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 Academic Year: | 2018/9 | |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering | |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] | |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 | |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) | |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% | |
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| Description:
| Aims: To give an understanding of how the different elements of a builing envelope work separately and when combined as a whole building envelope to control energy flows in to and out of a building. Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the Unit the students will be able to: * Understand energy flows into and out of building envelopes. * Appreciate the benefits of controlled air exchange through building envelopes. * Evaluate the impact of thermal bridges on façade thermal integrity and building envelope performance. * Evaluate building envelopes with component and whole building rating schemes. * Assess condensation risk and its affects on building envelope performance. Skills: Knowledge / Abilities: Investigation and evaluation of new materials/technologies, analytical skills for the assessment of whole building thermal performance, group working across disciplines to understand the drivers for, and constraints to change. Transferable skills: Oral communication skills facilitated in and presented to a multi-disciplinary group environment. Written communication skills. Content: Principles of heat flow through complex structures, evaluation of element performance, new materials and technologies, drivers for improved performance, regulations and rating schemes, condensation risk analysis and vapour control. | Before taking this module you must take AR50346 OR take AR50372 |
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AR50351 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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