current energy, ocean thermal energy conversion, wave energy, wind energy) and sustainable energy resourcing (e.g., Renewable Obligation Certificates); * Building energy and economic efficiency into design and procurement processes; * Energy and waste reduction mechanisms and processes (e.g., anaerobic digester technology); * Transport systems and food miles; * Product and process sustainability risk assessments; * Economic and financial valuations of ecological services; willingness to pay; consumptive and non-consumptive values; * Waste management hierarchy and commercial applications; waste as a product; * Supply chain compliance and supplier verification and auditing of environmental performance; * Government and industry initiatives and public perceptions. |